At the 2015 Paris classic car auctions, 17 cars sold for over a million dollar including a record $18.6 million for a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider. The Artcurial auction during the Rétromobile week attracted the most attention with 59 barn-find cars from the Baillon Collection including the record-setting Ferrari California Spider. Artcurial … Read more
Artcurial had a spectacular 2015 Paris classic car auction with a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spider selling at a new world record of $18.5 million. Seven cars achieved results in excess of a million dollars while at least ten model records were set at the auction. The 59 barn-find cars from the Baillon Collection … Read more
Bonhams achieved results in excess of a million dollar on five cars at the 2015 Paris auction. The top result was €1,897,500 for a 1965 Aston Martin DB5 Cabriolet followed by €1,219,000 for a 1962 Aston Martin DB4 Cabriolet. Of the three 1930s Alfa Romeos, only one cleared the reserve margin. A 1966 AC Cobra … Read more
RM Auctions sold five cars for more than a million dollar each at the 2015 Paris classic car sale. The top result of $1.860,000 was for a 1963 Ferrari 250 GT/L Lusso. The 1939 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Sport Berlinetta that Italian dictator Benito Mussolini gave to his mistress failed to sell despite a highest bid … Read more
The Baillon collection, including a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider, is the highlight of the Artcurial collector cars auction during the 2015 Paris Rétromobile Salon. Artcurial traditionally has a very interesting range of classic European cars on offer and the 2015 Paris auction will be even more interesting than usual with the 60 … Read more
The Bonhams’ 2015 Les Grandes Marques du Monde au Grand Palais classic car sale in Paris during Rétromobile will feature a range of historic automobiles living up to the posh name of this glamorous auction. Nine cars have pre-auction estimates exceeding a million dollar including three pre-Second World War Alfa Romeo 6C cars. Two 1960s … Read more
RM Auction’s 2015 Paris classic car sale will feature the 1939 Alfa Romeo 6C of Mussolini’s mistress, a 1963 Ferrari 250 GT Lusso and a 1964 Porsche 904. As RM Auction’s second Paris sale will be during the Rétromobile week in early February, it is appropriate that several of the cars on offer have a … Read more
Bonhams, Artcurial and RM Auctions sold 21 cars for over a million dollars at the annual Paris sales during Rétromobile classic car week. Classic car sales during the Rétromobile week in Paris in early February are traditionally the first major collectors automobile auctions in Europe. In 2014, RM Auctions, Bonhams, and Artcurial Motorcars sold 21 … Read more