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Gooding & Co. Sets New World Record Auction Total: $113.7m

Gooding & Company, the official auction house of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and acclaimed for selling the world’s most significant and valuable collector cars, realized more than $113.7 million at its Pebble Beach Auctions over the weekend. The auction total is an outstanding achievement and a world record sales total for an automotive auction. The impressive results exceed Gooding & Company’s 2011 Pebble Beach total by more than $35 million. A complete list of prices realized is available on Goodingco.com.

The von Krieger Special Roadster sold for a world-record $11,770,000 at 2012 Gooding & Company’s Pebble Beach Auctions.
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1956 Alfa Romeo Sprint Veloce “Ultra Light” Breaks World Record at Russo and Steele

Monterey car week was buzzing when Russo and Steele opened its gates and allowed car enthusiasts into its venue for the first time this August 16-18, 2012.  The venue was everything Russo and Steele had promised and more with staging lanes, lifestyle vendors, live entertainment and the perfect setting to view classic cars in Monterey, CA.

To kick off the Saturday night auction Russo and Steele unveiled and then auctioned Enzo Ferrari’s famed Ferrari Prancing Horse or “Cavallino Rampante.”  The auction block was standing room only as the Ferrari enthusiasts and auction attendees began a spirited round of bidding for the opportunity to take home an international icon and a piece of Ferrari history.  In the end Enzo Ferrari’s Prancing Horse sculpture sold for $86,250 and setting the Russo and Steele auction block a blaze of bidding throughout the evening. 

Ferraris Dominate RM’s Saturday Sale Session in Monterey

  RM Auctions continued its strong track record for historic Ferraris in Monterey, California Saturday night, August 18, with a 1962 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder achieving a remarkable $8,580,000 and a 1956 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Berlinetta ‘Tour de France’ realizing a strong $6,710,000 before a packed house. […]

Gooding & Company’s Saturday Pebble Beach Auction Breaks $60m

In the first of two nights, Gooding & Company’s Saturday Pebble Beach Auction realizes more than $60 million First day auction highlights included a record-breaking Ferrari LWB California Spider and Jay Leno’s Fiat 500 selling for $385,000 for the Fisher House Foundation Gooding & Company, the official auction house of […]

Bonhams’ Carmel Auction Exceeds $13m

MCLAREN F1 SUPERCAR HEADLINES BONHAMS’ CARMEL AUCTION, WHICH REALIZES IN EXCESS OF $13 MILLION   Sports and competition cars grab pole position at Bonhams’ new location on the Quail Lodge grounds   San Francisco – International bidders assembled in the Bonhams tent, aided by telephone, absentee and online bidding, to create a […]

RM Announces Staluppi Collection Sale

Fresh on the heels of its highly successful Aalholm Automobil Collection auction, RM Auctions has announced the addition of a new single-vendor sale to its 2012 calendar: The John Staluppi ‘Cars of Dreams’ Collection, to be offered December 1 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Well-known and highly regarded by automotive […]

New Season of What’s My Car Worth Begins Tonight!

What’s My Car Worth, one of the top rated classic car shows on Velocity TV, begins its new season with two all-new episodes on Wednesday, August 15 at 8 and 8:30 pm (EST) and 5 and 5:30 pm (PST), and they are shown again the same night at 11 and […]

1967 Bertone Jaguar Pirana Resurfaces at Concorso Italiano

Concorso Italiano, the world’s largest showing of exotic Italian cars, has announced that the newly-restored 1967 Bertone Jaguar Pirana will be part of the centerpiece display at its 27th annual event on August 17. This one-of-a-kind Italian concept car will be showcased for the first time since its restoration as part of Concorso Italiano’s tribute to the 100th anniversary of the legendary design house, Bertone. The Pirana has rarely been shown in public since it was first developed 45 years ago, almost achieving barn find status.