Seven of the top-ten highest prices paid for classic cars at public auctions thus far in 2015 were for Ferraris with $18.5 million the record price. After the Monterey classic car week in mid-August 2015, the 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider from the Baillon Collection sold for $18,500,000 in Paris, remained the most-expensive … Read more
The remarkable Peter Klutt Collection of post-War sports cars will be on sale at the 2015 Gooding Pebble Beach classics auction on the Monterey Peninsula. Highlights from this collection includes a 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4, a 1988 Porsche 959 Komfort, and a 1957 Aston Martin DB2/4 Mk II. Ferrari 275 GTBs are commonly amongst the … Read more
The Pinnacle Portfolio of 30 post-war sports cars including a 1959 Ferrari 250 LM will be the highlight of the 2015 RM Sotheby’s Monterey auction. Other cars in this collection of some of the world’s rarest and most important sports and super cars include a road-race hybrid 1998 McLaren F1 “The Road Going LM”, a … Read more
The 2015 Bonhams Festival of Speed classic car auction will offer the very first Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Roadster ever built, estimate over $2 million. The car was the most expensive production vehicle on offer in the world when offered for $1.5 million in 1998. Mercedes Benz built only 25 CLK GTRs of which only six … Read more
Sir Stirling Moss’s 1961 Porsche RS-61 Sports racing car will he one of the highlights of the 2015 Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed classic car auction. The car achieved 13 victories and 20 podium placings in SCCA National Competition in the USA but the car on offer was only raced by Stirling Moss in historic … Read more
Two Ferrari 250 GTs headline the RM Sotheby’s classic car auction at Villa Erba during the 2015 Villa d’Este Concorse d’Eleganza on Lake Como in Italy: a 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Competizione by Scaglietti (Estimate: Available Upon Request) and a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider by Scaglietti (est. €11,000,000 – €13,000,000). … Read more
Two Ferrari 400 Superamericas are headlining RM Sotheby’s The Andrews Collection car sale in Fort Worth but American classics will be the true highlights. A 1962 Ferrari 400 Superamerica SWB Cabrioloet is estimated to sell for more than $7 million while a 1963 Ferrari 400 Superamerica LWB Coupe Aerodinamico is expecting to achieve $3.5 million. … Read more
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, the Paris auctions in early February, the Amelia Island sales in mid-March, the Andrews Collection in early May, and Villa Erba late May, eight of the … Read more
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 stars of the show expected to be two 1930s cabriolet: a 1931 Mercedes Benz 770 K and a 1938 Mercedes … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more