Friday 18th April 2025
Trump tariffs – what they mean for the collectors’ car market
The dust is settling on the thorny issue of new tariffs for classic cars sold from outside the US to collectors inside North America. For now, at least.
The existing duty rate is 2.5% and that remains for models built over 25 years ago. The threat of an additional 25% tariff has abated but w...
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Tuesday 15th April 2025
Bonhams’ £4.9m 2025 Goodwood Members’ Meeting auction
The gross and sell-through of 73% were respectable enough, in line with previous Members’ Meeting sales, but a significant takeaway from this year’s event was the poor performance of traditional, mainly British, classics.
Compare £155,25...
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Thursday 13th March 2025
The 2025 Florida auctions – the numbers are in
After many late nights striking deals to match would-be-owners to unsold lots, the figures have finally been released by the auction houses. The combined numbers are similar, or even a little better than last year: around nine out of ten cars sold...
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Sunday 9th March 2025
The Amelia Concours d’Elegance: 2025 event photo-gallery
Now in its 30th year and since 2021 owned by insurance giant Hagerty, the annual concours on the manicured lawns of The Ritz Carlton at Amelia Island is one of the world’s top classic car events.
Despite ModaMiami, another high-quality conc...
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Saturday 8th March 2025
Broad Arrow closes out the 2025 Florida auctions today with $41m+ at The Ritz Carlton
Expect more cars to find homes post-sale, but working on strictly provisional figures, the Hagerty-owned firm sold at least 82% of today’s 100-car offering, grossing around $41m. Which makes the combined total of classic car sales generated by B...
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Friday 7th March 2025
Official event partner Broad Arrow opens its account at the Ritz Carlton
Playing to a packed room on the eve of The Amelia Concours d’Elegance, auctioneer Lydia Fenet assisted by Alain Squindo worked their way through a 68-car catalogue in just over three hours. Pending the inevitable post-sales, at least 56 found ne...
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Friday 7th March 2025
$9.465m Ferrari 375 MM Berlinetta tops Gooding’s final day at Amelia Island
It was another successful day for the Santa Monica firm in Florida. The sell-through-by-number of at least 90% matched yesterday’s figure, and all the big guns – other than the Miura P400 S – fired on the day. While top billing deservedly we...
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