Feeling like committing yourself to some expensive compulsive purchases involved with automotive and Hollywood history? Well, here’s your chance! Up for auction at this year’s Pebble Beach Gooding & Co. show and auction is the world’s oldest Bentley and one of Steve McQueen’s motorcycle later this August. Starting with the Bentley, the 1921 Chassis 3 [...]
So yea, Ferrari’s are hot, fire snorting, blisteringly fast and powerful supercars. That said, naturally you’d think with their racing pedigree and history that none of the engines of the past would have a powerplant with anything less than six cylinders. Nope, you’re wrong. Just recently, a rare four-cylinder 1957 Ferrari 500 Testa Rossa was [...]
The BMW M1 is one of the most exclusive sports car from the BMW M GmbH brand. At the 14th annual summer sales at Quail Lodge, which is the longest running auction during the Pebble Beach Car Week, Bonhams will auctions off the 1979 BMW M1 Pro Car painted by Frank Stella. The 1979 BMW [...]
Los Angeles Clippers forward and 2010-2011 Mobile NBA Rookie of the Year Blake Griffin has donated the autographed 2011 Kia Optima midsize sedan he used for his dunk in the Sprite Slam Dunk at NBA All-Star 2011. Griffin donated the car for a public charity auction on AutoTrader.com to benefit Stand Up To Cancer. “I [...]
Regardless of the type of ride one may be into, car enthusiasts of all sorts derive much pleasure from perusing the Craigslist autos section, or any other vehicle listing source for that matter. EBay is one such source to look for cars both locally and nationally, and has a reputation for turning up gems every [...]
Artists and songwriters from across the EMI record company family are raising funds to help the Red Cross support people affected by last month’s earthquake and tsunami in Japan, through an incredible worldwide auction of personal items and memorabilia. Artists Daft Punk are auctioning off their 1987 Ferrari 412, used in their film Electroma. The [...]
A 1973 Ferrari Daytona with a hose of royal connections including HRH The Prince of Wales, is set to be auctioned off on Wednesday May 18th, at Brooklands in Surrey. The 1973 Daytona is one of just 158 right-hand-drive 365 GTB/4′s that adopted the Daytona name following Ferrari’s 1-2-3 success in the 1967 Daytona 24-Hour [...]
The Boca Raton Concours d’ Elegance auction presented by Mercedes-Benz, has become one of the high-profile, national automotive events here in the United States. Now in its fifth year, the Florida-based Concours celebration is promising a 2011 lineup that is better than ever. On the list is the first in the country, 2012 Mercedes CLS63 [...]
At the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale, Arizona auction this past weekend, someone wrote a check for more than $2 million for a 5-year old Ferrari. The 2006 Ferrari FXX Evoluzione went for $2.1 million in bidding at the Gooding and Co. auction. Yes, we understand that there were only 30 units of the 860-hp FXX Evoluzione produced, [...]
The 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible Indy 500 Pace Car fetched $225,000 at the Barrett-Jackson Auction in Scottsdale, Ariz. this past weekend. The unit was the the first of 50 Indianapolis 500 Festival Committee cars. Proceeds from the auction will be donated to the David Foster Foundation, a charity devoted to supporting families with children in need of [...]
