Amidst an unseasonable spring snowstorm, Bonhams returned to Goodwood for their annual headlining sale at the 76th Members’ Meeting. Bringing 105 lots, including a surprising 12 Lancias ranging from Lambda to Y10 supermini, 75 vehicles found new homes for a total sale value of just over £3.5 million. Interestingly, vehicles that failed to sell included the…
The Mazda MX-5 is one of the world’s favourite sports cars, with many people buying or jumping in a 5 for the enjoyment of a lightweight and nimble driving experience. Of course, we don’t need to tell you this. Since a car is only worth what someone will pay for it, having a graph of…
AutoClassics.com is hosting a free event for classic car sellers, AutoClassics Mart, in Hangar 113 at Bicester Heritage Sunday Scramble on 22nd April 2018. Participants of the AutoClassics Mart will benefit from instant exposure to 5000 classic car enthusiasts at the event as well as exposure on the AutoClassics website. April’s Scramble will see several thousand historic cars on…
A brave crowd traveled long distances to attend the March Classic at Leominster, with well over 1,000 people attending the auction and viewing. Frantic bidding in the room, on the internet and by telephone has led to a strong conversion rate on the fall of the hammer, with plenty of provisional contracts yet to be completed….
Auction house Historics returned to the Ascot Racecourse for their March 2018 sale, with a 169 lot strong auction taking place in London as the ‘Beast from the East’ weather front slowly receded. Of the 169 strong catalogue, 102 lots sold, most of which made their estimates. Given the conditions and time of year, a…
Proving that you can’t keep a classic car enthusiast down, Barons’ Classic Winter Warmer sale at Sandown Park on February 27 was well attended, in spite of the imminent arrival of the ‘Beast from the East’ weather conditions. The top price on the day was achieved by a fully dismantled 1963 Jaguar E-type S1 3.8…
The Midland Automobile Club and Shelsley Walsh have just confirmed a new partnership with Classic Car Auctions, the Warwickshire based auction house that has seen seen significant growth during the last few years selling ‘everyman’ classic cars to a value of approximately £50,000. CCA has been created by the highly respected team from Silverstone Auctions….
Silverstone auctions have had a highly successful sale at the annual Race Retro show, with dual sales for classic and competition vehicles netting some exciting results. Sell-though rates were strong, and several high prices achieved reinforce the notion that people are still paying good money for good cars. You can view the results from the…
Ferrari’s Challenge racing series is the ultimate playground for the Gentleman Racer – a series containing full fields of identically prepared Ferrari racing cars, all the off-track hospitality and catering that you could hope for, enjoyed as the series travels the world and races on the best circuits available. It sounds every bit as exciting and glamorous…
Late last year we found ourselves at the NEC Classic Motor Show, positively fawning over the ex-George Harrison 1984 Mercedes-Benz 500SEL taking centre stage on the Mercedes-Benz Club UK stand. Today, we’re excited to learn that this car will be coming up for auction on Saturday March 24, with Omega Auctions. This example ticks…