Saturday 16th September 2023
RM’s CHF 5.9m 2023 St Moritz auction
The Canadian juggernaut stayed on the road in the fashionable Swiss Alpine ski resort this year. Twelve months ago, a theatrical auctioneer tasked with selling a difficult catalogue drove the company into a ravine: just 45% of the cars found new owners. At 96% sold by number, things were better t...
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Monday 11th September 2023
Bonhams’ 2023 Goodwood Revival auction
The Bond St firm’s latest Revival sale maintained the more recent trend of results at Goodwood: a solid performance without a headliner that fired on the day.
With neither the 1973 Porsche Carrera RSR (£3.75m to £5.75m) nor the 1983 Lanci...
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Monday 4th September 2023
The 2023 Concours of Elegance auction: Gooding at Hampton Court
With English auctioneer Charlie Ross in top form last Friday, the California firm showed what European collectors unable to make the trip to Monterey had missed.
Taking an opening bid of £30k on the sizeable 1928 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Shooti...
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Sunday 3rd September 2023
The 2023 Concours of Elegance photo-gallery
Over three days last weekend, even by its own high standards ‘the UK’s Pebble Beach’ surpassed itself. Once the early morning wet weather had passed on Friday, visitors at Hampton Court Palace were treated to one of the best displays of cars...
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Friday 25th August 2023
2023 Monterey Week auctions: post-sales update
After we closed our reporting on this year’s auctions on the Peninsula, all four international firms announced several cars sold post-event, including RM’s 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider.
The ex-Targa Florio entry (pictured, ab...
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Monday 21st August 2023
Inside track: What really happened at the 2023 Monterey auctions
The streamers on the famous ramp have showered the winner of this year’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Congratulations to veteran US collector Jim Patterson with his 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster, bought here at auction barely a...
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Monday 21st August 2023
Monterey 2023: the hard numbers
With ink still drying on the sales contracts, we’ve crunched the figures to give you the inside line on what really went down over three days on the Peninsula. It felt a little ‘slow’ – and the figures prove it.
Last year was a blockb...
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