In just over two weeks, Monterey will be the seething, teeming epicenter of the collector car world. Big-money consignments are stacking up at every auction house, with the towering lists still being continually added to. Here are some of the newest featured lots. Bonhams has announced a host of important […]
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Hot Rod Greats Throw Seminar at Auburn Fall Weekend
Auctions America by RM will shine a spotlight on classic hot rods and customs at its Auburn Fall Collector Car Event, September 1 – 4, welcoming some of the industry’s most prominent hot rod and custom car builders, designers and collectors to the Auburn Auction Park for an exclusive collector […]
Mecum Brings Low-Mile Italian Barn Finds to Monterey
Mecum Auctions has announced three super low-mileage Italian classics to be offered at their third annual Monterey Auction: a 1974 Ferrari Dino 246 GTS with 2,910 miles; a 1972 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona with 9,752 miles; and a 1977 Maserati Bora Coupe with just 978 miles. Stored for nearly 40 […]
Gooding Consigns Sheryl Crow’s 190SL for Pebble Beach
Gooding & Company has announced that Sheryl Crow will auction her personal 1959 Mercedes-Benz 190SL Roadster in Pebble Beach this August to benefit the community of Joplin, following a devastating tornado that swept through this southwest Missouri city earlier this summer. An exciting opportunity for both car collectors and Sheryl […]
Important Race Cars at Quail Lodge Sale
In addition to the impressive list of competition Porsches* that have been consigned to the mid-August auction in California, Bonhams will be offering several other racing cars of importance. 1959 Sadler-Meyer Special: The three-time winning and three-time record-setting Giant’s Despair Hill Climb racer was built by legendary Canadian engineer Bill […]
Blue-Chip Benzes: 13 Pre-War Mercedes at RM Monterey
RM Auctions will celebrate the 125th anniversary of Mercedes-Benz at its Monterey, California sale next month by presenting the most important collection of Mercedes-Benz motor cars ever offered at public auction. The highly-anticipated two-day sale, scheduled August 19 – 20, will present 13 magnificent examples from the world-famous German marque, […]
Indiana’s Rag Tops Auto Museum Collection to be Offered at Auctions America by RM’s Auburn Fall Sale
Auctions America by RM will lift the gavel on 68 vehicles and a selection of vintage motorcycles from Indiana’s well-known Rag Tops Auto Museum Collection when its second annual Auburn Fall Collector Car Weekend gets underway, September 1 – 4, 2011. Located in Michigan City, Indiana, the Rag Tops Auto […]
10 Most Expensive Cars Ever Sold at Monterey
As reported last week, Gooding & Co. has consigned a 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa prototype for their Pebble Beach sale in August. The car is a potential record-breaker for Monterey car week, with a similar TR sold for $12,402,500 at RM’s 2009 sale in Maranello, Italy (SCM# 120485), and another bid […]
Shotgun, Machine Gun, Cannon on Maharaja’s Tiger-Blasting Rolls
A truly unique, handmade automobile will be auctioned by Bonhams at its forthcoming Quail Lodge sale, held each August in Carmel, California during Pebble Beach Car Week. The custom-made 1925 Rolls-Royce New Phantom was originally commissioned by Sahib Bahadur of India, officially known as Umed Singh II, Maharaja of Kotah, […]