For Sale: 1963 Dodge 440 in Cadillac, Michigan

If you had any doubt about the desirability of Japanese Domestic Market vehicles in the current collector car marketplace, those doubts should evaporate when you learn that a 1970 Nissan Fairlady (aka Datsun 240Z) sold for a record $803,857 (88.55 million yen) on January 12 at the BH Auction in Tokyo. The Z432R was one […]

Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of daily Arizona Auction Week 2020 sales reports from Hagerty, the collector car insurance and value-tracking company that staffs each auction venue. Thursday of Arizona Auction Week 2020 saw four more auction companies add to the bidding frenzy. Seven of the eight auction companies have now […]

The Pick of the Day is an immaculate – and rare – 1968 Porsche 911 soft-window Targa offered for sale on ClassicCars.com by a dealer in La Jolla, California. While not an exact number, it is believed that only 268 soft window Targas came to the US for the 1968 model year. This freshly restored […]

They represent two of the nearly two-dozen collections on the auction docket

The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum and its next-door neighbor, the National Auto & Truck Museum, are not merging, but they are cooperating in a visitor-oriented effort being termed “The Auburn Automobile Experience.”  Armed with a grant from The James Foundation of Auburn, the neighboring museums launched a 6-person committee and asked the highly recommended […]

Four of the Paul Walker Collection cars went across the block Thursday at Barrett-Jackson, and got a premium at the hammer, proving that star-power provenance matters. A tuned 2009 Nissan 370Z, a 1989 Nissan R32 Skyline track car, a 1995 Eddie Bauer Edition Ford Bronco and a 1967 Nova custom coupe did far better than […]

Thursday morning, Craig Jackson, chairman and chief executive of Barrett-Jackson auctions, unveiled his freshly restored 1967 Shelby Mustang GT500 EXP prototype known as “Little Red.”” Also on hand was a sister prototype, the 1968 Shelby GT500 prototype known as the “Green Hornet.” Jackson literally brought history alive in this magical reunion, having found, rescued and […]

Gooding and Company offers another solid selection of sports cars, exotics and classics for Arizona Auction Week, holding its January 17-18 sale once again at the highly desirable venue of Scottsdale Fashion Square in the heart of the upscale city. As usual, Ferraris and Porsches dominate the Gooding docket, with the 25 Italians edging out […]

Editor’s note: This is the first of a series of daily Arizona Auction Week 2020 sales reports from Hagerty, the collector car insurance and value-tracking company. Arizona auction week geared up on Wednesday as Barrett-Jackson concluded its third day of sales and Worldwide Auctions completed its one-day event. Factoring in totals from MAG Auctions (formerly […]

Of the higher-end catalog auctions during Arizona Auction Week 2020, Bonhams is the second on the schedule after Worldwide Auctioneers, which opened the action Wednesday evening. Bidding begins at Bonhams auction venue, the Westin Kirkland Resort in Scottsdale, at 11 a.m. (local time) on January 16. Bonhams offers two components that make for a wonderful […]