Porsches are traditionally popular at the Amelia Island classic car auctions in Florida. Gooding will have some top air-cooled Porsches on offer in 2015 including Porsche 911s from the 1970s with impressive racing histories. Top Porsches at Gooding’s Amelia Island Auction in 2015 For Gooding & Company, Amelia Island has been the site of many high-profile Porsche sales … [Read more...]
2015 Bonhams Amelia Island Classic Car Auction (Preview)
At the Bonhams 2015 Amelia Island classic car auction eight cars may achieve a million dollars with pre-Second World War cars particularly interesting. The headline lot is a 1930 Cord Model L-29 Town Car with a Hollywood history while Marlene Dietrich’s 1930 Rolls Royce may also achieve a million dollar. The oldest car expecting to sell for a million dollar is a 1908 American … [Read more...]
2015 RM Auctions Amelia Island Classic Car Sale (Preview)
RM Auctions 2015 Amelia Island classic car sale will be led by a 1960 Ferrari 400 Superamerica but two racing Jaguars are likely to attract more attention. The 1960 Ferrari 400 Superamerica SWB Cabriolet by Pinin Farina is expecting to achieve above $6 million. The mid-estimates for the 1955 Jaguar D-Type and Daytona-winning 1988 Jaguar XJR-9 are $4 million. At Amelia Island … [Read more...]
2015 Gooding Amelia Island Classic Car Auction (Preview)
A racing 1956 Maserati 200 SI leads Gooding & Co’s 2015 Amelia Island classic car auction. 14 cars are expected to sell for more than a million dollar, including five Ferraris. A rare Fiat 8V Coupé is also expected to achieve over a million dollar. Further top cars include three Porsches, two Mercedes Benz 300 SLs, and two American grand cars from the 1930s. Gooding Amelia … [Read more...]
2015 Gooding Amelia Island Auction Ferraris (Pre-Sale Press Release)
Ferraris will feature strongly at the 2015 Gooding Amelia Island classic car auction. A 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 is estimated to sell for more than $3 million. Gooding will have 15 Ferraris on offer of which five are likely to achieve over a million dollars each. Gooding & Company’s Amelia Island Auction 2015 The 2015 Gooding & Company Amelia Island classic car auction … [Read more...]
2015 Gooding Amelia Island Auction (Pre-Sale Press Release)
A 1956 Maserati 200 SI racing car will headline the Gooding & Co classic car auction at Amelia Island, Florida, mid-march 2015. This legendary racing car participated in all the major races of the era and was driven by amongst others Stirling Moss and Jean Behra. Further racing cars from this era on offer include a rare 1953 Fiat 8V Coupe and a 1951 Lotus Mark IIB. Gooding … [Read more...]
2015: Ten Most-Expensive Cars Sold at Public Auction (Jan & Feb)
Thus far in 2015, Ferraris dominate the list of the top-ten highest prices paid for a classic car at public auction. After the Scottsdale, Arizona auction week in mid-January and the Paris auctions in early February, seven of the ten most-expensive cars in the world in 2015 have been Ferraris. Two concept vehicles by General Motors are probably the more surprising classics on … [Read more...]
2015 RM Auctions Amelia Island Sale (Pre-Sale Press Release)
RM Auctions classic car sale at Amelia Island in Florida mid-March 2015 will feature a 1960 Ferrari 400 Superamerica Cabriolet and historic racing cars. RM Auctions will offer around 90 cars at a classic car sale at the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. In addition to the Superamerica, other early entries expecting to achieve over a million dollar include a 1938 Bugatti Type … [Read more...]
2015 Bonhams Mercedes Benz in Stuttgart Sale (Preview)
Bonhams will return in March 2015 for the second time to Stuttgart for a single-marque classic car auction at the Mercedes Benz Museum. Around 40 Mercedes Benz classic cars will be on sale with the star of the show expected to be a1938 Mercedes Benz 540 Kompressor Cabriolet A. A 1960 Mercedes Benz 300 SL Roadster is also expected to sell for over a million dollars. Bonhams … [Read more...]
2015: Ten Most-Expensive Cars Sold at Public Auction (Jan)
Thus far in 2015, Ferraris dominate the list of the top-ten highest prices paid for a classic car at public auction. After the Scottsdale, Arizona auction week in mid-January, eight of the ten most-expensive cars in the world in 2015 have been Ferraris. Two concept vehicles by General Motors are probably the more surprising classics on the list – if these are excluded, all … [Read more...]
2015 Artcurial Paris Classic Car Auction (Preview)
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 unrestored classic cars discovered … [Read more...]
2015 Bonhams Paris Classic Car Auction (Preview)
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 Aston Martin cabriolets are expecting to … [Read more...]
2015 RM Auctions Paris Classic Car Sale (Preview)
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 significant history. Of the ten cars having a pre-auction estimate exceeding a … [Read more...]
2015 RM Auctions Arizona Classic Car Sale (Preview)
A 1964 Ferrari 250 LM and 1969 Ferrari 365 GTS will headline the mid-January 2015 RM Auctions Biltmore Arizona classic car sale in Phoenix. The RM Auctions sale will offer 127 cars of which 25 are estimated to sell for over a million dollar each. The top three results are expected to come from among the 21 Ferraris on offer but several further interesting cars are on the list … [Read more...]
2015 Gooding Scottsdale Classic Car Auction (Preview)
A 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider and 1962 Ferrari 400 Superamerica are the top cars offered at the Gooding 2015 Scottsdale Auctions in Arizona. The mid-January auctions will feature a wide variety of over 120 automobiles but the 20 cars estimated to achieve in excess of a million dollars each are mostly Ferrari, Porsche, Mercedes Benz and Shelby cars. See also: … [Read more...]