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Dateline Monterey: 300SLs and 540Ks, Mein Gott!

Thursday in Monterey saw the first day of auctions, as Mecum and Russo and Steele cranked into action. But this wasn’t a day of big cars and big money, although both of these auction houses will put exceptional cars on the block this week. All this will change starting today, […]

Free Classic Car Guide Mobile App Now Available for Blackberry

Hundreds of thousands of car collectors have made the pilgrimage to Monterey to watch thousands of cars worth over $160m cross the block. The smart collectors will be using the new Classic Car Guide application from Sports Car Market and Chubb Collector Car Insurance.A free mobile application that takes the […]

Rare 1950s Convertibles Added to Russo and Steele’s Monterey Auction

Monterey, California (August 8, 2011) – 1957 to 1959 was considered the “Golden Era” for American made automobiles. The Dodge, DeSoto and Chrysler models dominated the market with their powerful designs with soaring fins, advanced engineering and V8 engines. These automobiles were longer, lower, and wider than previous models gaining […]

Preparations Underway for RM’s Highly-Anticipated Battersea Sale

PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR RM’S HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED BATTERSEA SALE RM Auctions’ annual Battersea sale returns to Central London, 26th October, 2011Single-day sale regarded as the UK’s most consistently successful and highest grossing collector car auction2011 event to feature 80 of the world’s finest automobiles, including a magnificent host of blue-chip automotive marques […]

Stop By, Say Hi, Grab a Magazine: Where SCM Will Be In Monterey

During Monterey week, we’ll have booths set up all over town, with staffers on-hand selling subscriptions, answering questions, and talking collectible cars. We love meeting our subscribers, so we hope you’ll walk up and introduce yourself. If you’re not a subscriber, we’d love to meet you, too, and give you […]

Know Before You Go: Monterey Catalogs Now Online

Monterey car week has more must-experience driving events, concours, cruise-ins, and auctions than one person could ever hit in one week. If buying a car or two is on your agenda this year, now is the time to do your research, plan out your schedule, and avoid getting caught up […]

Mecum Brings 200 Collector Motorcycles to Monterey

Mecum Auctions will sell nearly 200 motorcycles on the auction block during their upcoming event in Monterey, Aug. 18-20, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel & Spa on the Del Monte Golf Course.  The Mecum Monterey Auction will feature virtually every brand of motorcycle ever produced with iconic names […]

Collector of the Week: Fred Phillips

Fred Phillips, of Calgary, Alberta, sent in an email about his Sunbeam Tiger prototype: I first saw a Tiger when I was only interested in muscle cars. My thoughts were “What an odd-looking, short car.” The car stopped at a traffic light and I pulled up beside it, this was […]

Corvettes at Carlisle Bonus From CORSA

CORSA ANNOUNCES FREE INSTALLATIONS AVAILABLE AT 2011 CORVETTES AT CARLISLE EVENT AUG. 26-28 BEREA, Ohio – CORSA Performance Exhausts will install their high-performance Corvette exhaust systems during the 2011 Corvettes at Carlisle event, Aug. 26-28 at the Carlisle Fairgrounds in Carlisle, Pa. Corvettes at Carlisle is one of the largest […]