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.
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...]
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...]
A selection of Ferrari supercars are the latest offerings for the 2013 RM Auctions Villa d'Este sale, scheduled for the 25th of May during the famed Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este weekend on Lake Como, Italy. A total of sixteen Ferraris are among the 40 lots offered during the single-day auction. Max Girardo, Managing Director of RM Auctions, said, "RM has a reputation for selling the … [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...]
RM Auctions announced further consignments for its 2013 Villa d'Este sale, to be held on the 25th of May during the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este weekend on Lake Como, Italy. Among the latest headline offerings is the 1905 FIAT 60HP Five-Passenger Touring Car built especially for American-based brewing magnate, August Anheuser Busch. The example is the second of just 20 chassis manufactured, … [Read more...]
RM Auctions, Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island, Florida, March 9, 2013 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor RM turned in the highest total in its 15 year history at Amelia Island in 2013, continuing a string of $20+ million sales, and doing it with 24% fewer cars than last year. The 92% sale rate helped, but even more help was the lineup of seven-figure cars that came under Max … [Read more...]
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...]
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...]
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 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...]
A 1953 Ferrari 340/375 MM Pinin Farina Berlinetta Competizione will be featured at the 2013 RM Auctions Villa d'Este Auction, scheduled for May 25th in Cernobbio, Italy as part of the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este weekend. One of three works cars produced in 1953, the 1953 Ferrari 340/375 MM, chassis 0320AM, was driven in period by no less than three World Champion drivers: Alberto Ascari, … [Read more...]
