Monday 4th November 2024
RM hits £17.4m at The Peninsula – a new highlight of ‘London to Brighton Weekend’
Knightsbridge’s recently opened uber-chic Peninsula Hotel was the fresh backdrop for RM’s seasonal November auction, held on the eve of the venerable London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, which dates all the way back to 1896 and attracts a global entry.
The glamorous five-star location was...
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Thursday 31st October 2024
Classic Car Auction Yearbook 2023-2024
It’s landed. After months of painstaking research, the annual tradition that is Adolfo Orsi’s exhaustive work on developments in the classic car market at public auction has been published. In a 430-page hardback volume, Orsi examines a busine...
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Sunday 27th October 2024
RM’s Rudi Klein ‘Junkyard’ cars top $28m
One of the most eagerly anticipated sales of the year finished a few hours ago. Interesting engines, spare parts and (mostly) complete cars amassed since 1967 by secretive hoarder Rudi Klein were offered by RM Sotheby’s at a No Reserve event in ...
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Wednesday 16th October 2024
Broad Arrow’s 2024 Chattanooga auction
The 1941 song ‘Chattanooga Choo Choo’ was the first to be awarded a gold record, presented by RCA Victor in 1942 for sales of 1.2 million copies. Last Saturday, Hagerty offshoot Broad Arrow steamed into the county seat of Hamilton County, Tenn...
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Friday 11th October 2024
RM at Hershey in 2024: a magical $16.4m step back in time
There probably wasn’t a Berluti belt or Hermès handbag within a range of 100 miles, but RM’s latest Hershey sale was a resounding success. One hundred and sixty-three cars from the golden age of motoring were catalogued. With one car withdraw...
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Monday 7th October 2024
Bonhams at the 2024 Zoute Grand Prix
Outdoing 2023’s blockbusting €26.8m gross at an impressive 88% sold by number at the fashionable northern Belgium resort was always going to be tough job for the Brits. How did it go this year?
Looking at percentage sold by number (94% th...
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Sunday 6th October 2024
$1.16m 300 SL Roadster tops Bonhams’ latest Audrain Concours auction
With British auctioneer Briony Harford at the rostrum last Friday, there was a fresh look to the Bond St firm’s familiar sale held during Audrain Newport Concours & Motor Week. The smaller catalogue and fewer cars offered at No Reserve this year...
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