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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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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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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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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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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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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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$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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