To many, V8 Ferraris can be just as appealing as the famous V12s – but for the Ferraristi who can’t forego their beloved dozen-cylinder machines, there’ll be plenty at RM’s forthcoming Villa d’Este sale, including this tremendous trio...   lire >>

The beast from the deep? No – just one of 48 extraordinary Aston Martins set to cross the block at Bonhams’ forthcoming Aston sale at Newport Pagnell on 18 May. Here we select our personal favourites...   lire >>

As it's springtime, Classic Driver has taken a look at RM Auctions’ forthcoming (27 April 2013) Texas sale of the Don Davis Collection and chosen some fine, wind-in-your-hair open motor cars...   lire >>

Visitors to this year’s Essen Techno Classica exhibition would be well advised to pop into the Coys auction area. Over 70 motor cars will be offered, many at ‘No Reserve’, and the catalogue includes some fine entries from Aston Martin, Jaguar, Ferrari and, of course, given the location, Porsche...   lire >>

Bonhams has announced that its annual auction at the Goodwood Festival of Speed will feature one of the most important Silver Arrows racers of all time: the ex-Juan Manuel Fangio 1954 Mercedes W196 Grand Prix car...   lire >>

INCLUDES FULL RESULTS. The smallest of the ‘big three’ US auction events, Amelia Island in 2013 nevertheless showed that interest in collectable classic cars is as strong as ever...   lire >>

INCLUDES FULL LOTLIST. RM’s annual Florida sale is held in association with the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance, and we’d put special emphasis on ‘elegance’, with entries of the quality of this Pegaso Z-102 Cabriolet by Saoutchik...   lire >>

INCLUDES FULL RESULTS. We are used to multi-million-dollar sales, but here’s one with a (tiny) twist. Grossing $9.1m, many of the individual items in RM’s Bruce Weiner sale achieved staggering figures – $322,000 for a 1958 F.M.R. Tg 500 'Tiger', anyone?...   lire >>

It’s big, it’s red and it’s very powerful. Few cars symbolise Ferrari’s early 1950s super-powerful sports cars better than the 340/375 MM Berlinetta entered at Le Mans, the Carrera Panamericana and other races in 1953...   lire >>

INCLUDES FULL RESULTS. With combined gross figures totalling more than 27m euros, Bonhams and Artcurial have raised the level of Rétromobile-week sales to new heights. Items sold included a Ferrari Testarossa once belonging to Alain Delon (dog not included)...   lire >>

INCLUDES FULL RESULTS. In a sale that grossed just under 13m euros, one of the top-selling cars was this highly original 1963 DB4 Vantage Convertible. The LHD car had been in the same Swiss family ownership since new, and doubled its mid-estimate figure...   lire >>

INCLUDES FULL LOTLISTS. Both Artcurial and Bonhams will conduct collectors’ car sales in Paris, timed to coincide with the annual Rétromobile exhibition. Between the two, over 260 cars will be offered for sale, many ‘Without Reserve’...   lire >>

“Ah, aren’t they cute?!” Yes, and over two days in February RM will offer the entire Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum, its cars and automobilia, all to be sold ‘Without Reserve’. Classic Driver presents ten of the best...   lire >>

They always do well at Bonhams’ annual Works Service sales, so the announcement that the Bond St house has consigned a ‘for restoration’ 1964 DB5, in single ownership since 1972, will have collectors predicting: “I bet that will go for a lot”...   lire >>

INCLUDES FULL RESULTS. Between them, Bonhams, Gooding and RM Auctions grossed USD 102,364,200 at this year’s Arizona sales week. As is so often the case, Ferraris led the way...   lire >>

INCLUDES FULL LOTLIST. Headed by an original ‘Comp’ 250 GT SWB Ferrari, and composed of 84 quality entries in total, RM’s 2013 Arizona catalogue runs to some 275 pages...   lire >>

INCLUDES FULL LOTLIST. Gooding’s customarily well-presented catalogue runs to two volumes this year, with 50 cars to be offered on the Friday and 56 the day after. As befits the occasion – Scottsdale week being one of the biggest selling events in the world – the entry list oozes quality...   lire >>

INCLUDES FULL LOTLIST. Bonhams has assembled a 114-car entry to its forthcoming 2013 Arizona auction. The catalogue includes such gems as this ultra-rare 1964 Morgan Plus 4 Plus Coupé (USD 190,000 - 230,000) and 30 cars from the Oldenburg Family Automobile Collection...   lire >>

Over two days (15-16 February) early next year, RM Auctions will conduct what is certain to be a fun event when it offers approximately 200 microcars - and assorted automobilia - all at ‘No Reserve’...   lire >>

INCLUDES FULL RESULTS. A touch under £4m for the motor cars, with another £500k coming from automobilia, was the final result at Bonhams' 2012 Mercedes-Benz World auction...   lire >>

It’s almost as if Christmas has come early. For its forthcoming January sale, RM has announced the consignment of two cars that would be guaranteed a place in the Classic Driver garage: a GT40 and a 250 SWB...   lire >>

In its final 2012 auction, Osenat will offer a fine selection of collectors' motor cars and related automobilia. The latter include car badges and several rare books on Bugatti...   lire >>

No sooner had we written about the cars favoured by The Beatles, including John Lennon’s particular preference for Wood & Pickett Minis, than one comes up for auction at Barons’ Yuletide Classic sale at Sandown Park on 18 December. And not just any one, either...   lire >>

Auctioneer Douglas Jamieson should be wishing clients at Coys’ forthcoming pre-Christmas sale a hearty Buon Natale!, as a significant part of the catalogue is of Italian origin...   lire >>

INCLUDES FULL LOTLIST. Well, would you expect anything else to headline a sale at Mercedes-Benz World? This early (1957) LHD 300SL Roadster has completed just 37,000 miles from new and is estimated at GBP 380,000 - 450,000...   lire >>

INCLUDES FULL RESULTS. Artcurial’s final 2012 motor car sale grossed EUR 2,989,277. The high percentage of cars sold resulted from the many ‘No Reserve’ entries, with the 1976 Lancia Stratos Gp.4 car topping the event, selling for EUR 360,000...   lire >>

INCLUDES FULL RESULTS. RM’s 2012 London Battersea sale featured a packed saleroom and a high percentage of cars finding new owners, led by the ‘TdF’ Ferrari which sold for £1,960,000...   lire >>

Among the £1,000 Penny Farthing bicycles and collections of farm machinery offered at its 20 October, ‘Vintage’ Sale, Cambridge-based auction house Cheffins achieved a new World Record for a Land Rover sold at auction when it moved ‘UKE 80’ on for £129,000...   lire >>

From Lot 1, a 1961 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider to the ‘No Reserve’, 1972 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow that completes the 74-car entry, Artcurial’s November sale should have something for everyone. Classic Driver presents a flavour of the forthcoming event...   lire >>

RM’s Halloween night London sale features a varied catalogue of 95 cars and motorcycles. One of the highlights – painted in spectral Blanc Cassé – is the seventh production R-Type Bentley Continental built...   lire >>

The Aston Martin DBS used in the 2008 James Bond film ‘Quantum of Solace’ sold for £241,250 on Friday evening, with proceeds from the sale going to British children’s charity Barnardo’s...   lire >>

While the headline lot from Coys’ spring sale at Ascot wore a familiar winged emblem, the big-money stars of the upcoming autumn fixture at the same venue boast the rather more predictable Prancing Horse. However, while Ferraris are likely to command the highest hammer prices, it’s a DB2/4 – resplendent in its bare aluminium coachwork – that’s the talk of the Classic Driver office...   lire >>

On 14 October, French auction house Osenat will hold a classic car, boat and automobilia sale at its Parisian headquarters. Among the highlights is a pair of entries from redundant car-maker Hotchkiss...   lire >>

The 1928 Mercedes-Benz 36/220 6.8-litre S-Type Four-Seat Open Tourer, in the same family ownership since new, sold for £2,801,500...   lire >>

INCLUDES FULL RESULTS. Pre-War cars headed Bonhams' 2012 Revival sale with the 1928 Mercedes-Benz 36/220 6.8-litre S-Type Four-Seat Open Tourer selling for £2.8m and the 1939 Lagonda V12 Le Mans Team Car achieving £1.3m...   lire >>

There’s something about the ‘Goodwood effect’ that adds an extra degree of polish to an associated event such as the annual Bonhams Revival sale. Many cars are eminently ‘Goodwood-able’, and several have been photographed for the catalogue at the famous West Sussex circuit...   lire >>

It was another impressive Pebble Beach sale for the Santa Monica-based house. Top-seller was – unsurprisingly – the ex-Von Krieger 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Special Roadster, a stunning car that achieved $11,770,000...   lire >>

Twenty entries achieving over $1m each and five lots breaking the $5m mark contributed to RM’s best-ever Monterey-week sale. Overall, the auction grossed $95.2m...   lire >>

It was the very first one, a car that started the line of super-desirable, potent Ferraris called 'California Spider'...   lire >>

One of THE cars of the 2012 Monterey-week sales has a new owner. Gooding & Co. hammered the 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster down for an extraordinary $11.77m...   lire >>

As part of its $60m+ opening sale night, Gooding has sold this rare, alloy-bodied Ferrari with competition-spec motor for $11.275m - a new World Record...   lire >>

A little car for a big man, but a buyer with a big heart has paid $350,000 - all of which will be donated to charity - for the chat show host's own Fiat 500...   lire >>

It was the Classic Driver Monterey team's favourite car in this year's sales and it's just been sold - for $6,100,00. Sadly, we won't be making arrangements to ship it over to Europe...   lire >>

RM managed something of a coup to consign this genuine ex-Team Bentley Le Mans car. Tonight, Saturday 18 August, the Ontario-based saleroom sold it for $2,300,000...   lire >>

Well, we always like them, and RM's example was wowing the crowds at Monterey this year, so perhaps it's not surprising that the black four-seater sold for an impressive $1.48m...   lire >>

RM has just sold the former Dutch-owned - hence the bright orange colour scheme - Aston Martin DB3S for over £3m...   lire >>

INCLUDES FULL RESULTS. The successful sale of the exciting Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren F1 GTR helped push Bonhams’ gross figure at its 2012 Quail Lodge Sale to over $13 million...   lire >>

RM created a World Record for a GT40 sold at auction when a successful bidder purchased the ex-Gulf 1968 GT40/Mirage for a colossal $10m...   lire >>

With the famous Pebble Beach Councours d'Elegance held only a 20-minute drive away, what better car to contemplate future concours lawn honours than this 1938 Horch?..   lire >>

Just a short while after the big red car roared and rumbled 'over the block', auctioneer Max Girado slammed the hammer down at $1,350,000. Sold!... the RM way...   lire >>

Described as a "time capsule" in RM's Monterey catalogue, the 129-miles-from-new, 1989 Ferrari Testarossa stunned the saleroom when it was hammered down for $240,000...   lire >>

A car recently tested by Classic Driver, the magnificent ivory Ferrari 410 S Berlinetta, has just sold for a hammer price of $7.5m...   lire >>

A 1969 Lamborghini Miura S originally delivered to the 1960s supermodel ‘Twiggy’ is just one of the entries at an auction to be held at this October’s RACV Motorclassica concours d’elegance and classic car show...   lire >>

INCLUDES FULL RESULTS. RM Auctions’ ‘Without Reserve’ sale of the Aalholm Museum collection in Denmark grossed over 10 million euros...   lire >>

A Land Rover given to Sir Winston Churchill as an 80th birthday present could fetch up to £60,000 when it comes under the hammer at auction house Cheffins in October...   lire >>

It’s not too late to book a ticket to this year’s Monterey Peninsula car week. An additional reason for making the trip is the news that RM will offer an example of that bluest of blue-chip collectible Ferraris at its 17-18 August sale...   lire >>

Just saying the word ‘Nürburgring’ evokes tales of derring-do and the romance of the road. Coys’ forthcoming Oldtimer Grand Prix sale, held at the famous ‘Ring’, has many entries likely to appeal to sporting collectors...   lire >>

From the rarest racing cars and a ‘barn-find’ Ferrari 275 GTB, to the most desirable pre-War, pre-eminently ‘Pebble-able’ Mercedes, Rolls and Duesenbergs, David Gooding’s 2012 August sale has it all...   lire >>

The pre-sale estimates at Artcurial’s Monaco sale of selected cars from the personal collection of HSH Prince Albert were torn up, as all 38 entries sold for a massive total of 1,180,000 euros...   lire >>

With competition cars playing a leading role in the adjacent ‘The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering’, it’s no wonder so many significant racing cars highlight Bonhams’ 2012 Carmel sale...   lire >>

How do any of the Monterey-week auction houses do it every year? RM has been in the business longer than most and, yet again this August, has produced another magnificent selection of 120 or so cars...   lire >>

It’s not often we can say “RM Auctions WILL sell…” but, in the forthcoming 100% ‘No Reserve’ event in Denmark, 171 cars will find new owners when the Aalholm Automobil Museum collection comes under the hammer...   lire >>

David Gooding’s Pebble Beach Equestrian Center sale is the traditional finale to a frantic week of classic car activity on the Monterey peninsula. This year, the catalogue has been boosted yet further...   lire >>

Adding colour to another blockbusting RM catalogue, the latest entries to its forthcoming August sale include a 1955 Aston Martin DB3S in Dutch racing orange and the bright red, ex-Jo Siffert, STP-sponsored 1971 Porsche 917/10...   lire >>

On Thursday 26 July 2012, Paris-based saleroom Artcurial will offer 38 cars direct from the personal collection of the Monaco royal family...   lire >>

Improving on its 7-million-euro 2010 sale (held in sweltering heat), Artcurial took a total of 8.7 million euros at this year’s storm-swept Le Mans Classic...   lire >>

INCLUDES FULL RESULTS. Held in a marquee next to the pre-grid area for the races, Artcurial’s 7 July auction was its second at the Le Mans Classic. The sale grossed a total of 9m euros and sold 88% of the motor car catalogue...   lire >>

With an all-in sales figure of £22,199,098, Bonhams' 2012 Festival sale could well be the highest-grossing collectors’ car auction ever held in the UK...   lire >>

INCLUDES FULL RESULTS. June 29, 2012: On the Friday of this year’s Goodwood Festival, Bond Street auction house Bonhams sold the Daniels Collection cars, bikes and rare spare parts for £11.1m...   lire >>

Coys’ forthcoming Oxfordshire sale is something of a bumper one. The catalogue is packed with over 120 entries, including 23 meeting the fine criterion that is the ‘Jaguar Legend’...   lire >>

The first highlights of this year's Quail Lodge sale, taking place on 16 and 17 August as part of the 2012 Monterey Week, have been announced by Bonhams. One particular eye-catcher is the Ferrari 365 GTB/4 NART Spyder with Le Mans history...   lire >>

“I say, let’s buy a racing car and enter the Le Mans 24 Hours!” It all sounds very Enid Blyton, but – a little journalistic licence notwithstanding – that’s more or less what two Peers of the Realm did in 1939. Having never raced before, Lords Selsdon and Waleran brought this V12 Lagonda Team Car home in fourth place...   lire >>

Parisian auction house Artcurial has assembled a stunning catalogue of 140 cars to be offered at its forthcoming Le Mans Classic sale...   lire >>

A rare sight at auction nowadays, RM will offer not one but two of Ford’s ‘Ferrari-beaters’ at its forthcoming 17-18 August, Monterey-week sale...   lire >>

A very different kind of classic car headlines Osenat’s next Fontainebleau auction. One of many cabs entered, this one has special properties as it’s the famous ‘flying’ taxi from Luc Besson's film ‘The Fifth Element’....   lire >>

While both the George Daniels Collection and the Olav Glasius Lotus Collection are deservedly receiving much coverage, Bonhams’ 2012 Festival sale includes many other entries, ranging from a 1938 Bugatti Type 57C formerly owned by ‘Le Patron’ to a ‘barn-find’ Ferrari 250 GTE...   lire >>

At its forthcoming (29 June) Festival auction, Bonhams will offer 24 rare, mainly racing Lotus cars. Classic Driver presents a selection...   lire >>

On 10 June 2012, the Swiss house Oldtimer Galerie Toffen will hold a sale of 50 motor cars at the Dolder Classics meeting in Zurich. Many of them are from Italian manufacturers...   lire >>

On display at its 33.5m-euro Monaco event were two entries likely to feature among the multi-million-dollar results at RM Auctions’ 17-18 August, Monterey sale...   lire >>

Cars formerly belonging to Microsoft founder Bill Gates and the ‘other’ Norman Foster, the American opera singer and TV personality, star in Dorotheum’s 2 June, Vienna sale.   lire >>

Gooding & Co reveals early entries to 2012 Pebble Beach auction

“From the collection of Jason Luís Cheetham.” Ring any bells? No? How about his better-known stage persona, ‘Jay Kay’, of the popular beat combo ‘Jamiroquai’, from whom the Santa Monica-based auction house has consigned this 1955 Maserati...   lire >>

One of Seven for 007: Bond’s DBS from ‘Quantum of Solace’ to go under the hammer

On 5 October, Christie’s will offer one of the actual cars used in the filming of the Daniel Craig Bond movie ‘Quantum of Solace’. The RHD DBS, in Quantum Silver, is one of seven Astons used in the production of the 2008 feature film...   lire >>

Oldtimer Gallerie Toffen 'No Reserve' Auction, 15 September 2012

From an AC Cobra recreation to a Willys Jeep, all 50 or so vehicles in Oldtimer Gallerie Toffen’s forthcoming 15 September Swiss sale will be offered without reserve...   lire >>

Bonhams to sell two significant Jaguars at the Revival

Early, headlining entries at Bonhams' Goodwood Revival sale include an ex-Briggs Cunningham 1958 Lister-Jaguar - chassis BHL-101, the first of two 'Knobbly' Listers supplied to him - and a wonderful 'Semi-Lightweight' E-type formerly owned by Sir Robert Ropner...   lire >>