Bill and Jane Warner, founders of the award-winning Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, established in 1996 and now known as “The Amelia,” have been named Hagerty Grand Marshals for Sports Car Market Magazine’s 2022 SCM 1000 Classic. The SCM 1000 Classic is a 1000-mile tour on Oregon’s scenic two-lane roads for […]
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Former RM Sotheby’s Execs Launch New Collector Car Auction Company
Former RM Sotheby’s President Kenneth Ahn will head up a new collector car auction company, called “Broad Arrow Group,” which will be announced later today. Its roster of executives and specialists mostly come from RM Sotheby’s. Ahn will serve as Chief Executive Officer, with founding members Barney Ruprecht (Senior Car […]
SCM Award Winners at Concorso Italiano 2021
We enjoyed attending the 2021 Concorso Italiano on August 14 and were honored to present several SCM awards to Alfa Romeo owners at the show this year with cooperation from the Alfa Romeo Owners Club. The SCM judging team was organized by chief judge Michael Wiliams to include Chris Bright, […]
SCMLive! 8th Annual Scottsdale Insider Seminar
SCM Contributors Stephen Serio and Philip Richter, and Gooding’s Hans Wurl compare, contrast, price and rate four Affordable Supercars. Moderated by SCM Publisher Keith Martin. Acura NSX BMW M6 Ferrari Modena 360 Mercedes SL 55 AMG Be sure to check out more SCMLive! on the SCM YouTube page.
Breaking News: Barrett-Jackson Reschedules Scottsdale Auction
Barrett-Jackson’s Scottsdale Auction, the cornerstone of January’s Arizona Auction Week, has been rescheduled for March. The auction company announced today that it would move its January 2021 sale to the week of March 22, 2021. “While every indication showed that our bidders, consignors and sponsors were behind our efforts to […]
Labor Day in the Midwest Means Auburn
While there is no Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival this year – the first time in its 64-year history that this foundational vintage car event has not been held – there will be auctions. RM Auctions and Worldwide Auctioneers will still be holding their Labor Day Weekend sales, in-person onsite in […]
Monterey Auctions Total $58m
The preliminary numbers are in: 2020’s Monterey sales have totaled $57,997,150 — closer to 2004’s $48m than 2019’s $245m. With 2020’s traditional Monterey events canceled, three of the auction houses that typically run Car Week auctions shifted to online bidding and held events close to their typical Monterey dates: RM […]
Gooding & Co Achieves Over 14.4m at Geared Online
Gooding & Company, the auction house revered for selling the world’s most desirable and prized collector cars, garnered $14,497,443 at its inaugural Geared Online auction on August 7th. The auction house achieved a 71% sales rate from 55 of 77 lots sold, with five vehicles selling over $1 million. Gooding & […]
RM Sotheby’s SHIFT/MONTEREY Auction Finishes with $30.4m in Sales
This past week, RM Sotheby’s further reinforced its position as the world’s leading auction house of fine collector cars, as it grossed $30,412,810 in its Online Only: SHIFT/MONTEREY sale and established the highest price ever achieved for a car sold in a dedicated Online Only collector car auction. The incredible 2001 Ferrari […]
McPherson College’s “Wheels of Change” Webinar Starts June 25
McPherson College is starting “Wheels of Change: How the Automobile Shaped Our Lives,” a six-week summer series webinar on on the people, innovations and the art that helped shape the automotive industry. This webinar features car insiders from around the country. The first webinar is June 25 at 12 p.m. […]