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Monterey Car Week is where the world’s most monied automotive enthusiasts congregate once a year, and as many car enthusiasts share a similar passion for motorcycles, there’s always a smattering of elite motorcycles spread across the six auct… Continue reading 16 bikes likely to sell for more than $100,000 in Monterey
Our top 100 most valuable guitars listing added two more famous guitars last week, when Duane Allman’s 1961/1962 Cherry Gibson SG fetched US$591,000 and the Martin D-45 that Graham Nash played at Woodstock fetched $162,500.
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Continue Reading Duane Allman’s Gibson SG and Graham Nash’s Woodstock Martin D-45 sell at auction
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This week marks the 125th anniversary of the first motor race, held between Paris and Rouen, a distance of 126 km (78 mi). The race was organized by Pierre Giffard, editor of Le Petit Journal, the Paris-based newspaper that was at that time, the largest circulation newspaper in the world, selling just short of two million copies a day.
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Continue Reading Motorsport’s 125th birthday – 125 years of motorized personal transport
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The Ferrari 250 GT California Spider is the most valuable Ferrari made in significant numbers, but although 108 cars were produced, it still requires US$10 million or more to take one home from an auction. Two California Spiders (one SWB, one… Continue reading Two Ferrari 250 GT California Spiders set to be market barometers in Monterey
A pioneer electric car of great historical significance will be going to auction during Monterey Car Week next month. Built by electric car pioneer Andrew L. Riker, the car won three of America’s first car races, and was exhibited alongside t… Continue reading 1898 Riker Electric Car heads to auction in Monterey
Porsche’s perfectly circular 12.6 km (7.8 mile) test track at Nardò in Southern Italy has been renovated and is again open for business. Far more than just the massive banked high speed test track, the Nardò Technical Center contains over 20 test tracks on an area of more than 700 hectares, and has been used by 90 automotive companies for testing in the past.
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Continue Reading Porsche’s circular 7.8 mile Nardò test track reopens
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For those seeking a luxurious, spacious, self-sufficient home with forever changing scenery and negligible operating costs, look no further than the Silent 55. Silent Yachts will debut a vastly improved version of the Silent 55, a solar-powered, 55-ft ocean-going catamaran, at the 2019 Cannes Yachting Festival in September. With double the power of last year’s model, the Silent 55 will touch 20 knots (23 mph, 23 km/h), cruise all night with no emissions and commensurate running costs, and has a draft of just 3.9 ft (1.2 m), meaning it can access just about any waterway in the world.
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Continue Reading Silent 55: Is this the world’s most cost-efficient mobile home?
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The 2019 Chantilly Arts & Elegance Richard Mille was a triumph in many ways, most importantly in the massive turnout of exclusive automobiles from 16 manufacturers and the number of significant debutant models. For McLaren it was doubly s… Continue reading Pictorial: 2019 Chantilly Arts & Elegance Richard Mille Concours d’Elegance
The month of July, 2019 will be a bumper one for the number of landmark scientific artifacts heading for auction. Three Christie’s auctions and a Sotheby’s auction have such a stellar array of scientific documents, manuscripts, tablets, seals and artifacts that we thought it worthwhile documenting them, even though in some cases, they are estimated to sell for quite affordable amounts.
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Continue Reading 30 landmark scientific artifacts heading for auction this month
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The Italian city of Turin played host to a new and important Concours d’Elegance this week when the inaugural Parco Valentino Classic was run in conjunction with the fifth Parco Valentino Motor Show from June 19 to 23, 2019. Over 700,000 visi… Continue reading Pictorial: Parco Valentino Classic Concours d’Elegance