Two Duesenberg Model J cars and three Cobras are amongst the top American cars on offer at the 2016 RM Sotheby’s classic car auction in Phoenix, Arizona. A 1929 Duesenberg Model J Disappearing Top Torpedo Convertible Coupe by Murphy (est. $3,000,000 – 3,500,000) and a 1965 Shelby 427 Competition Cobra, chassis CSX3010, (est. $2,500,000 – … Read more
Ferraris and an Alfa Romeo are the leading the top entries for the 2016 Gooding & Company Scottsdale, Arizona 2016 classic car auction. The 1950 Ferrari 166 MM /195S Berlinetta Le Mans (estimate $5,750,000 – $6,500,000) is likely to achieve the highest price but the 1955 Alfa Romeo 1900 SS Coupe Speciale should also attract … Read more
A 1933 Maserati 8C 3000 Biposto driven by Fagioli and Nuvolari, a 1935 Riley MPH and two Bentleys are early entries for the Bonhams Amelia Island 2016 sale. The race-documented 1933 Maserati, Riley and Bentleys are from the Willem van Huysteen Collection and will feature prominently at the March 2016 classic car sale in Florida. … Read more
The top result at the 2015 RM Sotheby’s Driven by Disruption auction was $28 million for a 1956 Ferrari 290 MM – the highest price paid for a car in 2015. This also set a new record for a car sold in New York and by RM Sotheby’s. A 1962 Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato … Read more
A 1956 Ferrari 290 MM achieved $28 million at RM Sotheby’s Driven by Disruption Sale in New York as the most-expensive car sold at public auction in 2015. This 1956 Ferrari 290 MM by Scaglietti, chassis no. 0626, is also the third most-expensive car ever sold at public auction – only the 1962/3 Ferrari 250 … Read more
Juan Miguel Fangio’s 1956 Ferrari 290 MM is the highlight of the RM Sotheby’s Driven by Disruption classic car auction in New York in December 2015. Only 40 cars will be on sale but five are expected to sell for over $5 million each with a further 16 entering the auction with upper estimates of … Read more
A 1939 Mercedes-Benz 540K Cabriolet A and a 1938 “The French Connection” Lincoln Coddington V12 HEMI are stars of the 2016 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale sale. These two magnificent prewar automobiles will be among the highlights of a nine-day celebration of Barrett-Jackson’s 45th anniversary at the Scottsdale, Arizona, classic car auctions in January 2016. 2016 Barrett-Jackson Collector … Read more
An impressive line-up of German and Italian sports cars will be on sale at the Bonhams January 2016 classic car auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. Early entrants include a 1962 Porsche 356 Carrera 2 GS Coupe and 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera 2.7 RS while a 1973 BMW 3.0 CSL “Batmobile” and (inevitably) a 1963 Mercedes-Benz 300 … Read more
The Keno Brothers sale in New York offers 40 classic cars in the Rolling Sculpture auction with a quarter expecting to sell for over a million dollar. The highlight of the sale is a 1969 Ferrari 365 GTB4 N.A.R.T. Competizione, which is expected to achieve around $5 million. A 1953 Ferrari 212 Inter Pinin Farina … Read more
RM Sotheby’s top result at the 2015 Monterey classic car auctions was $17,600,000 for a 1964 Ferrari 250 LM – the highest price paid for a car thus far this year. Several records were broken including highest grossing classic car auction ever, the largest single-vendor classic car auction and new marque records for McLaren and … Read more
Two Ferrari 250 GT cars and the most-expensive Porsche ever lead the results of the highest prices paid at the 2015 Gooding Pebble Beach auction. A 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider sold for $16,830,000 while a 1962 Ferrari 250 GT SWM Berlinetta Speciale sold for $16,500,000 – the two best results ever at … Read more
The top result at the 2015 Bonhams Quail Lodge auction during the Monterey classic car week was $8,525,000 paid for a 1959 Ferrari 250 GT Competizione. Bonhams achieved prices over a million dollar on 12 cars with the top-four, multi-million results all for Ferraris. A Porsche 959 Komfort sold for nearly $1.5 million while one … Read more