MARANELLO, Italy — Ferrari’s clients and enthusiasts across the world have once again demonstrated their extraordinary generosity. Over the last two weeks, the online auction organized by www.ferrari.com raised over 1.8 million euro ($2.27 million US). That significant sum will now be donated to help the families of the victims of the earthquakes that...
SEMA ACTION NETWORK UPDATE Michigan Introduces Bill to Expand Use of Historic Vehicles Michigan, the birthplace to many of the collector cars we cherish, has introduced legislation (S.B. 1146) that would amend the state’s current law governing historic motor vehicles to permit their unlimited use as “exhibition” vehicles the entire month of August each...
Auction companies bring out top-shelf iron (and aluminum) for their respective sales in the Monterey, Calif., area each August. In fact, the auction companies must uncover the hobby’s halo automobiles to compete for attention with nearby concours events, including the long-running Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Since RM Auctions already has to regularly fortify its...
Blancpain, classicdriver.com and RM Auctions will offer the 2011 Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 GT3 Racing Car, chassis 09825, at RM’s upcoming Monaco sale, May 12 at the Grimaldi Forum. Offered by luxury Swiss watch manufacturer, Blancpain, the Lamborghini on offer is the racing car in which Blancpain President and CEO, Marc A. Hayek, won the...
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Gooding & Company, the official auction house of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, sold more than $78 million in collector cars at its Pebble Beach Auctions on Aug. 20-21. A two-day sale of unprecedented results, Gooding & Company achieved a $13.6 million increase from last year with 19 world records....
A rare and highly original 1953 Ferrari 212 Inter Coupé by Vignale (s/n 0267 EU), which surfaced from a Mid-Western garage last week over 25 years after it was first parked, is set to cross the auction podium in Northern Florida, March 12, as part of RM Auctions’ annual Amelia Island sale. Considered...
It was the first car that John Lennon bought on passing his driving test in 1965
In spite of the seemingly hefty price tag of $550,000 paid by the enthusiast, on the open market, the car would have fetched more than four-times that amount, according to current Ferrari pricing.
