Since the start of the pandemic shutdown, we’ve covered a lot more Bring a Trailer cars in the pages of SCM. Of course, Brian Baker was featuring some of their consignments in his “Rising Sun” column for years. Covering Bring a Trailer makes sense — they provide a platform where […]
This upcoming weekend, June 27 and 28, was when it was all supposed to go back to quasi-normal. At least that was the hope back in late March and April, when auction companies were canceling sales and moving auction dates on the calendar. Mecum moved their Indy sale to this […]
Online auctions have caught fire. Just like a band that spent 10 years playing dive bars and opening county fairs — only to become an overnight success when conditions were right — online auctions have hit their stride. It wasn’t too long ago when Barrett-Jackson set records for Dodge Daytona […]
Internet auctions allow a freedom from time and place over land auctions. It doesn’t matter where the buyers are physically located, they just need an Internet connection (and the financial wherewithal) to join the bidding — no middleman required. Given that expanded virtual access to clients and an increased willingness […]
RM Sotheby’s closed their Online Only: Driving into Summer sale on Friday, May 29, and they sold some big-dollar cars. This was one of the most anticipated sales of Spring 2020 for good reason. Cars that could pack auction rooms and headline Scottsdale or Monterey auctions were on offer at […]
Here’s hoping you had a pleasant Memorial Day weekend. We have just a quick note for the auction calendar for you this week. RM Sotheby’s Online Only: Driving into Summer is the biggest game going on right now for online auctions. The sale started last Thursday, May 21, and the […]
Online auctions are really cooking now. Barrett-Jackson wrapped up its first exclusively online sale on May 17. Preliminary results show that this wasn’t a typical Barrett-Jackson auction, but we knew that going into it. By my count, only four lots had the no-reserve status that we normally associate with a […]
Individual people, companies and governments are constantly adjusting during the Coronavirus pandemic. Plenty of auctions have canceled outright or postponed events until large, public gatherings are allowed once again. We’ve tracked these changes closely in the SCM Newsletter. We’ve got another change, as Mecum has once again rescheduled their Spring […]
Starting on Friday, you can get your springtime Barrett-Jackson fix. Barrett-Jackson’s Online Only Auction runs through May 17. Barrett-Jackson’s Palm Beach sale, previously scheduled for April 16–18, is now scheduled for October 15–17. I’m sure more than a few of us missed their usual April appearance on the auction calendar. […]
“Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” Mike Tyson isn’t known for his sage wisdom, but, boy howdy, do those words ring true these days — even if we’re dealing with that idea in a less literal way than he did way back in his boxing […]
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