The top result at the Gooding & Co 2015 Amelia Island classic car sale was $3,300,000 for a 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 while $2,090,000 was paid for a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT Series II Cabriolet. The highest bid on the night was $4.7 million for a 1956 Maserati 200 SI but failed to clear the … Read more
Three pre-war American cars sold for more than a million dollar at the 2015 Bonhams Amelia Island classic car auction in Florida. A 1930 Cord Model L-29 Town Car achieved $1.76 million while a 1908 American Underslung sold for $1.74 million – a new record. A 1932 Stutz DV-2 Super Bearcat Convertible sold for just … Read more
Bonhams sold an ex-Royal Mews Traveling Landau for $376,000 at its first ever Carriage Collection Sale in Oxford on March 7, 2015. Bonhams Private European Collection of Victorian Carriages and Coaches had a white glove result with a 100% sell-through rate achieving a total £1,147,765. The top result, the ex-Royal British Mews Landau commission by … Read more
At the 2015 Paris classic car auctions, 17 cars sold for over a million dollar including a record $18.6 million for a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider. The Artcurial auction during the Rétromobile week attracted the most attention with 59 barn-find cars from the Baillon Collection including the record-setting Ferrari California Spider. Artcurial … Read more
Artcurial had a spectacular 2015 Paris classic car auction with a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spider selling at a new model 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 … 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
At the 2015 Scottsdale, Arizona collector car auction week, 42 cars sold for over a million dollars with a 1964 Ferrari 250 LM setting a new record price. Of the million-dollar-plus cars, 16 were Ferraris, 8 Mercedes Benz, 5 Selby Cobras, and 4 Porsches. RM Auctions sold 17 cars for over a million at the … Read more
At the 2015 Scottsdale, Arizona classic car auctions, six auction houses offered nearly 3,000 collector cars for sale and earned nearly $300 million. Barrett Jackson alone sold 1,600 vehicles. RM Auctions set a new record high price for the auction week with a $9.6 million Ferrari and the highest per car price of $559,000. In … Read more
Thus far in 2015, Ferraris dominate the list of the top-ten highest prices paid for a classic car at public auction. After the Scottsdale, Arizona auction week in mid-January, eight of the ten most-expensive cars in the world in 2015 have been Ferraris. Two concept vehicles by General Motors are probably the more surprising classics … Read more
A 1964 Ferrari 250 LM sold for $9,625,000 at the 2015 RM Auction – a new Scottsdale, Arizona auction record. 17 cars achieved over a million dollar including nine Ferraris. A new record was set for a Ferrari 288 GTO. At $2.75 million. Two Mercedes Benz 300 SLs cars and two Porsches also sold for … Read more
Eleven cars sold for over a million dollar at the 2015 Gooding Scottsdale classic car sale. The top result was a 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider that achieved $7,700,000. The three most-expensive cars were Ferraris followed by a Porsche racing car. Of the four Mercedes Benz 300 SLs on offer, only one found a buyer … Read more