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.
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
The RM Auctions Don Davis Collection sale will be staged April 27, 2013 in Fort Worth, Texas. The single-day auction will see a total of 64 automobiles offered without reserve. Following a childhood spent enthralled with muscle cars, speed and automotive design, Don Davis got into the car business, eventually operating as many as 12 dealerships throughout Texas and Oklahoma. Don Davis started … [Read more...]
Barrett-Jackson, South Florida Fairgrounds, West Palm Beach, April 4-6, 2013 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Even in the face of what some are regarding as a soft market in Barrett-Jackson’s sweet spot of $30-50,000 cars the 2013 Palm Beach Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Event produced excellent results, their best at this venue since 2010. In the wake of a successful … [Read more...]
Mecum Auctions held their 2nd annual Houston sale on April 4-6, 2013 at the Reliant Center in Houston, Texas, resulting in total sales exceeding $20 million and a 72% sell-through rate. Mecum offered more than 1,000 vehicles during the three-day auction, in addition to nearly 200 pieces of Road Art and memorabilia. Nearly all Mecum sales offer an attractive mix of muscle cars, classics, hot … [Read more...]
Auctions America by RM, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, March 22-24, 2013 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Late on Sunday, while wrapping up a few final cars for Sports Car Digest, a young couple approached me. The male half asked, ‘Could you tell me a little about how the auction works?’ We talked for ten or fifteen minutes about collector car auction basics: reserves, … [Read more...]
The 2013 Auctions America Fort Lauderdale sale was held March 22-24 at the Greater Fort Lauderdale / Broward County Convention Center in Florida, resulting in $17.5 million in total sales and a 74% sell-through rate. The three-day auction attracted bidders from 15 countries around the world and 38 states across the United States. “We’re thrilled with the results from the weekend’s sale … [Read more...]
