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 RM Auctions Amelia Island 2013 auction was held Saturday, March 9th at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Amelia Island, Florida, resulting in $26.8 million in total sales and a 92% sell-through rate. RM gathered more than 85 automobiles for the single-day auction, with the top result of this year's Amelia Island weekend going to the … [Read more...]
The Gooding and Company Amelia Island Auction 2013 was held Friday, March 8th at the Amelia Island Plantation in Florida, resulting in $28.1 million in total sales and a 97% sell-through rate. Gooding offered more than 70 lots at their 4th annual sale, with eight cars selling above the one million and two eclipsing two million. … [Read more...]
The Leake Auction Company Oklahoma City 2013 sale was held February 22-23 in the Cox Pavilion on the OKC Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, resulting in $5.6 million in sales and a 75% sell-through rate. “In 2012 we hit the tipping point in Oklahoma City. We needed more space to accommodate our growth,” said Richard Sevenoaks, president of Leake Auction Company. … [Read more...]
Russo and Steele, Scottsdale, Arizona, January 17-20, 2013 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor The important news from Russo and Steele in Scottsdale this year wasn’t the cars, it was the announcement of two new venues for 2013: Newport Beach, California at the Newport Dunes, June 20-22; and Las Vegas, Nevada at the newly remodeled Tropicana Hotel, September … [Read more...]
Numquam tanto minus - Never has so little cost so much RM Auctions, Bruce Weiner Microcar Collection, Madison, Georgia, February 15-16, 2013 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Hands down, this was the best, most enjoyable, cheerful, enthusiastic auction in memory. It’s right up there with Christie’s sale of the A.K. ‘Nutzy Stutzy’ Miller auction in … [Read more...]
An auction hosted by RKM Collector Car Auctions is expected to draw over 150 vintage, muscle, and performance automobiles to the Pinehurst Fair Barn on May 4th, 2013 as part of the inaugural Pinehurst Concours d'Elegance weekend. The auction will be held at the historic Pinehurst Resort Fair Barn, a National Historic Landmark recognized as the oldest surviving early-20th century fair … [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, with a selection of 40 automobiles offered as the official auction of the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este. In addition to the previously announced 1953 Ferrari 340/375 MM Pinin Farina Berlinetta Competizione, further consignments for this year's auction include examples from Ferrari, … [Read more...]
The RM Auctions Amelia Island 2013 auction will be held Saturday, March 9th on the grounds of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Amelia Island, Florida. RM gathered more than 80 automobiles for the single-day auction, which will again act as a prelude to this year’s Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. A total of eight automobiles offered at the 15th annual RM Auctions Amelia Island sale are … [Read more...]
The Gooding and Company Amelia Island Auction 2013 will be held Friday, March 8th on the grounds of the Amelia Island Plantation in Florida. Gooding and Company assembled more than 70 collector cars for its 4th annual Amelia Island sale, headlined by the 1928 Bentley 4 1/2 Litre Semi-Le Mans Tourer … [Read more...]
The Mecum Auctions Verde Classics Museum Collection sale was held Saturday, February 23rd, 2013 in Boynton Beach, Florida, resulting in $3,784,520 in total sales. More than 75 collector cars and 470 lots of automobilia from Fran and Ron Green’s personal collection sold during the one-day, no reserve auction. Vehicles began selling at 1 p.m. on Saturday to a standing room only crowd. … [Read more...]
Mecum Auctions, Kissimmee, Florida, January 18-27, 2013 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor No one ever accused Dana Mecum of lacking audacity. As the Kissimmee entry list filled up in late November the decision was taken to extend the auction, not like last year when extra hours were added in the morning on several days, but on the calendar. It would be the biggest single … [Read more...]
The Bonhams Boca Raton Auction 2013 was held Saturday, February 23rd at the Boca Raton Resort and Club in Florida, resulting in $3.75 million in total sales and an 85% sell-through rate. Held in conjunction with the Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance, the Bonhams sale featured a selection of American and European motorcars that attracted bidders from around the world, and buyers from as far afield … [Read more...]
The RM Auctions Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum sale was held February 15-16, 2013 in Madison, Georgia, resulting in more than $9.1 million in sales with 100 percent of lots sold. The Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum was highlighted by the largest collection of rare microcars from the late-1940s through the early-1960s … [Read more...]
Gooding & Company, Fashion Square, Scottsdale, Arizona, January 18-19, 2013 Report and photos (unless noted) by Rick Carey, Auction Editor 104 cars offered, 101 cars sold, 97.1% sell-through, $57,741,695 total sale, up 44.8% from last year and 65.1% from 2011, an average transaction of $571,700. Those are awesome numbers. Consider that with 7.9% of the lots that crossed the block at … [Read more...]
The Bonhams Boca Raton Auction 2013 will be staged Saturday, February 23rd on the grounds of the Boca Raton Resort and Club in Florida. Held in conjunction with the 7th annual Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance, the inaugural Bonhams automobile auction in Florida will see a strong selection of nearly 60 European and American automobiles cross the auction block. Among the headline entries at the … [Read more...]
