Three Alfa Romeo Berlina Aerodinamica Tecnica (B.A.T.) concept cars were announced for the Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Sale 2020 in New York. RM Sotheby's announced three Alfa Romeo Berlina Aerodinamica Tecnica (B.A.T.) concept cars for Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale in New York, live-streamed on 28th October 2020. Designed by Franco Scaglione and executed … [Read more...]
2020 Bonhams New York Sale Results (JFK Lincolns Announcement)
A Lincoln Continental cars associated with President John F Kennedy (JFK) was sold at the Bonhams Presidential experience-Auction in New York in October 2020. Bonhams sold a historically important Lincoln limousine, associated with President John F. Kennedy, at the American Presidential Experience Auction in New York on Wednesday, October 14, 2020. The top results were … [Read more...]
2020 Bonhams New York (JFK Lincolns Announcement)
Bonhams announced two Lincoln Continental cars associated with President John F Kennedy (JFK) for the Presidential Experience Auction in New York in October 2020. Two historically important Lincoln limousines that carried President John F. Kennedy are to be offered in the Bonhams American Presidential Experience Auction in New York on Wednesday, October 14, 2020. The sale … [Read more...]
2020 Bonhams Greenwich Sale (Porsche 718 RSK Announced)
Bonhams announced a 1959 Porsche 718 RSK Spyder as lead car for the Greenwich, Connecticut, USA, 2020 classic car auction. Bonhams announced a rare 1959 Porsche 718 RSK Spyder car to headline its Greenwich Concours d’Elegance Auction on 31 May 2020 at Greenwich, Connecticut, USA. This 718 RSK was mostly raced in North America including by legendary driver Bob Holbert at … [Read more...]
2017 RM Sotheby’s New York Sale Results
A 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider Competizione sold for $17,990,000 as the top result at the RM Sotheby's New York Icons classic car auction. RM Sotheby's finished 2017 on a high note with 11 cars selling for more than a million dollar at the New York Icons classic car auction. The top result was $17,990,000 paid for a 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider … [Read more...]
2017 RM Sotheby’s New York (Schumacher Monaco Ferrari Sold)
Michael Schumacher’s 2001 Monaco GP winning Ferrari F2001 sold for $7.5 million at the Sotheby’s Contemporary Art sale in New York. The 2001 Ferrari F2001 Formula 1 single-seater racing car that Michael Schumacher raced to victory in the Monaco and Hungarian Grands Prix races sold for $7,504,000 in the Sotheby’s Contemporary Art sale in New York. This is the highest … [Read more...]
2017 RM Sotheby’s New York Icons Sale (Auction Preview)
A Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider Competizione and Jaguar C-Type are the lead cars for the RM Sotheby's New York 2017 classic car auction. RM Sotheby's New York Icons sale 2017 will feature around 30 cars with two thirds having million-dollar plus estimates. The 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider Competizione, estimate $14,000,000 - $17,000,000, is the … [Read more...]
2017 RM Sotheby’s New York Sale (Ferrari California Spider Competizione Announcement)
A 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider Competizione (estimate: $14 – 17 million) is the lead car for the RM Sotheby's New York Icons 2017 sale. RM Sotheby's announced a rare 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider Competizione as the top car on offer for the New York Icons classic car auction scheduled for early December 2017. The car was the second of only eight … [Read more...]
2017 RM Sotheby’s New York (Schumacher Monaco Ferrari Announcement)
The Ferrari F2001 that Michael Schumacher drove to victory in the Monaco Grand Prix will be on sale at Sotheby’s in New York in November 2017. A 2001 Ferrari F2001 driven by Michael Schumacher to his fifth and final Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix victory will be on offer at the Sotheby’s Contemporary Art auction in New York on 16 November 2017. RM Sotheby's expects the … [Read more...]
2015 RM Sotheby’s New York Sale Results
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 achieved $14.3 million – a new marque record and the most-expensive British car ever sold at auction. Eleven of the … [Read more...]
1956 Ferrari 290 MM – Most-Expensive Car in 2015
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 GTO that Bonhams sold for $38 million in 2014 and the 1954 Mercedes Benz … [Read more...]
2015 RM Sotheby’s New York Driven by Disruption Sale (Auction Preview)
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 over a million. The other top cars are a 1962 Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato, a 1958 … [Read more...]
2015 Keno Brothers New York Rolling Sculpture Sale (Auction Preview)
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 Coupe is also expected to sell for well in excess of a million … [Read more...]
2015 RM Sotheby’s New York Auction (Pre-Sale Press Release – Janis Joplin’s Porsche)
Janis Joplin’s colorful Porsche 356C Cabriolet is an early entry for the mid-December 2015 RM Sotheby’s New York "Driven by Disruption" classic car auction. This sale in Manhattan will feature around 30 creatively-styled, cutting-edge automobiles and select memorabilia. Janis Joplin’s 1964 Porsche 356C Cabriolet with its psychedelic painted bodywork was driven and actively … [Read more...]