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Gooding & Company have just announced a 1955 Lancia Aurelia B24 S Spider America for their upcoming Scottsdale sale. The Spider features coachwork by Pinin Farina and is equipped with factory Nardi kit and rare optional hard top. Gooding’s auction takes place January 17-18 at the Fashion Square Mall in Old Town Scottsdale. Visit www.goodingco.com for more…

RM’s 2014 Arizona sale will now span two days, offering a handpicked selection of approximately 120 blue-chip motor cars. “After what has been a record-setting and ground-breaking 2013 for RM, we’re already looking forward to continuing the momentum in the new year,” says Ian Kelleher, Car Specialist, RM Auctions. “The Arizona auctions have a history…

Worldwide Auctioneers has announced a new office in the Conroe, TX area. The company has also parternered with The Chassis House, a vintage and luxury auto storage facility. The facility offers secure, climate-controlled auto storage just minutes from Worldwide’s auction hotel, La Torretta Lake Resort & Spa. For more information, visit www.worldwide-auctioneers.com.

Ed Mell, the renowned Arizona landscape painter and sculptor, has agreed to create the trophies for the inaugural Arizona Concours d’Elegance. The concours will take place at the Arizona Biltmore Resort on Jan. 12, 2014. An Arizona native whose distinctive modernist style and vision have made him one of the state’s most beloved artists, Mell is…

Excitement is mounting for RM Auctions and Sotheby’s Art of the Automobile sale and exhibition, November 18–21, at Sotheby’s New York. This will be the first major collector car auction to be held in Manhattan in over a decade. The sale will lift the gavel on an elite roster of 34 of the world’s finest vehicles,…

The 13th Modena Cento Ore Classic will be held from June 3-8, 2014, in Italy. The program includes circuit races in Mugello and Imola, a dozen hillclimbs and a 1,000-km route through the heart of the Italian “Motor Valley.” Participants will enjoy the best hotels of Modena and Florence, evening entertainment, lunches and dinners in…

Our friends Tim and Margie Suddard of Classic Motorsports magazine have organized another classic car tour in Florida.   The unusual driving tour starts and ends in Amelia Island, FL, as an official part of the 2014 Amelia Island Concours weekend. The tour runs March 2-6, with concours festivities taking place March 7-9.    The…

The Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival & Concours d’Elegance is underway. It’s an entire week packed with memorable automotive events, upscale shopping and fine dining. The concours itself takes place Sunday, November 3. Read more here.

Lisa Leathery has been named the Executive Director of The Elegance At Hershey. The Elegance at Hershey Board chose Leathery because her event management skills will bring new dimensions to the three-day weekend of charitable events. A lifelong car enthusiast, Leathery has an extensive background in the automotive industry. After getting her marketing experience start with…

Registration is now open for the 2014 Amelia Island Festivals of Speed, happening Mach 5-8 at the Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort. All years, makes and models of cars, motorcycles, boats and aircraft are eligible. FOS has taken a second fairway this year, in order to accommodate more than 500 vehicles. 23,000 square feet of ballrooms…