Artcurial had a spectacular 2015 Paris classic car auction with a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spider selling at a new world record of $18.5 million. Seven cars achieved results in excess of a million dollars while at least ten model records were set at the auction. The 59 barn-find cars from the Baillon Collection … Read more
Bonhams achieved results in excess of a million dollar on five cars at the 2015 Paris auction. The top result was €1,897,500 for a 1965 Aston Martin DB5 Cabriolet followed by €1,219,000 for a 1962 Aston Martin DB4 Cabriolet. Of the three 1930s Alfa Romeos, only one cleared the reserve margin. A 1966 AC Cobra … Read more
RM Auctions sold five cars for more than a million dollar each at the 2015 Paris classic car sale. The top result of $1.860,000 was for a 1963 Ferrari 250 GT/L Lusso. The 1939 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Sport Berlinetta that Italian dictator Benito Mussolini gave to his mistress failed to sell despite a highest bid … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
