Sports Car Digest - The Sports, Racing and Vintage Car Journal
Sports Car Digest focuses on Classic Car Auctions, Concours d’Elegance, Vintage Car Racing, Road Rallies and other historic automotive events.
Report and photos (unless noted) by Rick Carey, Auction EditorGooding and Company held its 2010 Pebble Beach sale on August 14th and 15th at the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center in Pebble Beach, California.David Gooding assumed the Pebble Beach Auction mantle six years ago, to the day, in fact, on August 15, 2004. He brought Charlie Ross over from the UK to call the sale, and they meshed on … [Read more...]
Report and photos (unless noted) by Rick Carey, Auction EditorRM Auctions held its 2010 Sports and Classics of Monterey auction on August 12th to 14th at the Portola Hotel and Spa and Monterey Convention Center in Monterey, California.For the second year RM extended its Sports & Classics of Monterey auction to three days, opening up on Thursday with a Ford-themed offering. The feature was … [Read more...]
Mullin Automotive Museum - Worth the Trip from AnywhereReport and photos by Rick Carey, Auction EditorThere are number of great automobile collections around the world. I’m far from an expert on them, but the best of the best have to very good to be better than the collection and facility that Peter Mullin has put together in Oxnard, California.Although the Mullin Museum is focused … [Read more...]
Report by Rick Carey, Auction EditorOkay, so I like alliteration, but that headline is no stretch at all in the case of the 2010 Monterey auctions. RM Auctions, Gooding & Company, Bonhams & Butterfields and Mecum Auctions reported a combined $164,231,617 in sales in nine selling sessions held over a span of just four days, a frantic Thursday-Sunday that set new records in almost every … [Read more...]
RM Auctions, Vintage Motor Cars of Meadow Brook, Shotwell-Gustafson Pavilion, Meadow Brook Hall, Oakland, MI, July 24, 2010Report and photos (unless noted) by Rick Carey, Auction EditorRM has been coming to Meadow Brook a long time and has made it one of the cornerstones of its annual auction calendar, despite expanding throughout the U.S. and to Europe and the U.K. RM typically offers an … [Read more...]
Bonhams, Goodwood Festival of Speed, Chichester, Sussex, UK, July 2, 2010Report by Rick Carey, Auction EditorThe number of replicas and boy-racer modified cars at Bonham’s Goodwood Festival sale this year was surprising. Three GT40 replicas, a Cobra replica (with V-6 power at that), several modified Mustangs, a re-engined Corvette, and more. Even the cover car, the dramatic … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction EditorRM Auctions recently moved into Southern California with the all No Reserve ‘Classic Muscle & Modern Performance’ auction in San Diego, held June 19, 2010 at the Town and Country Resort in San Diego. Built around 78 cars from the collection of San Diego dealership owner Glen Konkle, the ‘Classic Muscle’ part was pretty straightforward. The … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction EditorBonhams & Butterfields held its 2010 Greenwich Concours d’Elegance auction on June 6th at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park in Greenwich, Connecticut.In only its third year at the Greenwich Concours Bonhams cemented its position as an important event on the annual collector car auction calendar. Underlining its success in establishing itself in the … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction EditorMecum Auctions held its Original Spring Classic Auction 2010 on May 19-23 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis.Mecum Auctions “Spring Classic” migrated from the fields of Belvidere, Illinois to the vast complex at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis three years ago and has built upon Mecum’s reputation and financial … [Read more...]
Report by Rick Carey, Auction EditorRM Auctions held its inaugural Sporting Classics of Monaco event on 1st May, 2010 at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. RM’s beachhead in Monte Carlo was, like all good military campaigns, conducted with overwhelming force and superiority of numbers and logistics.Taking a year off from Maranello where RM had demonstrated its ability to put on a show, … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction EditorWorldwide’s two-day Houston Classic Weekend sale at the Keels & Wheels Concours d’Elegance at the Lakewood Yacht Club in Seabrook opened on Friday, April 30, 2010 with 73 cars, all without reserve, from the R.E. Monical Collection.It closed, a little later than expected, with ten cars, also all without reserve, from the Buess family … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction EditorThe Branson Collector Car Auction, Spring 2010 was held April 16-17 at the Branson Convention Center in Missouri.Jim and Kathy Cox have been putting on the Branson Auctions twice a year for something like 20 years after succeeding Mark Trimble – who still brings some pretty nice cars to the sale.After moving around Branson from … [Read more...]
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