A 1962 Ferrari 400 Superamerica LWB Coupe Aerodinamico sold for $4,400,000 as the top result at the RM Sotheby’s Amelia Island 2016 classic car sale. Nine cars sold for more than a million dollar while a few others also attracted unsuccessful multimillion-dollar bids. RM Sotheby’s Amelia Island Auction 2016 RM Sotheby’s held its annual classic … Read more
A 1937 Bugatti Type 57 SC Sports Tourer sold for $9,735,000 as the top result at the 2016 Bonhams Amelia Island classic car auction. This also set a new Amelia Island classic car week auction record that is unlikely to stand for more than a day. A 1937 Mercedes Benz 540 K Cabriolet A sold … Read more
Artcurial sold a 1957 Ferrari 335 Sport at €32 / $35.7 million as the most-expensive car ever at public auction in euro terms – second if priced in dollar. The 1957 Ferrari 335 Sport was an official Scuderia Ferrari works team car that helped secure the world championship in 1957. Artcurial set seven auction world … Read more
A 2015 Porsche 918 and a 1939 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Cabriolet were the top results at the 2016 Barrett-Jackson classic car sale in Scottsdale, Arizona. Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Classic Car Sale 2016 The Barrett-Jackson classic and collector car auction in Scottsdale, Arizona was a multi-day extravaganza from 23 – 31 January 2016. In 2016, Barrett-Jackson grossed … Read more
A 1950 Ferrari 166 MM / 195S Berlinetta Le Mans sold for $6,490,000 as the top result at the Gooding Scottsdale 2016 classic car sale. In contrast to other auction houses in Scottsdale 2016, Ferraris were the top three lots at the Gooding sale. However, several top Ferraris were amongst the million-dollar cars that failed … Read more
A 1937 Mercedes Benz 540 K Special Roadster set a new Scottsdale classic car auction week record when selling for $9,900,000 at the RM Sotheby’s Arizona sale. A 1957 Duesenberg Model J Disappearing Top Torpedo Convertible was at $3 million the second most-expensive car at the auction with a 1965 Shelby 427 Competition Cobra at … Read more
A 2015 McLaren P1 sold for $2 million and a 1962 Mercedes Benz 300 SL for $1.5 million as the top results at the 2016 Bonhams Scottsdale classic car sale. A 1971 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Berlinetta achieved a strong $1,155,000 while the 1928 Mercedes-Benz 630K La Baule Transformable just missed the million-dollar mark. A … Read more
A 1970 Plymouth Hemi Cuda Convertible sold for $3 million at the Mecum Kissimmee 2016 sale while the headline Ferrari 275 and Porsche 962 failed to sell. Bidding for the 1989 Daytona-winning Porsche stopped at $2.3 million while a 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 Berlinetta could not be bought for $2.8 million. Four American muscle cars … 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 1937 Lagonda Rapide Tourer and a 1929 Bentley 4 ½ Litre Tourer sold for over a million dollar each at the 2015 Bonhams Bond Street Sale in London. A 1955 Mercedes Benz 300 SL Gullwing and a 1962 Ferrari 250 GT Series II Cabriolet attracted bids well over a million dollar but failed to … Read more
A 1930 Duesenberg Model J Disappearing Top Roadster became the most-expensive car ever sold at public auction in Denmark when it achieved $2.7 million at the Bonhams Frederiksen Collection sale. Six of the 48 cars on offer achieved results of more than a million dollar. The auction grossed $24 million – the highest ever in Denmark … Read more
A 1960 Ferrari 400 Superamerica Cabriolet was the most-expensive car sold at the 2015 Amelia Island auctions. 23 cars sold for over a million dollars each: 13 by RM Sotheby’s, 7 by Gooding and 7 by Bonhams. The million-dollar plus cars ranged in age from a 1908 American Underslung to a 2011 Ferrari 599 SA … Read more