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The Moretti Estate Collection of Packard Twelves Drives More Hollywood Glamour to Gooding & Company’s Scottsdale Auctions

Gooding & Company, the world’s leading auction house for collectors of rare and exceptional cars, announces that it will be presenting an exciting collection of Packard Twelves at its 2012 Scottsdale Auctions on January 20 & 21: six extraordinary automobiles from the estate of Thomas A. Moretti, the beloved and […]

Extraordinary Milhous Collection Prepares for Final Encore

RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby’s, is proud to be offering one of the world’s finest private museums, the Milhous Collection, during a multi-day sale, February 24 – 25, 2012 in Boca Raton, Florida. The result of over five decades of judicious collecting by brothers Bob and Paul Milhous, the […]

Motorclassica Announces 2012 Oz Concours Lineup

After being short-listed for the inaugural International Historic Motoring Awards as “Motoring Event of the Year”, Motorclassica has now gone one step further to receive top gong at the Australian event industry’s most prestigious awards, the EEAA Awards for Excellence, as “Best New Show”. Event Director, Paul Mathers stated “This […]

1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle remained hidden for 15 years in local garage

Every car enthusiast dreams of opening that fated barn door to find a forgotten piece of automotive history. Josh Yager, Volkswagen merchant at Mid America Motorworks, made that dream a reality when he found a 1974 Super Beetle only 15 miles from Mid America Motorworks’ corporate campus in Effingham, Ill. […]

18th Annual Glenmoor Gathering will be held September 14-16, 2012

Following a record-setting event in 2011. the Glenmoor Gathering will present another field of outstanding automobiles and motorcycles in 2012. Dates are September 14-16. Featured classes in 2012 will include Early Supercharged Automobiles, the Allard sports car and the Tucker automobile. In addition, a display of vintage “mini” cars and […]

Concours d’Elegance Will Feature Pioneer Car Class

Concours Car Selection Chair, Brian Joseph announced the debut class, Pioneer Cars pre-1900. The cars invited to show in this class will have been manufactured before 1900. Interestingly, steam, internal and external combustion and electrical motors had all been attempted by the late -1800s. Joseph said, “Displaying cars built this […]

Mecum Tops $12 Million in Kansas City

Mecum ended the 2011 auction season on a high note, with record sales, consignments and attendance for their Kansas City Auction, Dec. 1-3, 2011, at the Kansas City Convention Center/Bartle Hall in Kansas City, Mo. More than 800 vehicles crossed the auction block with a 70% sell-through rate. Total sales […]

Griot’s Garage Launches Car Care Video Gallery

Automotive enthusiasts have long looked to Griot’s Garage for car care education. To that end, we are proud to announce a significant addition to our website. The Videos Page gathers together all Griot’s Garage how-to and product information videos in one place. It’s an outstanding resource – informative, entertaining, and […]

Leake Car Auction Posts $6.7 Million in Sales

The Leake Collector Car Show & Auction, home-based in Tulsa, OK, wrapped up a record-setting sale, reaching $6.7 million in sales and selling 58 percent of the cars. The auction was held in Dallas Market Hall, November 18-20. The top selling car was a 1968 Plymouth Barracuda B029, selling for […]

1953 Austin-Healey ‘100’ Special Test Car Sells For World Record Price

An unrestored works racing team 1953 Austin-Healey ‘100’ Special Test Car, which was campaigned in period by racing drivers Lance Macklin, Gordon Wilkins and Marcel Becquart, sold for a world record £843,000 ($1,323,915) today (1 December) at Bonhams’ December Sale. The car, which was offered in ‘barn find’ condition for […]