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Collectors Corner ... Important high end collectable classics sold during the last weeks

Updated 4 February 2012

Important high end collectable classics sold during the last weeks ... Any prospects which held back their decisions and waited for the lowest prices may have missed the train.

Aston Martin DB4GT Coupe Sells for Over €1,000,000 at Bonhams Flagship Paris Sale

Updated 3 February, 2012 - MediaCenter Gallery with 236 Peter Singhof images added

A 1961 Aston Martin DB4GT Coupé sold for €1,012,000 last night (2 February 2012) at Bonhams’ flagship sale in Paris, which was held at the...

Bonhams à Paris ... Plus d’un million d’euros pour l’Aston Martin DB4GT de 1961

Lors de la grande vente annuelle d’automobiles de collection organisée à Paris par Bonhams, l’Aston Martin DB4GT Coupé de 1961 était vendue €1,012,000 à un collectionneur américain. Plus de 100 automobiles et 35 motos étaient...

Artcurial Motorcars at Rétromobile

Updated 4 Febraury, 2012 - 64 Auction preview images added

The team at Artcurial Motorcars renews its partnership with the Salon Retromobile with an exceptional sale of important collectors’ motor cars, automobilia,...

A special Jeep to tackle the snow in Maranello

Special conditions call for special measures. Unusually, there has been so much snow falling on Maranello these past few days that, this afternoon, Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso each had a special vehicle to get around in....

F2012 ... Ferrari's new single-seater

The F2012 is the fifty eighth car built by Ferrari with the express purpose of taking part in the Formula 1 World Championship. It adopts a well established tradition of being named after its year of manufacture.

New Ferrari launch cancelled because of snow

There was no let up from the snow last night, which continued to fall on Maranello and the surrounding area and the situation does not appear to be changing this morning. The forecast is still bad both in terms of predictions of...

Achtung! Under Two Litres on the Nordschleife

The AvD and organisers of the popular U2TC series for under two litre touring cars are offering the rare opportunity of a two-hour race on the Nürburgring Nordschleife for under two-litre cars during the 40th Oldtimer-Grand-Prix...

Cavallino Classic ... Classic Sports Sunday at the Mar-a-Lago

The 21st edition of the annual Cavallino Classic came to an end with the final concours at the Mar-a-Lago Club. Contrary to the concours the day before this meeting is not just open to Ferrari but to all classic and sports cars...

Mecum Reaching $60 Million in Kissimmee

Over 2,100 Vehicles Offers, Largest Auction in Company History

Cavallino Classic ... Concours at the Breakers

More than 20 years ago the publisher of the American Ferrari Magazine established the annual Cavallino Classic at the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida. What started with the Concours became a complete week with track days,...

Cavallino Classic ... Jet Aviation Center Reception and Yacht Hop

Over the last 20 years the Cavallino Classic extended from the Concours to a six day event. Starting with two private Track Days on Tuesday, Wednesday is the first day of the registration at the Breakers with a small welcome...

Russo and Steele Scottsdale Smashes 5 World Records

With enough intensity and excitement to turn non-collectors into enthusiasts, the atmosphere at Russo and Steele’s Scottsdale 2012 auction block was downright palpable. An overflowing auction block, one-of-a-kind marvels and a...

New Special Exhibition “911 Identity” in the Porsche Museum

For more than four decades, the Porsche 911 has been deemed an automotive icon and the very epitome of the sports car. That means that the launch of the new Type 991 is an important event for the Porsche Museum Stuttgart as well....

Daytona 24 Hours ... Triple victory for Porsche in strongest GT field in history

The 24 hour race in Daytona remains Porsche territory: At the cliff-hanger 50th anniversary of the long distance classic in Florida/USA, the Zuffenhausen sports car manufacturer celebrated a convincing triple triumph in the GT...

Aston Martin shows promise in Grand-Am opener at Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge (CTSCC) series opener at the Daytona International Speedway

The Aston Martin Vantage GT4 of Grand-Am regulars Scott Maxwell and Joe Foster showed encouraging potential by leading the early phase of the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge (CTSCC) series opener at the Daytona...

Gooding & Company Announces its 2012 Amelia Island Auction with an Array of Exceptional American and European Classic Cars

Gooding & Company, the world’s leading auction house for collectors of rare and exceptional cars, announces a few early consignments for its 2012 Amelia Island Auction on Friday, March 9.

Bonhams at Oxford Offers 1961 Ferrari Barn Find Belonging to Oscar Winning Producer Agostino `Dino' de Laurentiis

Agostino `Dino' de Laurentiis Produced Films Including Barbarella, King Kong, Man Hunter

Gooding & Company Achieves Great Success at its Scottsdale Auctions with an Outstanding 98% Sold and $39.8 Million in Sales

For the fifth consecutive year, Gooding & Company Sells the Most Valuable Car of Arizona ... Auction Week – the $4.62 million 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Alloy Gullwing ... 13 World Records Established ... Two Cars Sold for More...

The Risi Competizione 458 Grand Am faces an uphill battle at Daytona

It’s the second day of practice for the Daytona 24 Hours which gets underway at 15.30 on Saturday. Qualifying to decide grid positions were held on Thursday, while there were two practice sessions today, one of 45 minutes and one...

Spontaneous, Open, Irresistible: The MINI Roadster

The driving fun sewn into the fabric of every MINI can now be enjoyed with the roof up or down in the first convertible model from the brand designed strictly for two people. The MINI Roadster, the sixth model in the British...

Aston Martin's First Production V12 Zagato to Debut at Kuwait Concours d'Elegance

Aston Martin will debut the first production V12 Zagato at the Kuwait Concours d’ Elegance on 15-18 February.

The BMW M Performance Automobiles ... are not planned for the US market

New BMW M GmbH product range based on current BMW models; BMW M Performance Automobiles complement the model family with their clear focus on sports performance combined with unrestricted everyday usability and outstanding...

2013 BMW X6 Sports Activity Coupe

Still unique – now even more exceptional

InterClassics & TopMobiel 2012

After Ferrari, Alfa Romeo and last year Mercedes-Benz the IC &TM organizers had chosen Porsche to be this year’s highlighted marque for Holland’s leading Classic car fair together with a tribute to the most legendary of all road...

Premiere for Audi at the Daytona 24 Hours ... Driver line-up includes Audi legend Emanuele Pirro

Debut for new Audi R8 GRAND-AM customer sport race car ... Private teams APR Motorsport and Oryx Racing are on the grid ... Driver line-up includes Audi legend Emanuele Pirro

Bentley's Great Winter Driving Adventure

POWER ON ICE heads for Finland, 5-26 February 2012 ... High-adrenaline ice driving with the 198mph, all-wheel drive Continental GT ... A unique, luxury winter break with Bentley in Lapland

Ferraris Lead the way to RM's $25.5 Million Arizona Sale

Updated 24 January, 2012 - Results added

Auctions kicks off 2012 with more than $25.5 million in sales and a 89 percent sell-through at the Arizona Biltmore ... Top-seller: 1957 Ferrari 410 Superamerica Scaglietti Coupe achieves...

Screen Goddess' Car is the Star of Bonhams' Inaugural Sale at Scottsdale ... David E. Davis Jr. Collection 100% Sold

Bonhams foray into the Scottsdale auto auction week proved to be a strong success with a sale total of $6.2 million. Amidst the grounds of the beautiful and conveniently accessible AAA Four Diamond Westin Kierland Resort, an...

Rétromobile 2012: A meeting of the Le Mans winners

International trade fair in Paris 1 - 5 February, 2012 ... 60th anniversary of the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL (W 194 series) victory at Le Mans in 1952 ... Mercedes-Benz presents models that were successful at Le Mans in 1931, 1952 and...