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Bonhams Amelia 022924_75P_Napier_1904_L48_LSR_Engine no. 1320A_900

Bonhams|Cars, Amelia Island, Fernandina Beach Golf Club. February 29, 2024

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Although I don’t have a full results list yet it’s time to get these 21 cars out of the way and into the public record. The full auction report will follow in a few days. On-site descriptions are by Andrew Newton and Greg Ingold. Lot # 6 1978 Porsche 928 Coupe; S/N 9288201012; Oak Green […]

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RM Miami 030224_225_de Haviland_1929_DH60GM Gipsy Moth_Biplane_86_900

RM Sotheby’s, ModaMiami, March 1-2, 2024

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Replaced by Hagerty’s Broad Arrow Auctions as the headline auction at the Ritz Carlton Amelia Island in 2023, RM Sotheby’s retrenched with an auction in the Amelia woods last year then announced they would move to South Florida this year with a standalone auction and concours under the name ModaMiami. The setting was the classic […]

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Worldwide Scottsdale 012624_037_Sunbeam_1964_Tiger Mk I_Convertible_B9470047_900

Worldwide Auctioneers, Scottsdale, January 26, 2024

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Worldwide returned to Singh Meadows in Scottsdale for a one-day sale this year after skipping 2023. In 2021 during CoViD they had a “Scottsdale” auction at their home base in Auburn, Indiana making the last auction here in Arizona in 2022. 2024 was an ordinary sale for them here with a sale total in line […]

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RM Sotheby’s, Arizona Biltmore, January 25, 2024

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Fortunately I have help from a few of my friends…. I wedged my head firmly between my gluteus maximus muscles in Scottsdale and thought RM’s auction was the 26th, not the 25th. Arriving Friday morning I was greeted by … nothing automotive. Andrew Newton and Greg Ingold saved the day, in fact saved the week, […]

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Barrett-Jackson, WestWorld, Scottsdale, January 20-28, 2024

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2024 was another record-setting year for Barrett-Jackson in Scottsdale, breaching $200 million in total sales for the first time. Contributing to the record total were several individual marque/model records. Customized vehicles were the most common genre with examples at hand at every turn. Most were beautifully conceived and executed and many were built specifically for […]

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Bonhams Scottsdale 012524_49P_Bugatti_1936_Type 57_Atalante Coupe_57432_900

Bonhams, Scottsdale, January 25, 2024

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While the Barrett-Jackson juggernaut was juggering away over at WestWorld Bonhams was the opener for the rest of the Scottsdale auctions with its mid-day sale at the Westin Kierland. It was a curious cross-section of collector cars. While four lots were bid to $1 million or more and two of them sold – including the […]

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Mecum Kissimmee 011424_S195.1_Ferrari_1967_275 GTS~4_NART Spider_10749_Block_900

Mecum Auctions, Kissimmee, Florida, January 2-14, 2024

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Mecum Auctions breached yet another milestone at Kissimmee this year amassing a total of some 4,043 vehicle lots and selling them in an unprecedented eleven day span from January 2 through January 14 (with a day off in the middle.) Kissimmee is a epic event with 890,000 square feet of temporary tenting to shelter most […]

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RM Sotheby’s, Las Vegas F1, November 17, 2023

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Formula One racing came to Las Vegas with a vengeance on the weekend of November 18. It was a given that it would be spectacular and – other than the seemingly inevitable win by Max Verstappen – it was. Like just about anything happening in Vegas, it was over-hyped, over-produced and the action was long […]

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RM Sotheby’s, The White Collection, Houston, December 1-2, 2023

This may be one of the most idiosyncratic, expensive and irrelevant collections ever assembled. People collect all kinds of things, and sometimes specialize in surpassingly tiny variations of a single theme: David Andreani in Italy has over 10,000 Coca-Cola cans; Becky Martz has over 21,000 banana labels (“banana labels”?); David Morgan in England (who claims […]

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RM Sotheby’s, New York, December 8, 2023

RM returned to Sotheby’s headquarters on York Avenue in New York City as one of the opening auctions in Sotheby’s “Luxury Week” auction schedule. It was a small sale of just 16 cars, one motorcycle and a single Andy Warhol print of a Mobil sign, but it was astutely aligned with the Big Apple market. […]

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