Bonhams’ Monterey auction is partnered with The Quail: A Motorsports Gathering, and upholds the latter’s reputation for the displaying some of the finest vehicles extant. Out of their docket of over 100 vintage and exotic automobiles, at least 12 have a low estimate exceeding one million dollars.
Like the faithful swallows that return to Mission San Capistrano every year on March 19, auto connoisseurs from around the world flock to California’s Monterey Peninsula in August for one of the greatest automotive spectacles on Earth: Monterey Classic Car Week.
This year’s Mecum auction in Monterey is a veritable car enthusiast’s candy store; their docket has 600 vehicles for sale over three days, from a Ferrari LaFerrari and a Porsche 911 GT2 Evo to a slew of muscle cars and the first road-going Ford GT40 delivered to America.
The third annual Porsche Werks Reunion brings together Porsche Club of America members and marque enthusiasts for a day-long celebration of Stuttgart’s finest. All Porsche owners are invited to register to show their cars, while the true cream-of-the-crop can compete in a Concours d’Elegance by model.
As the official auction house of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, the most distinguished automotive event in the world, Gooding & Company has quite a bit to live up to. A docket brimming with over 100 pristine examples of the most collectible cars extant ensures that these expectations will be met.
When you say “Speedster” in the same sentence as “Porsche,” it’s usually assumed you are speaking about the stripped-down 1954-1958 variant of the 356. Capitalizing on the power of its own heritage – and the power of nostalgia – Porsche also built three different production 911 Speedsters, the most plentiful being the 1989 model. All have become desirable collectibles.
This weekend, the Porsche Club of America’s national convention drifts into the Jay Peak resort for a week of friends, fun, and eclectic German humor. The biggest event on the PCA calendar, the Porsche Parade is one of the world’s largest agglomerates of 356s, 911s, and their lesser-known siblings.
The Elegance At Hershey brings with it an auction selling select pieces of stately automobile art. Presented by The Finest Automobile Auctions, this aptly named auction house is offering a small, but distinguished, docket on the Saturday preceding the concours.
Naming a road car for a classic racecar would, for some marques, be a risky proposition. You probably won’t find too many objections, however, to Porsche’s putting the “718” badge on its redesigned Boxster and Cayman models.
