by Mike - This one-off Ferrari 250 GT Bertone (Giugiaro) design was sold at the Gooding auction in Pebble Beach last week for $16.5 million US. This special Ferrari sold in the middle of the pre-auction estimate with a hammer price of $15 … [Read more...]
Steve McQueen’s Porsche Turbo Brings Big Money
August 20, 2015 By 1 Comment
by Mike - The McQueen Factor was high at the Mecum auction last week in Monterey. Mecum sold this 1976 Porsche 930 Turbo Carrera for a whopping $1,950,000 US. Without the ownership of Steve McQueen this Porsche Turbo would be valued at around … [Read more...]
A Porsche 911 Turbo Carrera U.S. Prototype Is Up For Auction At RM
August 4, 2015 By 3 Comments
by Mike - The Porsche 911 Turbo has become a very popular collector car in the past few years and as a result they have appreciated significantly. RM Sotheby's has one of the original prototypes made for the US market up for auction in Monterey … [Read more...]
The Reventlow (And Shelby) Transporter Is Up For Auction Along With Two Scarab F1 Cars
July 30, 2015 By 2 Comments
by Mike - Two Lance Reventlow Scarab Formula One racing cars and the Reventlow Automobiles Inc.’s Fiat-Bartoletti transporter will be up for auction at the Bonham's Goodwood Revival Sale on September 12, 2015. This transporter was last … [Read more...]
What Is Your Preferred Way To Sell Your Classic Car?
July 10, 2015 By 7 Comments
by Mike - Below are the options that I can think of for selling a classic car when the time comes: Auctions like RM, Gooding, Coys, Bonhams, Mecum etc... This is a very expensive sales approach. The big auction companies take 15% to 20% of … [Read more...]
My Wife Was The High Bidder On A Bring A Trailer Auction – But Still No Car
June 22, 2015 By 21 Comments
by Mike - As I mentioned in the post yesterday about the BMW Isetta eBay auction the eBay “auction” process is really not an auction at all when the seller can cancel all bids and remove the car. The reader comments on this post are interesting … [Read more...]
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