Auction Central - Ritchie Bros.  -  Scottsdale Auction Week 2020

It took years before NASCAR would admit that a black man, Wendell Scott, had actually won a stock car race. But there was no overlooking the impact Willie T. Ribbs had on motorsports a few decades later, and Ribbs’ career is now featured in a new film by Adam Carolla’s Chassy Media. Uppity: The Willy […]

Automakers typically unveil their latest vehicles at major auto shows, concours d’elegance or even the Consumer Electronics Show. Automobili Lamborghini used the Pitti Uomo international men’s fashion show to unveil its “total-look collection” for fall-winter 2020-2021. That’s “collection” as in clothing. “Outside the exhibition space, the Huracán Evo coupé on display in orange Arancio Xanto […]

As the auction companies are totaling up the numbers from Arizona Auction Week, they also are preparing for the next major stop on the 2020 collector car auction calendar, Retromobile, in Paris the first week of February. In addition to an array of more traditional collector vehicles, RM Sotheby’s seventh annual Paris sale will include […]

Editor’s note: This is the daily Arizona Auction Week 2020 sales report from Hagerty, the collector car insurance and value-tracking company that staffs each auction venue. Saturday was a big day for Arizona Auction Week 2020 with many of the auctions offering their star cars. As Arizona Auction Week 2020 enters the home stretch, total […]

Yes, it’s true, you can buy a vintage, low-mileage Shelby GT350 for less than $20,000.  Produced by Ford for 1984, it’s a GT350 that commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Mustang-based originals.  Only thing, it’s really just a graphics package applied to a standard Mustang without any input from Shelby American.  Carroll Shelby, who was […]

For 100 percent of the hammer price, Barrett-Jackson Auctions and Chevrolet raised $3,000,000 for The Detroit Children’s Fund here, in today’s auction of the first retail production 2020 Chevrolet Corvette C8 Stingray during the 49th Annual Scottsdale Auction, at WestWorld of Scottsdale. One of nine charity vehicles, the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette C8 Stingray VIN 001 […]

Many questioned Paul Walker’s choice in his BMW collection, but auction results highlights the foresight of the deceased star

Editor’s note: This is the daily Arizona Auction Week 2020 sales report from Hagerty, the collector car insurance and value-tracking company that staffs each auction venue. At this point of Arizona Auction Week 2020, all auction companies have started or completed their sales, and results so far have further revealed polarization in the market. Cars […]

Morgan Motor Company celebrates 70 years of Plus 4 production in 2020 with the debut of the Plus 4 70th Anniversary Edition. In addition to the milestone anniversary, the new car marks the end of Morgan’s use of a steel chassis for the Plus 4. The company is switching to aluminum chassis. The British automaker […]

“Hi! My name is Thelma…” is how the advertisement for the Pick of the Day begins. The car is a 1966 Ford Thunderbird convertible and the advertisement, placed with ClassicCars.com by the private seller in Palmyra, Indiana, is creative, allowing “Thelma” to tell her own story. Obviously, this red T’bird is named Thelma because of […]