The 1958 Ferrari 335 Sport Spider by Scaglietti owned by Andreas Mohringer was named winner of the fifth Peninsula Classics Best of the Best Award. A total of eight Best of Show winners from top 2019 Concours around the globe competed for the title of the most exceptional car in the world. This year’s winner was announced 6 February 2020 at the Peninsula Paris during the Retromobile Week. After winning Best of … [Read more...]
Bonhams Paris 2020 – Auction Results
The Bonhams Paris 2020 auction was held 6th February at the Grand Palais in Paris, resulting in €19,693,000 in total sales. Bonhams' ninth annual event during Retromobile Week took place beneath the cavernous glass domes of the Grand Palais. The top lot of the Bonhams Paris 2020 auction was the 1932 Bugatti Type 55 Roadster that sold for €4,600,000, the most valuable lot across all the Retromobile Week sales in … [Read more...]
Artcurial Retromobile 2020 – Auction Results
The Artcurial Retromobile 2020 auction was held 7-8 February at the Retromobile Show in Paris, resulting in €22,894,104 in total sales and a 70 percent sell-through rate. Maitre Herve Poulain, accompanied by Matthieu Lamoure and Pierre Novikoff, brought the hammer down on five lots over one million euros at the tenth edition of the Salon Retromobile's official auction. Buyers from over 18 countries outside France … [Read more...]
RM Sotheby’s Paris 2020 – Auction Results
The RM Sotheby's Paris 2020 sale was held 7th February at Place Vauban in France, resulting in total sales of €16.5 million and a 75 percent sell-through rate. RM's seventh annual Paris event during Retromobile Week featured nearly 100 lots of cars and automobilia offered for sale. The top result at the RM Sotheby's Paris 2020 sale went to the restored, matching-numbers 1958 BMW 507 Series II that changed hands … [Read more...]
Mecum Kissimmee 2020 – Auction Results
The Mecum Kissimmee 2020 auction was held January 2-12 at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida, resulting in $105 million in total sales. A total of 2,140 vehicles were sold over the 11-day event. The top result at Mecum's 2020 Kissimmee sale went to the headline 1968 Ford Mustang GT Fastback made famous by the 1968 movie, Bullitt. … [Read more...]
Porsche 917/30 Featured at Amelia Island
Mark Donohue’s perfect racing car, the 1973 Can-Am Champion Porsche 917/30, will be part of the Team Penske Sunoco class at the 2020 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, scheduled for March 5-8 at the Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island and the Golf Club of Amelia Island in Florida. The perfect description of the Porsche 917/30 comes without qualification or equivocation from Mark Donohue in his landmark book The Unfair … [Read more...]
Winter Marathon Rally 2020 – Report and Photos
The Winter Marathon Rally 2020 was held 23-26 January at Madonna di Campiglio in the Dolomite Mountains of Italy. A selection of more than 100 historic cars challenged this year's reliability trial that ended with the traditional arrival in Piazza Righi in Madonna di Campiglio. The 2020 edition of the Winter Marathon Rally featured a demanding 450-km race course with a total of 65 precision time trials, 13 … [Read more...]
British Icons at the Goodwood Members Meeting
Goodwood will fly the flag for two heroes of British motorsport with its high-speed demonstrations at the 2020 Goodwood Members Meeting, scheduled for March 28-29 at the Goodwood Motor Circuit in West Sussex. The double Formula 1 title-winning Lotus 72 and its competitors will take centre stage for one of the weekend’s celebrated features, while the 1980s endurance racing Jaguars of Tom Walkinshaw Racing will also … [Read more...]
Arizona Auction Week 2020 – Summary Report
Our friends at Hagerty fastidiously covered the sales that make up Arizona Auction Week 2020, from Barrett-Jackson, Bonhams, Gooding and Company, Leake, MAG Auctions, RM Sotheby's, Russo and Steele and Worldwide. Their comprehensive summary report follows, offering several insights and perspectives into the overall direction of the collector car market. … [Read more...]
Gooding Scottsdale 2020 – Auction Results
The Gooding Scottsdale 2020 auction was held January 17-18 nearby the Scottsdale Fashion Square in Scottsdale, Arizona, resulting in $35,867,560 in total sales and an 89 percent sell-through rate. President David Gooding and Auctioneer Charlie Ross sold 123 of 138 lots at Gooding's 13th annual Arizona Auction Week sale, with an average price of $291,606 per car sold. The top result at the Gooding and Company … [Read more...]
Behind the Scenes at the 2019 Tour Auto Rally
The 2019 Tour Auto Rally reunited many historic race cars with the event that made them famous. Held April 29 to May 4 on the secondary roads and race circuits of France, this year's event featured more than 240 classic race cars that passed through the stopover towns of Dijon, Lyon, Vichy and Tours before reaching the finish in Deauville on the Normandy coast. As tradition dictates, the 2019 Tour Auto Rally … [Read more...]
RM Sotheby’s Arizona 2020 – Auction Results
The RM Sotheby's Arizona 2020 sale was staged January 16-17 at the Arizona Biltmore Resort in Phoenix, resulting in $30,421,810 in total sales and a 90 percent sell-through rate. RM’s 21st annual Arizona Auction Week event featured a selection of more than 140 automobiles. The top result at the 2020 RM Sotheby’s Arizona Auction Week sale went to the 2018 Pagani Huayra Roadster that sold for a final $2,370,000. The … [Read more...]
Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale 2020 – Auction Results
The Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale 2020 auction was held January 11-19 at WestWorld in Scottsdale, Arizona, resulting in $141 million in total sales. In total, over 1,900 vehicles sold for over $129.7 million, while over 1,200 pieces of automobilia brought in over $3.7 million, and $7.6 million was raised through the sale of charity vehicles, bringing the total auction sales to more than $141 million at Barrett-Jackson’s … [Read more...]
Bugatti Passion at the Mille Miglia
The 2019 Mille Miglia featured a selection of classic Bugatti models at the 37th retrospective, which was staged 15-18 May over Italy's secondary roads. The "most beautiful race in the world" ended with the participation of 22 Bugattis with many success stories and some withdrawals. The 1927 Bugatti Type 40 of Juan Tonconogy and Barbara Ruffini climbed the podium, reaching the 3rd position in the 1000 Miglia … [Read more...]
Ferrari at Le Mans 24 Heures Exhibit
The Ferrari Museum in Maranello opened its new exhibition -- "Ferrari at 24 Heures du Mans" -- to celebrate seventy years of Ferrari victories in the world's most famous endurance race. Visitors can look back over the 36 wins recorded on the French track, with the help of some of the cars that competed in the famous races plus multimedia and interactive contents. … [Read more...]
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