The RM Sotheby's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2019 auction was staged 30 November on the starting grid at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, resulting in $31,263,000 in total sales and a 58 percent sell-through rate. Held in collaboration with Formula 1, RM Sotheby's debut Middle East sale featured a lineup of 40 cars, ranging from victorious Grand Prix racers to modern hypercars. Maarten ten Holder, Head of Europe & … [Read more...]
Artcurial Retromobile 2020 Auction Preview
The Artcurial Retromobile 2020 auction will be held 7 February at the Parc des Expositions de la Porte de Versailles in Paris during Retromobile Week. Artcurial's 10th annual sale will feature a selection of motorcars headlined by a 1929 Mercedes-Benz 710 SS Sport Tourer, 1936 Delahaye 135 S and 1965 Ferrari 275 GTB, among others. The featured 1929 Mercedes-Benz 710 SS was delivered new as a rolling chassis in … [Read more...]
Mecum Chicago 2019 – Auction Results
The Mecum Chicago 2019 auction was held October 24-26 at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Illinois, resulting in $18.3 million in total sales and a 79 percent sell-through rate. A total of 730 cars changed hands over three days in Chicago, with the top results going to a 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 429 Fastback (Lot S156) that brought in a total of $275,000. … [Read more...]
RM Sotheby’s London 2019 – Auction Results
The RM Sotheby's London 2019 sale was held 24th October at Olympia in London, resulting in £9,387,425 in total sales and a 72 percent sell-through rate. The company's 13th annual London event featured 85 cars and a selection of memorabilia that attracted bidders from 33 countries. The top result at the RM Sotheby's London 2019 auction went to the unrestored 1969 Lamborghini Miura P400 S that achieved £1,240,000. … [Read more...]
Bonhams Zoute Grand Prix 2019 – Auction Results
The Bonhams Zoute Grand Prix 2019 sale was held 11th October in the Belgian seaside town of Knokke-Heist, resulting in €10,676,550 in total sales and a 76 percent sell-through rate. The auction was staged alongside the 10th edition of the Zoute Grand Prix classic car event. The top result at the Bonhams Zoute Grand Prix 2019 auction went to the 1965 Ferrari 275 GTB Alloy that sold for €2,875,000. … [Read more...]
RM Auctions Hershey 2019 – Auction Results
The RM Auctions Hershey 2019 sale was held October 10-11 at the Hershey Lodge in Hershey, Pennsylvania, resulting in $15,569,594 in total sales and a 97 percent sell-through rate. RM's 13th annual sale during the AACA Eastern Fall Meet featured more than 200 cars and an array of memorabilia that attracted bidders from 23 countries. The star lot of the RM Auctions Hershey 2019 auction was a 1930 Cadillac V-16 Sport … [Read more...]
Ex-Works Bugatti Type 55 Offered
A 1932 Bugatti Type 55 will be featured at the 2020 Bonhams Retromobile Week sale, to be held 6 February at the Grand Palais in Paris. The Bugatti is being offered for the first time at auction following 56 years in the ownership of one British family. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to acquire an extremely historic and important motor car owned by the same family for 56 years,” said Sholto Gilbertson, … [Read more...]
Barrett-Jackson Las Vegas 2019 – Auction Results
The Barrett-Jackson Las Vegas 2019 auction was held October 3-6 at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, resulting in $33.3 million in total sales and a 100 percent sell-through rate. In total 677 vehicles sold at Barrett's 12th annual Las Vegas sale, and $560,000 was raised through the sale of charity vehicles. In addition, 352 pieces of automobilia brought in over $855,800, bringing the total … [Read more...]
RM Sotheby’s Taj Ma Garaj – Auction Results
The RM Sotheby's Taj Ma Garaj auction was held September 28, 2019 in Dayton, Ohio, resulting in $5,685,859 in total sales. The Taj Ma Garaj Collection featured 32 Porsche and Volkswagen motor vehicles, as well as 356 lots of memorabilia from late collector, John Dixon. Leading the RM Sotheby's Taj Ma Garaj auction results was a 1957 Porsche 356 A Carrera GT Speedster by Reutter, equipped with its original, … [Read more...]
RM Sotheby’s Sáragga Collection – Auction Results
The RM Sotheby’s Sáragga Collection auction was held 21 September in Portugal, resulting in €10,191,425 in total sales. The single-owner Sáragga Collection sale featured 127 cars offered without reserve. The Sáragga Collection was offered from a location on the owner’s estate, and hundreds of buyers filled the room to secure cars from this sale near the beach resort region of Comporta. The room was reportedly … [Read more...]
Mecum Dallas 2019 – Auction Results
The Mecum Dallas 2019 auction was held September 4-7 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas, resulting in $23.5 million in total sales and a 70 percent sell-through rate. Mecum’s four-day auction saw 743 cars change hands. The top result at the Mecum Dallas 2019 auction went to the $253,000 sale of a 1971 Plymouth Hemi GTX (Lot F140) from the headlining Peter Swainson collection of Mopars, … [Read more...]
Bonhams Goodwood Revival 2019 – Auction Results
The Bonhams Goodwood Revival 2019 auction was held 14 September at the Goodwood Motor Circuit in Chichester, England, resulting in £11 million in total sales. The top result at the 2019 Bonhams Goodwood Revival sale went to the 1935 Bugatti Type 57 Atalante that sold for £1,499,000. This original example was one of only a few surviving Atalante fixed-head coupes. The Bugatti was the jewel in the crown of a … [Read more...]
RM Auctions Auburn Fall 2019 – Auction Results
The RM Auctions Auburn Fall 2019 sale was held August 19 to September 1 at the Auburn Auction Park in Auburn, Indiana, resulting in $16,664,242 in total sales and a 90 percent sell-through rate on all lots sold. Held over Labor Day weekend during the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Festival, RM's Auburn Fall sale featured more than 600 vehicles on offer. The RM Auctions Auburn Fall 2019 sale was led by the Ed Meurer … [Read more...]
Ex-Steve McQueen Meyers Manx Offered
The Meyers Manx that Steve McQueen drove in The Thomas Crown Affair will be offered at the Bonhams Amelia Island 2020 auction. The very car McQueen took Faye Dunaway on a beach ride in the 1968 movie will headline Bonhams' 6th annual Amelia Island Concours Week event. The Meyers Manx, developed by Southern California native Bruce Meyers, was the embodiment of the California lifestyle, all in a compact, open-air, … [Read more...]
Mecum Monterey 2019 – Auction Results
The Mecum Monterey 2019 auction was held August 15-17 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel in Monterey, California, resulting in $32.2 million in total sales and a 47 percent sell-through rate. The company said their three-day auction total has been boosted to $38 million with the addition of post-auction deals and sales of vehicles within the Blackhawk Exposition offering. The top result at the Mecum Monterey 2019 … [Read more...]