Auctions

Ford's custom 'Red Tails' Mustang will be auctioned for charity at the EAA AirVenture event on July 26, 2012.

Monaco’s Prince Ranier III was known as an avid collector of cars. Unlike many with a passion for accumulating automobiles, though, Prince Ranier didn’t seem to narrow his focus down to a particular brand, era or even type of car. In fact, his amassed collection includes everything from...

Proceeds from the sale of the first 2013 SRT Viper will go to benefit the Austin Hatcher Foundation for Pediatric Cancer.

If you thought you’d missed your chance to pick up a new Saab before the now-semi-defunct brand was gone for good, despair not: additional units, leftover from port inventory will be heading to dealer auction next week. According to Saab World (via Jalopnik), the first 300 of 900 remaining...

Two earthquakes devastated the Emiglia Romagna region of Italy last month, striking close to Ferrari's heart in Maranello. To aid the victims of the quakes, Ferrari held an online auction this month to raise funds in their support. It turned out quite successfully, raising more than €1.8...

Last month two devastating earthquakes rocked northern Italy, destroying numerous buildings and claiming 25 lives as of yesterday. The area where the earthquakes struck, the Emilia Romagna region of Italy, is not far from the home of Ferrari. In an effort to raise funds for those affected by the...

Last year, Howard Kroplick, a vintage car collector from Long Island, New York, acquired a significant piece of Chrysler history. Purchased from the Vanderbilt Museum, the 1937 Chrysler Imperial Town Car was originally ordered (to custom specifications) by none other than Walter P. Chrysler. As...

With only four examples in existence, bidding on a 1991 Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato Sanction II Coupe that recently went to auction was always going to be furious. However, few would have guessed that bidding on the car would reach levels approaching the $2 million mark--but it did. At a Bonhams...

Built for the 1968 Indy 500, the Lotus Type 56 isn't your average vintage race car, if there is such a thing. It's a Pratt and Whitney turbine-powered, all-wheel drive racer once piloted by Graham Hill, and owned by Richard Petty--yep, The King. During qualifying for the race, the Type 56 set a new...

Over the weekend one of the most amazing collection of Ferraris, classic and modern, hit the auction block in Monaco. The lineup included everything from classic race cars to ultimate luxury, and some of the vehicles we’re unlikely to see go under the hammer for possibly years to come. We now...

If you’re among the Corvette faithful, a trip to Corvettes at Carlisle is surely on your bucket list. Billed as the largest Corvette event in the world, the annual festival packs in over 5,000 Corvettes on display, plus tens of thousands of visitors. It’s not just another car show...

The auction to end all auctions is taking place this month in Monaco. Hosted by RM Auctions, the caliber and sheer variety of vehicles going under the hammer are unmatched by anything we’ve ever seen in the recent past, so if you happen to be in area on the dates of May 11 and 12 head down to...

Grungy, gunky, funky, and rusty, this Austin Mini Se7en De Luxe is said to be the oldest surviving unrestored Mini in the world. Built in May 1959, it's the eighth Se7en De Luxe ever made. And now it belongs to one lucky (?) new owner, who ponied up the £40,250 it took to win the Bonham's...

Ever wanted to own a relatively modern piece of NASCAR Cup-car machinery? Well, here's your chance: a Tony the Tiger-liveried, Car of Tomorrow-bodied, 2007 Chevrolet Impala SS. Best of all, it has a brand-new GM CT 400 racing engine under the hood. The 2007 #5 Kellogg's car was driven by Kyle...

In 1960, Aston Martin collaborated with Zagato to build a lightweight, higher performance variant of the Aston Martin DB4 GT, to be called the DB4 GT Zagato. Initial plans called for the production of 25 units, but demand never reached expected levels. In the end, only 20 cars were produced from...

Remember the poor Ferrari Enzo supercar abandoned in Dubai that we reported on last August? Well, it’s still sitting in the same police impound lot we last saw it in, but it may have a bright future ahead. The Enzo, along with several other exotics, is to be auctioned off in what the Daily...

The very first 45th Anniversary Chevrolet Camaro Convertible, VIN 001, was sold for $150,000 at the Barrett-Jackson 10th Annual Florida Auction that took place earlier this month. That might seem like a lot for what’s normally a $1,375 premium over the asking price of a 2012 Camaro coupe or...

Next month RM Auctions’ eagerly-awaited biennial event in Monaco returns, and will see a number of high-profile Ferraris go under the hammer including a Formula 1 car raced by Michael Schumacher on his way to Formula 1 World Championship victory in 2000. Yes, one of the cars that helped...

If you want a chance at getting your hands on the first production 2013 SRT Viper, you'd better head down to the Barrett- Jackson vehicle auction taking place in Orange County, California this summer. SRT is offering up its first Viper for sale at the auction, with all of the proceeds going to aid...

In the 1963 Dutch Grand Prix, legendary driver Jim Clark dominated the competition in his Lotus 25 Formula One car. A young Olav Glasius was so impressed by both the Lotus and Clark’s driving that he became a lifelong fan of the brand. Glasius, described by Bonhams as a “textile...