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 a Gooding and Company auction. The 1983 Le Mans winning car – the … [Read more...]
2015 Bonhams Quail Lodge Sale Results
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 of the two Mercedes Benz 300 SLs offered failed to … [Read more...]
2015 RM Sotheby’s Monterey Pinnacle Portfolio Results
Top results at the RM Sotheby’s Monterey Pinnacle Portfolio car auction were $17,600,000 for a 1964 Ferrari 250 LM and $13,750,000 for a 1998 McLaren F1. This set a new marque record for a McLaren sold at public auction. Of the 25 cars on offer, 15 sold for more than a million dollar while two further multi-million bids were rejected, including $13.25 million for a 1960Ferrari … [Read more...]
2015 Monterey Classic Car Week Pre-Auctions Overview
Well over 100 cars are expected to sell for over a million dollar each at the annual Monterey classic car week auctions in mid-August 2015. Ferraris are likely to achieve the highest results but this year will also see a range of top Porsche and Jaguar racing cars, McLarens, Maseratis, Lamborghinis and Mercedes Benz cars on offer. RM Auctions are likely to earn the most and … [Read more...]
2015 RM Sotheby’s Monterey Sale (Auction Preview)
Two Ferrari 250 GT Competizione cars, a Ferrari 250 LM and a McLaren F1 ‘LM’ are headlining the 2015 RM Sotheby’s Monterey classic car auctions. Over 50 cars are expected to sell for over a million dollar, including 20 Ferraris, at the three days of auctions RM Sotheby's will held in Monterey in 2015.. Million-Dollar Cars at RM Sotheby’s Monterey 2015 RM Auctions set new … [Read more...]
2015 Gooding Pebble Beach Sale (Auction Preview)
Ferraris – a 275 GTB/4, a 250 GT California Spider and a 250 GT Berlinetta Speciale – are headlining the Gooding Pebble Beach classic car auction in 2015. Gooding & Co expects more than 40 cars to achieve results in excess of a million dollar each including 12 Ferraris and a remarkable 8 Porsches, including four racing cars from the official works team. Gooding Pebble … [Read more...]
2015 Bonhams Quail Lodge Sale (Auction Preview)
A 1959 Ferrari 250 GT Competizione Alloy Berlinetta will headline the 2015 Bonhams Quail Lodge car auction during the Monterey classic car week in August. This “Tour de France” Ferrari comes with a pre-auction estimate of $9 to $12 million. Bonhams hope to achieve over a million dollar on 15 of the cars on offer. Million-Dollar Cars at Bonhams 2015 Quail Lodge Auction The … [Read more...]
2015 Gooding Pebble Beach Sale – Klutt Collection (Press Release)
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 most-expensive cars sold at public auction and the … [Read more...]
2015 RM Sotheby’s Monterey Sale Pinnacle Portfolio (Press Release)
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 bookend pair of Bugatti Veyrons, and the final Enzo gifted to the … [Read more...]
2015 Bonhams Festival of Speed Auction (Press Release)
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 were roadsters. The car on offer was the first one ever built … [Read more...]
2015 Bonhams Spa Classic Car Sale Results (Press Release)
A 1990-93 Porsche Type 962 C Endurance Racing Competition Coupe, sold for €1,495,000 at the Spa Sale – the highest online bid ever at a Bonhams auction. This Ex-Jürgen Oppermann/Otto Altenbach/Loris Kessel Obermaier Racing Porsche was also the top result at the Bonhams classic car auction in Belgium. The sale included several further Porsches and Ferraris but no other car … [Read more...]
2015 RM Sotheby’s Villa Erba Auction Results
A 1952 Ferrari 212 Export Barchetta set a new model auction result when selling for €6.7 million at the 2015 RM Sotheby’s Villa Erba classic car sale in Italy. Eleven cars sold for more than a million dollars including seven Ferraris but the two headline cars failed to clear the reserve margins: the 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Competizione and the 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB … [Read more...]
2015 Bonhams Aston Martin Works Sale Results
Highlights from the 2015 Bonhams Aston Martin Works classic car sale included £1.5 million for the 1962 DB4 Vantage Convertible of Sir Peter Ustinov. However, a 1966 Aston Martin DB5 Convertible in 'Vantage' specification achieved the top result of £1,524,700. A further 1962 Aston Martin DB4 4.0-Litre Series IV Convertible also sold for more than a million dollars. Bonhams … [Read more...]
2015 RM Sotheby’s Andrews Collection Sale Results
A 1962 Ferrari 400 Superamerica SWB Cabriolet sold for a model record $7,645,000 at the RM Sotheby’s Andrews Collection classic car auction in Fort Worth, Texas. However, the highlights of the auction were the sensational prices achieved by several 1930s classic American automobiles with Packards, Duesenberg, a Cadillac and a Marmon selling well in excess of pre-auction … [Read more...]
2015 Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale (Press Release)
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 races, including his last competitive race. The auction estimate is … [Read more...]