Top 100 highlights of the 2021 auction year

Our annual highlights of the auction year reached a crescendo in this post-2021 coverage - the most explosive growth, the most ridiculous lots, and dozens of examples of the most expensive items in history ... not to mention the most bizarre lots we've yet seen. The most intriguing of them all was the sale by tender of (most of) the cars from the 2015 movie, “Mad Max: Fury Road.”

The 2021 auction year was quite extraordinary, with almost all auction categories reporting unprecedented levels of participation and sales.

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Volkner pulls out all stops on Bugatti-stowing $7.7-million motorhome

In the past, we’ve seen Volkner edge out its few competitors for “most expensive motorhome of the Düsseldorf Caravan Salon” honors with stretched luxury homes as “modestly” priced as $1.7 million. This year, it leaves the competition in the dust, going… Continue reading Volkner pulls out all stops on Bugatti-stowing $7.7-million motorhome

Pictorial: 2021 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance

The most pressing question hovering over the spectacular 18th fairway at Pebble Beach Golf Links last Sunday afternoon was whether such mass elegance could ever be matched again. In addition to crowning a new Best of Show at the world’s most important … Continue reading Pictorial: 2021 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance

Pictorial: The Quail 2021 had more elite car launches than any car show

Friday afternoon during Monterey Car Week is The Quail. Even its full title of “The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering” does little more to define it, though the fact that the number of highly-coveted $650 tickets normally sold was reduced this year due to… Continue reading Pictorial: The Quail 2021 had more elite car launches than any car show

Pictorial: The Quail 2021 had more elite car launches than any car show

Friday afternoon during Monterey Car Week is The Quail. Even its full title of “The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering” does little more to define it, though the fact that the number of highly-coveted $650 tickets normally sold was reduced this year due to… Continue reading Pictorial: The Quail 2021 had more elite car launches than any car show

Bugatti merges with Rimac and announces a hybrid/electric future

After months of rumors, the blockbuster hypercar business deal of the decade is now official: storied brand Bugatti, with its 112-year history of ultra-exclusive automaking, is now majority owned by 12-year-old Croatian electric hypercar upstart Rimac … Continue reading Bugatti merges with Rimac and announces a hybrid/electric future

Bugatti works unshackled speed into every atom of Chiron Super Sport

With a pedigree that dates back over 80 years, “Super Sport” has come to mean “world-record speed” at Bugatti, and the Chiron Super Sport remains true to its heritage. The newest member of the Chiron family has been painstakingly optimized from contact… Continue reading Bugatti works unshackled speed into every atom of Chiron Super Sport