Instead of China, RM Sotheby’s is celebrating their 20th anniversary with an auction of over 100 investment-grade automobiles. Their docket ranges from a tractor made by Porsche to a 2017 Ferrari F12tdf.
Nissan U.S.A. brought the GTR-50 prototype here for Monterey Car Week festivities, and company spokesman Josh Clifton told Premier, “The response was really positive, so it’s possible that at least one GT-R50 will find a home in the U.S.”
This past August at the Bonhams Quail Lodge auction in Monterey, a beautiful blue 1972 Volvo 1800 ES with 56,000 original miles sold for $92,400, including buyer’s premium.
You don’t need to be a millionaire to buy a car at a Monterey, Scottsdale or Amelia Island auction. There are likely to be plenty of cars in your price range, but there are a few auction do’s and don’ts that you need to know. If cars mean more to you than just transportation, you’ll want to read this interview.
At “The Quail: A Motorsports Gathering” in Monterey, Calif. in August, Bugatti unveiled its ultimate model (so far), the Divo, which costs $6m. It is named for Albert Divo, who won the Targa Florio twice in the late 1920s driving a Bugatti Type 35.
Monterey’s local newspaper, The Monterey Herald, delivered Car Week attendees with a long list of auction tips, provided by Premier CEO Mitch Katz.
Learn firsthand the ins and outs of proper car auction etiquette from Premier Financial’s Southeast Regional Manager, Chris Warren, in his interview with The Weekly Driver.
Forbes magazine automobile columnist Jim Gorzelany, provided great advice for vintage car buyers, including some of CEO Mitch Katz’s tips on car auction etiquette.
The 1969-1970 Ford Mustang Boss 429 looms large among classic muscle cars, not as the most powerful or quickest, but as one of the most audacious. Mecum’s Monterey auction is offering two Boss 429s, one a 1970 rotisserie restoration and the other a modified 1969.
