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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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.

Continue Reading

Category: Collectibles, Lifestyle

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The spectacular cars of the 2021 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este

The Villa d’Este is a 16th-century villa near Rome, which was for centuries a residence of the aristocracy – princesses, marquises, sultans, tsars and Popes have lived there. Since 1873, the villa has been one of the most charming and celebrated five-s… Continue reading The spectacular cars of the 2021 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este

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

Ferrari to build 300 Testa Rossa 3/4 scale children’s cars at $110K each

Ferrari plans to sell 299 scale replicas of its fabled 1950s Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa supercar at €93,000 (US$109,000) each, all built to Ferrari’s exacting standards with hand-beaten aluminum bodywork, high specification suspension, brakes and wheels, … Continue reading Ferrari to build 300 Testa Rossa 3/4 scale children’s cars at $110K each

2021 Monterey Auction Preview: The $5-million-plus cars

When we first started keeping our listings of the most valuable cars and motorcycles sold at auction, a $3 million sale would land a spot in the top 100 most valuable cars ever sold at auction. Nowadays, a $5-million sale won’t get you into the top 100… Continue reading 2021 Monterey Auction Preview: The $5-million-plus cars

Ferrari 812 Competizione V12 supercar screams its way to 9,500rpm

Ferrari has introduced a new version of its V12 supercar based on the 812 Superfast, which simultaneously sheds a little weight and beefs up output to a maximum 610 kW while revving to a formidable, though not quite Murray T.50 level, 9,500 rpm.Continu… Continue reading Ferrari 812 Competizione V12 supercar screams its way to 9,500rpm

World-record $133,325 paid for Ferrari 330 P2 Replica children’s car

The world-record price for a children’s car was paid at an RM-Sotheby’s auction in Paris on Saturday February 13, 2021, when a Ferrari 330 P2 Junior by French coach-builder De La Chapelle went for €110,000 (US$133,325).Continue ReadingCategory: Childre… Continue reading World-record $133,325 paid for Ferrari 330 P2 Replica children’s car