Wednesday 13th March 2019
The 2019 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance
The racing cars of the great Belgian ace Jacky Ickx, remembering two decades of dominance of the Porsche 962, applauding the immortal 250 GT SWB, Jaguar XK 120 and many more: varied and interesting cars once again on the fairways of another brilliant Amelia Island concours.
Few do it better....
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Monday 11th March 2019
Five things to take away from the 2019 Amelia Island sales
The Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance: run so well and with such passion by Bill Warner, it’s everyone’s favourite. The Amelia auctions, meanwhile, have always been one step below Monterey Week in importance but in 2019, a year when we saw Scottsdale return to its blue-collar roots, the Flo...
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Saturday 9th March 2019
RM at Amelia Island 2019: Two-day sale set to gross $37m+
Running at quite a clip – 20 lots per hour at times – regular RM auctioneer Maarten ten Holder conducted a lively two-day sale for the official partner of the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance.
As we have already seen at Bonhams, pre-Wa...
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Saturday 9th March 2019
Business as usual: Gooding’s $21m+ Amelia Island sale
From horseless carriages to horsepower: the auction circus moves on. Yesterday, Bonhams opened the 2019 Amelia Island sales with a stack of Earlies, today it was David Gooding’s turn. Ironically, in a catalogue geared to the more modern collecto...
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Friday 8th March 2019
Top Brass: Bonhams’ $15.7m Amelia Island sale
The Bond St team confounded the sceptics today with a barnstorming sale of cars from the very early days of motoring. Any serious Brass Era enthusiast was either in the room, on the telephone or – and this might surprise some – bidding online....
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Thursday 28th February 2019
Something different: The 2019 Amelia Island sales
Amelia Island is never dull nor predictable. The concours field divides into two: one side has the Brumos Porsches, NART Ferraris and Trans-Am saloons, the other is all brass cars and lace bonnets. This year’s auction catalogues veer towards the...
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Monday 11th February 2019
Five things to take away from the 2019 Rétromobile sales
Rétromobile was good, wasn’t it? Everyone agrees the European season-opener sets the standard for shows, and despite worries about ‘gilets jaunes’ disruption (unfounded), this year’s was better than ever. The auctions, though, were a mixe...
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Friday 8th February 2019
Fortune favours the brave – Artcurial sells the Alfa Romeo 8C 2.9 for €16.4m
An enlightened buyer bucked the trend for more modern cars when they won the star of this week’s auctions with a final bid of €14.6m. Add in Artcurial’s whopping premium and that’s €16,388,000 gross, around $18.6m.
Under low estim...
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