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.
Coverage of RM Auctions events, including previews, results and reports from the many RM Auctions sales across the globe.
Report and photos (unless noted) by Rick Carey, Auction EditorThis year marked RM’s “Lucky Thirteenth” Arizona auction, held January 19-20, 2012 at the posh Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa. Growing from $6.3 million in 2000 to consistent totals in medium eight figures, RM’s $25,660,400 sale in 2012 marked the Arizona auction’s fifth year with greater than $20 million in sales.RM … [Read more...]
RM Auctions held its 2012 Automobiles of Arizona sale on January 19-20 at the Arizona Biltmore Resort in Phoenix, resulting in $25.6 million in sales and a 90% sell-through rate.The 13th annual RM Auctions Arizona sale saw 140 automobiles cross the auction block, with registered bidders representing 21 countries. Top sale went to the 1957 Ferrari 410 Superamerica Scaglietti Coupe that sold for … [Read more...]
RM Auctions returns to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Amelia Island, Florida on March 10, 2012 for its annual Amelia Island auction.Now in its 14th year, the official auction house of the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance will showcase over 100 automobiles, with consignments including a 1934 Packard Twelve Dietrich Convertible Victoria and a 1929 Cord L-29 Hayes Coupe. In 2011, RM Auctions once … [Read more...]
By Ed LenahanThe RM Auctions Arizona sale promises to kick off the 2012 auction season in style with the sale of nearly 150 classic and significant automobiles. Held on the grounds of the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa January 19th and 20th, the 13th annual RM Arizona auction features an important selection of Ferraris in addition to a wide array of significant automobiles.“Following … [Read more...]
RM Auctions will return to the Arizona Biltmore Resort in Phoenix on January 19-20 for its 2012 Automobiles of Arizona auction event. The 13th annual RM Auctions Arizona sale will see approximately 150 automobiles cross the auction block, headlined by multiple Ferraris including a one-off 1957 Ferrari 410 Superamerica.“Following another vibrant year in 2011, we’re thrilled to return to … [Read more...]
Math ProblemsBy Edward Lenahan“The most exciting thing about piloting an old vehicle,” I said to my wife Marguerite, “is the nagging sense it’s going to kill you.” We had just experienced our own brand of excitement, barely stopping our old tandem bike before a busy intersection, and this comment wasn’t so much a casual observation on my part as it was a way of making our … [Read more...]
RM Auctions staged its fifth annual Automobiles of London auction on October 26, 2011 at Battersea Evolution in London, resulting in £13.3 million ($21,413,000) in total sales and 79% of all lots sold.RM Auctions offered approximately 100 automobiles and 25 motorcycles at the single-day London 2011 auction, with the top sale going to a matching-numbers 1958 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Tour de France … [Read more...]
The RM Auctions Monaco sale in 2012 will expand to two days when the biennial auction returns to the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on 10-12 May.Once again corresponding with the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique, RM Auctions' 2012 Monaco sale will see 80 automobiles cross the auction block, in addition to the Saltarelli Collection of significant Ducati motorcycles. The addition of the motorcycles … [Read more...]
RM Auctions, Hershey, October 6-7, 2011Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction EditorRM has turned its annual auction during Hershey week into a celebration of old cars and unusual cars.It’s a perfect place to highlight the unusual to the legions of collectors and restorers who’ve spent the week wandering the swap meet field looking for Mason connecting rods and Owen Magnetic … [Read more...]
RM Auctions will hold its fifth annual Automobiles of London auction on October 26, 2011 at Battersea Evolution in London.The RM Auctions London 2011 sale will feature approximately 100 automobiles, in addition to a select range of classic bikes also set to go under the hammer during the single-day auction. Headline offerings at the fall London sale include a 1958 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Tour de … [Read more...]
RM Auctions held its 2011 Hershey auction on October 6-7 at the Hershey Lodge in Hershey, Pennsylvania, resulting in a new world record for an early motor car sold at auction.Held during the AACA Eastern Regional Fall Meet, the 2011 RM Auctions Hershey sale saw the world’s oldest running motor car, a historic 1884 De Dion Bouton et Trepardoux Dos-a-Dos Steam Runabout, sell for $4.62 million, … [Read more...]
RM Auctions, Portola Plaza, Monterey, California, August 19-20, 2011Report and photos (unless noted) by Rick Carey, Auction EditorRM Auctions pulled off an unprecedented feat at Monterey in 2011, selling five eight-cylinder supercharged Mercedes-Benzes in a single night.They weren’t mundane cars, either – if the term “mundane” can be applied to any 500K or 540K. There were two … [Read more...]
RM Auctions returns to Hershey, Pennsylvania on October 6-7, 2011 for its annual Hershey auction, held during the AACA Eastern Regional Fall Meet.The star consignment for the 2011 RM Hershey sale is the world's oldest running motor car, an 1884 De Dion Bouton et Trepardoux Dos-a-Dos Steam Runabout. Commissioned by French entrepreneur, Count de Dion, and built by Georges Bouton and … [Read more...]
Report by Rick Carey, Auction EditorRM Auctions presented its first auction at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in the Spazio Villa Erba at Cernobbio on the shores of Lake Como on May 21, 2011. The effort featured a concentrated consignment of elegant and racy cars suited to the elegance of the concours. There were just 32 in total, but they carried a total low estimate of some … [Read more...]
RM Auctions held its 2011 Sports and Classics of Monterey auction on August 19-20 at the Portola Hotel in Monterey, California, unofficially resulting in nearly $80 million in total sales and 85% sales rate.The headline consignment of the 2011 RM Auctions Monterey sale, a spectacular 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Spezial Roadster, chassis number 154140, attracted spirited bidding in the room and on … [Read more...]
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