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.
Led by Auction Editor Rick Carey, our coverage of auctions and collector car markets includes everything from late-breaking news and auction results to varied opinions about market trends and values.
The Auctions America Auburn Spring 2013 sale was held May 9-11 at the Auburn Auction Park in Auburn, Indiana, resulting in $5.7 million in total sales and 77 percent sell-through rate. Bidders hailed from seven countries and 38 states across the U.S., with nearly one-third of participants representing new clientele. Top sale honors at the 2013 Auburn Spring event went to an AACA National First … [Read more...]
The Bonhams Greenwich Auction 2013 will be held Sunday, June 2nd at the Greenwich Concours d'Elegance in Connecticut. The sixth annual sale will see a strong selection of 100 motor cars offered for sale, including models from Alfa Romeo, Aston Martin, Bentley, Cadillac, Jaguar, Lincoln, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Rolls-Royce, among others. Leading this consignments for the 2013 Bonhams … [Read more...]
The 2013 Bonhams auction of Aston Martin and Lagonda motor cars was held Saturday 18th May at Aston Martin Works in Newport Pagnell, UK, resulting in more than £10 million in total sales and an 100% sell-through rate. The 14th annual sale saw many lots achieve well above their high estimates. The Bonhams sale set a new world auction record price for an Aston Martin in the marque’s centenary … [Read more...]
Mecum Auctions, Kansas City, Missouri, April 25-27, 2013 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Mecum Auctions holds two sales each year in Kansas City, a reflection of several things, notably the supply of quality consignments in the region and a particularly good urban venue with abundant indoor display space (you could overhaul a couple of 747s in here after their wings were … [Read more...]
A Vignale-bodied 1953 Ferrari 250 Europa Coupe will be among the headline offerings at the 2013 Bonhams Quail Lodge auction, scheduled for August 16th on the grounds of the Quail Lodge property in Carmel Valley, California. This one-of-a-kind Ferrari was designed by Giovanni Michelotti for Vignale and sold new to the North American Ferrari importer Luigi Chinetti. Upon seeing the design, … [Read more...]
The RM Auctions Villa d'Este 2013 sale will be held 25th May at Villa Erba on the shores of Lake Como, Italy, as part of the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este weekend. The international team at RM Auctions assembled 40 vehicles for the biennial Villa Erba sale, headlined by the 1953 Ferrari 340/375 MM Berlinetta Competizione; 1905 FIAT 60HP Five-Passenger Touring; 1962 Ferrari 400 Superamerica … [Read more...]
RM Auctions, Don Davis Collection, Fort Worth, Texas, April 27, 2013 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Auctions of single owner collections are always exciting. The owners’ reputations for quality and focus confer instant “provenance” and collectors flock to them to take home a piece of automobile, and automobile collecting, history. Frequently those pieces come at a … [Read more...]
RM Auctions has become the official auction partner of the St James’s Concours of Elegance, scheduled for 5-7 September 2013 at St James’s Palace in central London. As a result of the partnership, RM Auctions has changed the dates of its well-established London sale which has traditionally taken place in late October. … [Read more...]
The inaugural Bonhams auction at the Spa Classic historic races will be held Saturday 25th May 2013 at the Spa Motor Circuit in Belgium. Nearly 60 automobiles will be offered, with seven Ferraris, six Porsche 911s and a Lamborghini Miura among the notable entries. Philip Kantor, Head of the Mainland European Motoring department, said, “We are very much looking forward to our first sale at … [Read more...]
The spring edition of the Mecum Kansas City 2013 auction was held April 25-27 at the Kansas City Convention Center in Missouri, resulting in $9.6 million in total sales and a 61% sell-through rate. With a total of 446 vehicles selling over the three-day auction, the top result went to a Ahrens-Fox BT piston pumper fire truck that hammered at $125,000. … [Read more...]
A Ferrari 330 GTC will be among the headline entries at the inaugural Russo and Steele Newport Beach auction, scheduled for June 20-22, 2013 at the Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort in Newport Beach, California. Designed by Pininfarina and powered by a Colombo-derived, four-liter V-12, the 330 GTC debuted at the Geneva Motor Show in 1966. … [Read more...]
RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby's, announced a new auction in New York City, to be held November 21, 2013 at Sotheby’s headquarters in Manhattan. The RM Auctions New York City 2013 sale, the first major collector car auction staged in Manhattan in over a decade, will feature approximately 35 automobiles from around the world. With an emphasis on bespoke design and 'best of category' … [Read more...]
The RM Auctions Don Davis Collection sale was held Saturday, April 27, 2013 in Fort Worth, Texas, resulting in $21.2 million in total sales and 100% of all lots sold. Held at the Don Davis estate, a packed house saw 64 automobiles cross the block, with five lots achieving million-dollar results and eight setting new world records. Bidders hailed from 14 countries, including from as far away as … [Read more...]
Leake Auction Company, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, February 19-20, 2013 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Anyone who spends much time looking back of the histories of collector cars and the collector car auction market knows the Leake name. The dynasty’s founder, James C. Leake, was a successful owner of radio stations but his real love was old cars and his name appears in … [Read more...]
Branson Spring Auction, Branson Landing Convention Center, Branson, Missouri, April 12-13, 2013 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor There are three important facets to Jim and Kathy Cox’s Branson Auction: 1. It’s always a good time; 2. There are always some intriguing, unusual cars; and 3. Good values for buyers are balanced by good results for consignors. The results … [Read more...]
