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Top 100 highlights of the 2021 auction year

Posted on January 14, 2022 by Mike Hanlon

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.

Category: Collectibles, Lifestyle

Tags: Art, Most-Expensive, World’s Most Expensive, Video Games, Valuable-Scientific-Manuscripts, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Patek Philippe, NFT (Non-fungible token), Christie’s, Sotheby’s, RM-Sothebys, Gooding & Co, Bonhams, Artcurial, McLaren, Ferrari, Shelby, AC Cobra, Mercedes-Benz, Delage, Aston Martin, Baseball, basketball, NFL, Poly Auction Beijing, Poly Auction HK, Bugatti, Tim Berners-Lee, Audemars Piguet, Memory Lane Auctions, Heritage Auctions, Goldin Auctions, Lamborghini, Superman, Spider-Man, ComicConnect.com, Banksy, Lelands Auctions, Stutz, Rock Island Auctions, Stacks Bowers Auctions, Mile High Auctions, Macallan Whisky, Porsche, Rolex, Lexus, Space Suit, mario bros.

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Top 100 highlights of the 2021 auction year

Posted on January 14, 2022 by Mike Hanlon

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

Category: Collectibles, Lifestyle

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How Steve McQueen dominated motorcycle sales during Monterey Car Week

Posted on August 2, 2021 by Mike Hanlon

Actor Steve McQueen may have died 40 years ago, but his brand value remains as authentic and strong as ever, as was proven during the 2021 Monterey Car Week auctions.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: RM-Sothebys, Vincent, Harley Dav… Continue reading How Steve McQueen dominated motorcycle sales during Monterey Car Week→

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

Posted on July 29, 2021 by Mike Hanlon

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→

2020 Petersen (Virtual Monterey) Car Week On-line Auction Report

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Mike Hanlon

As we pointed out in our preview of the 2020 Petersen (Virtual Monterey) Car Week auctions, Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution is particularly relevant in the new reality of a COVID world: “the species that survives is the one that is able to adapt t… Continue reading 2020 Petersen (Virtual Monterey) Car Week On-line Auction Report→

Virtual Monterey Car Week Auction Preview and guide to the good stuff

Posted on August 7, 2020 by Mike Hanlon

The pandemic is catalyzing rapid change in the way the world does business, and the 2020 cancellation of the world’s foremost automotive festival, Monterey Car Week, offers a tantalizing glimpse of what the new normal might look like for the world’s bi… Continue reading Virtual Monterey Car Week Auction Preview and guide to the good stuff→

500cc two-stroke sportscar expected to fetch $250,000+

Posted on July 23, 2020 by Mike Hanlon

In the immediate post-WW2 period, Europe had been devastated by six years of total war, 85 million souls had perished, the economy of every European country was dysfunctional, every spare scrap of metal on the continent was either shaped like a weapon … Continue reading 500cc two-stroke sportscar expected to fetch $250,000+→

Pictorial: 25th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance

Posted on March 11, 2020 by Mike Hanlon

Cars that can win a major international concours event always have a story to tell, though it is indeed rare that the two “best in show” cars have stories that are as extraordinary as the winners of the 25th Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance.Continue R… Continue reading Pictorial: 25th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance→

The million dollar cars: 2020 Amelia Island collectible car auctions

Posted on February 25, 2020 by Mike Hanlon

Now firmly entrenched behind only Pebble Beach as the largest single collectible car celebration in America, Amelia Island is a concours event of the highest order, and in the monied environs of America’s retiree Capital of Florida, one of the three la… Continue reading The million dollar cars: 2020 Amelia Island collectible car auctions→

Steve McQueen's "Thomas Crown Affair" Dune Buggy heads for auction

Posted on August 15, 2019 by Mike Hanlon

The customised Myers Manx dune buggy from the 1968 movie The Thomas Crown Affair will go ...

The customized Myers Manx dune buggy in which Steve McQueen took Faye Dunaway on a full-noise drive in the sand dunes in the 1968 movie The Thomas Crown Affair, is heading to auction. The VW Beetle-based buggy was customized for the film with a 230-hp Chevy Corvair flat-six, and the restored original movie car will go to auction at Bonhams’ Amelia Island auction in March, 2020.

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