1962 Ferrari 330 LM/250 GTO Chassis No. 3765

It is accepted wisdom that David MacNeil, impresario of WeatherTech “laser-measured” plastic floor liners, bought Ferrari GTO 4153 GT five years ago for something like $70 million. That turned out to be optimistic timing even considering 4153 GT’s long and moderately successful competition career. RM Sotheby’s sold GTO s/n 3765 at Sotheby’s York Avenue, New […]

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Barrett-Jackson, New Orleans, September 28-30, 2023

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For reasons known only to Craig Jackson and Steve Davis Barrett-Jackson decamped some 350 miles east from the NRG Center in Houston to the Ernest M. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans after only two years in Houston. The result was not astounding with everything down by material amounts from what B-J was able to […]

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There is no better setting for antique cars than a bright early Fall day with leaves on the ground.

RM Sotheby’s, Hershey, October 4-5, 2023

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Hershey is not RM Sotheby’s most significant sale, but it is one of its most enjoyable and intriguing. The cars offered are so unusual that often there are several we’ve never heard of before. They aren’t the best concours-queens, but are positioned to reflect the Hershey AACA Swap Meet environment. In other words there were […]

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Bonhams|Cars, Audrain, Newport, R.I., September 29, 2023

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Twenty-two of the fifty-three lots in this year’s Bonhams Audrain auction were from the estate of James Messenger. Most were weak-in-the-knees gorgeous modified cars with impeccable construction, concept and presentation. The three Alfa GTs left me in awe, the things I would like my Alfa GT to be, but it isn’t and never will be. […]

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Mecum Auctions, Monterey, August 17-19, 2023

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Mecum Auctions is Walmart among the five Monterey car week auctions: There’s an ample selection, much of the inventory is relatively inexpensive, some of it is seriously out of the ordinary and there is enough premium product to keep buyers intrigued. Mecum has gradually transitioned to offering more high end, expensive, cars including late model […]

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RM Sotheby’s, Monterey, August 17-19, 2023

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After a pair of post-COVID years in the rarified stratosphere RM Sotheby’s three-day Monterey auction came back to more dense atmosphere in 2023, still exceptional but less effusive than it was in 2021 and 2022. It showed that RM understands it (and its Monterey competitors) can’t simply bulk up with hundreds of cars to build […]

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