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.
Report and photos by Rick CareyRM Auctions, Inn at St. John’s, Plymouth, Michigan, July 30, 2011Meadow Brook is gone, replaced by the Concours America at the Inn at St. John’s in Plymouth, Michigan.Located barely 20 minutes from Detroit Metro Airport, between Livonia and Ann Arbor, the periphery of Plymouth, Michigan suffers some of the ‘closed auto plant’ blight of the Detroit … [Read more...]
RM Auctions held its Concours d'Elegance of America at St. John's sale on July 30, 2011 in Plymouth, Michigan, resulting in $7.6 million in sales with 85% of lots sold. Formerly known as the Meadow Brook auction, RM’s Michigan sale adopted a new home in 2011 – the Inn at St. John’s in Plymouth – and once again acted as a prelude to the Concours d’Elegance of America at St. John’s (July … [Read more...]
A collection of significant Mercedes-Benz will be offered at the upcoming RM Auctions Monterey auction. The two-day Monterey sale, scheduled August 19 – 20, 2011, will present 13 examples from the German marque, spanning over 80 years of production.The headline consignment is a 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Spezial Roadster, chassis 154140 from the private collection of Sam and Emily Mann. One of … [Read more...]
RM Auctions will offer the Milhous Collection during a multi-day private sale, scheduled for February 2012 near Palm Beach, Florida. Featuring a collection of automobiles, mechanical musical instruments and collectibles, the sale will be presented in association with Sotheby’s with whom RM Auctions has collaborated in the past. “RM is honored to have been selected by the Milhous brothers to … [Read more...]
Alberto Ascari was a man in a hurry. In a relatively short Grand Prix career between 1948 and 1955, he became Formula One World Champion in 1952 and 1953, winning nine consecutive races on his way to the 1952 title.Ascari also finished second in Mexico’s La Carrera Panamericana in 1951, teamed with Luigi Villoresi in the second of two factory Ferrari 212 Inter Berlinettas. After eight stages … [Read more...]
RM Auctions staged its inaugural sale at the Salon Prive Concours d’Elegance on 23 June, 2011 at Syon Park in London, resulting in £5.1 million in total sales with 77% of lots sold.The RM Auctions Salon Prive 2011 auction featured a selection of 57 British-built automobiles, including multiple Aston Martin, Jaguar and Rolls-Royce automobiles. Top sale of the single-day auction went to a … [Read more...]
Star consignments for the RM Auctions Monterey 2011 sale are beginning to surface, headlined by the matching-numbers 1955 Ferrari 750 Monza Scaglietti Spider, s/n 0492M. The Monza is one of at least 20 Ferraris that will be offered at RM's annual Monterey sale, scheduled for August 19-20, 2011 at the Portola Hotel in Monterey, California.The eighth of 35 Ferrari 750 Monza spiders to be built, … [Read more...]
RM Auctions will hold its inaugural sale at the Salon Prive Concours d’Elegance, scheduled for 23 June, 2011 at Syon Park in London. The Salon Prive auction, which is only open to British-built automobiles, has attracted 57 English cars, including multiple Aston Martin, Jaguar and Rolls-Royce automobiles. Max Girardo, Managing Director, RM Europe says, “What is nice about this sale is that … [Read more...]
The RM Auctions Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este auction was held 21 May, 2011 on the banks of Lake Como at the Spazio Villa Erba in Cernobbio, Italy. The inaugural auction resulted in more than €23 million in total sales and a 75% sell-through rate.The RM Auctions at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2011 featured a selection of 32 motor cars, with six achieving individual … [Read more...]
Auctions America by RM held its inaugural spring auction at Auburn Auction Park in Auburn, Indiana on May 12-15, 2011. The three-day Auburn Spring Collector Car Auction presented 424 automobiles, resulting in more than $6.75 million in sales and 66% of lots sold.“We are delighted with the results and support received for our debut Auburn Spring sale, particularly from the local Auburn … [Read more...]
The inaugural RM Auctions Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este auction will be held 21 May, 2011 on the banks of Lake Como at the Spazio Villa Erba in Cernobbio, Italy.RM Auctions, in partnership with BMW Group Classic and Grandhotel Villa d’Este, is the official auction house of the vaunted Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este. RM’s sale at the Villa d’Este will be a biennial event, … [Read more...]
RM Auctions will hold its 'Quintessentially English' auction at the Salon Prive Concours d'Elegance on Thursday, 23rd June, 2011. Held at the Syon Park estate in West London, the recently-launched Salon Prive auction will see a host of great British marques cross the sale block, including Aston Martin, Jaguar and Rolls-Royce among others. Max Girardo, Managing Director, RM Europe says, “We … [Read more...]
The 1948 Ferrari 166 MM is the definitive 1950s sports car configuration, with its smooth envelope, long flowing hood and short tail. Named for the Mille Miglia race, it was created by Carrozzeria Touring in Milan, and compared to the 125S, from which it was developed, the Barchetta (“little boat”) is a masterpiece of simple style.Ferrari expert and 166 MM owner David Seielstad has called … [Read more...]
Auctions America by RM, a subsidiary of RM Auctions, is expanding to include a vintage motorcycle division with the acquisition of Bator Vintage Motorcycle Auctions. Classic and antique motorcycle expert Glenn Bator will lead the new division for Auctions America. The company will present its first extensive bike offering at its second annual ‘Auburn Fall Collector Car Auction’ scheduled … [Read more...]
Report and photos (unless noted) by Rick Carey, Auction EditorRM Auctions completed its thirteenth year at the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance on March 12, 2011, bringing 103 cars and selling 99 of them for a total of $24,303,850.It was RM’s best year ever at Amelia: the highest sale total, eclipsing the 2006 sale by $2.5 million, the second best sell-through at 96.1% just one point … [Read more...]
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