Much as I crave the sun in January and enjoy viewing great old cars I was not prepared to attend the Scottsdale auction week in January, 2008. It was a matter of budget priorities, you see. I've...
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After much speculation, Barrett-Jackson Auctions has officially announced that it will hold a 2008 collector car sale in Las Vegas, October 16-18. Considering the circus-like atmosphere of B-J's...
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There are those for whom sheer numbers impress, and those who take pleasure in simpler things. Count me among the latter but even I couldn't help but be staggered by the price paid for F1...
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In September 1969, when this handsome 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS Coupe was introduced, I'd just been transferred from New York to London by the J. Walter Thompson ad agency. Because my job made me...
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Maybe it's because of my slim budget but I just love featuring humble vintage automobiles. Here's a perfect example, a 1964 British Ford Anglia Deluxe Saloon. It comes from the Bernie...
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You could easily get the impression these days that auctions dominate the collector car news. The business just keeps growing and growing, with more new events regularly announced in every country...
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Barrett-Jackson recently announced that it will reduce the number of consignments to its Scottsdale auction by 20%. The company blames muddy conditions caused by last year's rain but I wonder if...
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When my friend Gary Grant, producer of thegarageblog, informed me that he had created a huge gallery of photographs from the recent Fawcett Movie Cars auction in Oshawa, he wasn't kidding. So...
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Ah, sunny Florida. As autumn closes in on the PNW (rain, fog, cool days) with winter not far behind (rain, fog, cool days), sunshine fanatics like me look to southern getaways. Originally an...
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When RM Auctions opens the Toronto International Centre's doors for its fall event I'll be reminded of an indoor aircraft show held there in the 1980s. It was organised by a pair of...
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Filed in archive Auctions
by Philip Powell on September 29, 2007
It seems like nothing can stop the Barrett-Jackson juggernaut, not even the negative publicity following last year's Scottsdale auction or the property rights squabble with the City of Scottsdale...
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Before there was a Mercedes 300SL there was a 300 series, introduced at the Frankfurt Auto Show in 1951. Though not flambouyant in appearance it was contemporary enough, with a modern wrap-around...
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He's one of the richest men in Britain and obviously doesn't need the money but for whatever reason, Bernie Ecclestone, Formula One's head man, has chosen to auction off over 50 cars from...
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Find your way to the little town of Aurora, Oregon this Saturday, June 30, and you'll be treated to a display of lovely Fords and Ford memorabilia from the 30's through 50's. Better still,...
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The good folks at RM Auctions seem to be in expansion mode, having recently moved into Europe and now with a new auction to be held at hershey Lodge on October 12 during the annual Hershey collector...
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I'm not surprised... heck, I'm not wishing I was wealthy, not wishing I'd been there. And any of us would erase world hunger if we could. But reality is that the first-ever RM...
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On Tuesday, May 15, the following appeared on the front page of the Scottsdale Republic: "Craig Jackson called off a formal negotiating session with the city and will meet one-on-one with Mayor...
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While much is being made, justifiably, of RM's Leggenda e Passione Ferrari auction, there's another one-make auction coming up that is only less dramatic because it happens annually. Bonhams...
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The combination of a British chassis with an American engine has more than once been key to a successful sports car. Add a little Italian design spice to the mix and you have the Nash-Healey, an...
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Can you recall what your were doing in 1960, assuming you were even born by then? I certainly can, for among other things I was laughing at cars like this Buick electra. Because ageing has a way of...
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August seems ages away but already we're receiving press releases promoting various events during the Pebble Beach/Monterey classic car week. Which explains the 1965 Shelby Mustang GT350R in the...
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