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.
RM Auctions will hold its inaugural Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este sale on the picturesque Lake Como, Italy on the 21st May, 2011. RM Auctions announced two early star attractions for its auction - a rare 1955 Ferrari 375 MM Berlinetta by Pinin Farina, s/n 0490 AM, and a 1938 Talbot-Lago T150C-SS Teardrop Coupe with coachwork by Figoni et Falaschi. Held on the banks of Lake Como at the … [Read more...]
A 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Sports Saloon, which was owned by King Baudouin of Belgium, who reigned in Belgium from 1951 until his death in 1993, is to be sold at Bonhams’ Paris sale of Motor Cars at the Grand Palais on 5 February 2011. The car, which was supplied new to the King in February 1955, has attracted a pre-sale estimate of €200,000 – 240,000. King Baudouin was renowned for his … [Read more...]
Barrett-Jackson plans to pull out all the stops to celebrate its 40th anniversary at their events in Scottsdale from January 17-23, 2011. The milestone event will include a collector car auction at Westworld, the 2nd annual Scottsdale road rally, a cruise-in and many other exciting activities.“Our 40th anniversary will celebrate the automotive passion that has transformed this hobby,” … [Read more...]
Gooding & Company will offer a collection of Ferrari and Italian supercars on behalf of the estate of the renowned collector Benny Caiola and his family at their upcoming 2011 Scottsdale Auction, to be held January 21-22 at the Scottsdale Fashion Square Mall in Scottsdale, Arizona.“We are honored to present the private collection of Benny Caiola in Scottsdale this January,” says David … [Read more...]
The winningest competition Shelby Cobra will be offered for sale at the Mecum Kissimmee Auction 2011, scheduled for January 26-30 in Kissimmee, Florida. The 1963 Shelby Cobra DragonSnake CSX2093 (Lot S121.1) is the 93rd Cobra built and one of just eight cars modified with the Shelby-developed DragonSnake package. Originally owned by Jim Costilow and driven by drag racer Bruce Larson, the … [Read more...]
Gooding & Company will hold its Amelia Island Auction 2011 on Friday, March 11th at the Omni Amelia Island Plantation in Florida.Gooding announced three consignments that represent Britain’s pre- and post-war automotive achievements: the first 1949 Jaguar XK120 Alloy imported to America, a 1933 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental Sedanca Drop Head Coupe by Gurney Nutting and a 1962 Lotus 23B … [Read more...]
Last month we reported that Russo and Steele was relocating the site of its annual Scottsdale Auction event, choosing to remain in Scottsdale, Arizona, but moving to a new venue to the east of its previous location. Scratch that. Russo and Steele will not move to the new location, but instead will upgrade the current venue with a new tent and other improvements. … [Read more...]
A new auction company has been formed to fill the void left by Kruse and ICA not returning to Arizona in 2011. St. Louis-based Motoexotica Classic Cars and Manheim will co-produce the Phoenix Classic and Exotic Car Auction, to be held Friday, January 14th and Saturday, January 15th, 2011 inside the Manheim Phoenix Auto Auction Building in Tolleson, Arizona. This inaugural sale will feature over … [Read more...]
RM Auctions announced the consignment of a 1949 Ferrari 166 MM Touring Barchetta, chassis number 0024 M, to its Automobiles of Arizona 2011 auction, to be held January 20 – 21 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Originally commissioned for the 1949 Paris Motor Show, for which it was painted in the Argentinean racing colors of yellow and blue, 0024 M is considered one of the rarest and most historic … [Read more...]
Gooding & Company announced five additional road and racing cars that will be offered for sale at their upcoming 2011 Scottsdale Auction, to be held January 21-22 at the Scottsdale Fashion Square Mall in Scottsdale, Arizona.These new consignments include a barnfind 1964 Shelby Cobra, a 1964 Porsche 904, a 1965 Ferrari 275 GTB, a B-Production National Champion 1965 Shelby GT350 R and what is … [Read more...]
The first Rolls-Royce Phantom III to be sold to America, which featured in the award-winning 2006 film Pan’s Labyrinth, is to be sold at Bonhams traditional end of year sale of Important Motor Cars and Fine Automobilia on 6 December, 2010, which this year takes place at Mercedes-Benz World at Brooklands in Surrey, UK. A total number of 24 Phantom III Rolls-Royces are thought to have been … [Read more...]
Gooding & Company returns to Arizona for its annual 2011 Scottsdale Auction with multiple headline consignments, highlighted by a 1953 Fiat 8V Supersonic and a "barnfind" 1948 Tucker. The Gooding & Company 2011 Scottsdale Auction will be held January 21-22 at the Scottsdale Fashion Square Mall in Scottsdale, Arizona.In addition to the Fiat 8V Supersonic and Tucker, the following cars will also … [Read more...]
Russo and Steele is relocating the site of its annual Scottsdale Auction event, choosing to remain in Scottsdale, Arizona, but moving to a new venue to the east of its previous location. The 11th annual Russo and Steele Scottsdale Auction will be held at the intersection of the Loop 101 Freeway and Hayden Road, in North Scottsdale, scheduled for January 19-23, 2011.Following last year’s … [Read more...]
The Milton Robson Collection of muscle cars and classics will be sold at auction by RM Auctions, to be held in Gainesville, Georgia on Saturday, November 13, 2010.Well-known by automotive enthusiasts, the Robson Collection is the result of over 25 years of careful and meticulous acquisition by lifelong enthusiast and noted collector, Milton Robson. Spanning a range of marques and eras, the … [Read more...]
The world famous 1964 James Bond Aston Martin DB5 movie car driven by Sean Connery in Goldfinger and Thunderball, and factory-fitted with the full complement of operational ‘Q-Branch’ gadgets, was sold at auction in London on October 27th, 2010 by RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby’s, in front of a packed audience for £2,912,000 ($4,608,500). “RM has just established the price … [Read more...]
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