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This Week's Auction Scene

12 June 2012

Overheating gavels will be wielded again Read more

Latest market commentary from CCFS auction analyst Richard Hudson-Evans 7 June

07 June 2012

Although a monstrous 1964 Merc 600 filled the auction hall when driven past the ACA rostrum to sell for £30,250 with premium, the undoubted star of the Jubilee Weekend sale in King’s Lynn was an extraordinarily whacky 1924 Austin 7 lawnmower which clearly cut the grass (and not just outside the saleroom) with a prominent R-R dealer who parted with £11,025 for what has to be the ultimate garden classic. Read more

Bidding Frenzy for Museum Allegro

07 June 2012

A low mileage Austin Allegro 1500 SP that was a former exhibit at the Coventry Transport Museum has achieved an impressive £4480 at auction. Read more

Latest market commentary from CCFS auction analyst Richard Hudson-Evans

31 May 2012

Although £2,074,611 spent on classics at 3 auctions in less than a week is one mighty impressive stat, recent reduced sale rates with many unsold cars ‘might’ also indicate more than a seasonal softening in demand. Read more

Classic Return for BCA

31 May 2012

A top auction firm has re-entered the classic arena after identifying what it believes is a gap in the market, American muscle cars. Read more

Auction Update from RICHARD HUDSON-EVANS

29 May 2012

H&H held their first auction at Buxton last Thursday under new ‘General Sales’ branding Read more

Rare Cobra offered

24 May 2012

An AC Cobra 289 Competition is available for sale – for a cool

£1.5 million.

Better by the dozen

24 May 2012

Twelve classic Bentleys – dating from 1935-1960 – will form the centrepiece of Historics’ Brookland sale on Saturday 26 May.

Latest market commentary from CCFS auction analyst Richard Hudson-Evans 24 May

24 May 2012

A record £6.6m was spent on Astons on a Saturday afternoon in Newport Pagnell where a DB4GT Zagato Sanction II raised £1.2m and strong money was still being bid for DB4s and DB5s. DB6s sold out, too, with base models achieving new ‘highs’ and there were buyers for all but one of the 10 Feltham-era cars in Bonhams annual one-stop shop for the marque Read more

Buyer Beware

17 May 2012

Over recent years an increasing number of us have turned to the internet in our search for classic cars. Buying from within our clubs is fantastic, but there just isn’t the choice that is available online, let alone the bargain basement prices that many cars seem to go for. Read more

Woodies Fall in USA

17 May 2012

The downturn of the global economy has seen the prices of fully restored or mint condition woodies in the US drop dramatically, which could be great news for potential buyers in the UK. Read more

Latest market commentary from CCFS auction analyst Richard Hudson-Evans 17 May

17 May 2012

A ‘High Five’ from the back of a packed auditorium took the bidding for a Ferrari Testa Rossa Spider up to an unbeatable 4.5m euros during the RM auction at Monaco. Including premium, the 1957 625 TRC, one of only two built, therefore achieved a world record price of 5.04m euros (£4.03m in Ye Olde Sterling), one of ten cars to exceed the magic 1m euros figure, four of them exceeding 2m euros. Read more

Motorsport world mourns loss of former racer Les Leston

15 May 2012

Former Formula One driver and motor accessories magnate Les Leston died on Sunday, May 13. He was 91. Born Alfred Lazarus Fingleston in Bulwell, Nottinghamshire, Leston began his racing career aboard an SS100 Jaguar but it was in the half-litre Formula Three category that he truly excelled. Read more

Weekend Report by RICHARD HUDSON-EVANS

15 May 2012

More than 33.5m euros worth of collector cars, bikes and boats were sold by RM Auctions in Monaco within 24 hours to buyers from 33 countries.

Plane sailing, reckons Richard Hudson-Evans

10 May 2012

1953 241.7 kph world record setting Arno XI Hydroplane with twin supercharged Ferrari GP V12 and 1m+ euros pre-sale estimate is surely the coolest buy among more than 340 collector vehicles being auctioned during Monaco Historic GP weekend.

Classic Car Auctions in the coming weeks

04 May 2012

A list of the important classic car auctions coming up in the next few weeks.

Weekly Auction Update by RICHARD HUDSON-EVANS

03 May 2012

Historically early 850 Mini project with rust-riddled floor pans is taken on for world record £40K in North London where 86% of Bonhams catalogue sells for £1.91m
Double-dip recession busting prices were paid at Stafford where Bonhams sold 158 classic bikes - 81% of entry - for £2.2m including final 1955 Vincent 998cc Black Shadow Series C for what is believed to be new world record price of £124,700 After 39 years of inactivity, 1968 UK-built Mini Moke requiring re-commissioning headed 74% sold SWVA auction
From a rain-sodden Friday morning in Dorset and an entire Monday spent peering at old motors beneath the wings of old war birds in the RAF Museum Hendon, the auctions roulette wheel spins up to Monaco where the market for top kit will be tested by 4 auctions in less than 48 hours

COYS Legende et Passion, Monaco

01 May 2012

Espace Fontvieille, Monaco.

Auction Date: Saturday 12th May 2012 at 11AM.

“An Important Auction of Fine Historic, Sports and Grand Prix Automobiles”

www.coys.co.uk

Rolling Stones Pontiac

26 April 2012

Here’s a chance to buy a beautiful Pontiac convertible with connections to the Rolling Stones. Read more

Latest market commentary from CCFS auction analyst Richard Hudson-Evans

26 April 2012

£210K DB6 Mk2 Vantage heads £2.4m H&H sale at Duxford. Four times Le Mans raced Singer Nine fetches £129k and £112k is paid for Group B Peugeot 205 T16 road car Read more