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Auction heroes
Atmosphere, intensity and the thrill of some eye-watering figures rolling in, few automotive events captivate in the way live auctions…
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Aston Martin DBR1/1: The $22 Million Legend
First, but perhaps not foremost. That’s the story of this particular Aston Martin DBR1, the open-topped sports car that would…
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Aston Martin and Le Mans: A Very British Obsession
Taken from Motor Sport, June 2005 What do you think of when you hear the words ‘Aston Martin’? If you’re…
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Aston Martin DBR1: The $22.5 Million Icon Reborn for £90,000
What price history, originality and rarity? In the case of Aston Martin DBR1 chassis number one, around $22.5m (£17.9m) –…
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Bonhams|Cars: How Provenance and Passion Drive Record Sales
The key to getting the best possible result to any sale is having as much information and provenance as possible,…
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Jaguar D-Type XKD 501: From £1.7m Winner to $21.8m Legend
The world was a very different place back in the late 1990s. In the December 1999 edition of Motor Sport…
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Ecurie Ecosse: Scotland’s Legendary Racing Underdogs
Taken from Motor Sport, March 1998 National racing teams don’t usually inspire loyalties outside their own country, for obvious reasons.…
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Jaguar XKD603: The D-Type that lived many lives
Taken from Motor Sport, January 2015 Consider a car which was rebuilt out of two separate machines, which has had…
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Ian Callum on driving the Jaguar D-Type: “unforgettable”
Despite his wide experience, Callum hadn’t driven a D before. “The first thing to hit me was a moment of…
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Artcurial Motorcars: Passion Meets Prestige
Even though Artcurial was founded in 2002, and Artcurial Motorcars in 2010, we have grown very quickly, and I think…
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The Baillon collection: the find that changed everything
Baillon had initially planned to open a museum, but his plans fell through during the 1970s so he instead put…
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Top 10 F1 cars: the most valuable grand prix machines ever sold
10. Williams FW14B Year 1992 / Price $3.41m (£2.7m) One of the most distinctive grand prix designs of all time,…
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Mercedes-Benz W196: Fangio’s $53m Silver Arrow
1. Mercedes-Benz W196 Stromlinienwagen Year 1954 / Price $52.96m (£42.75m) This was a sale so big it literally commanded its…
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Mercedes-Benz 1954: the cars that redefined racing
Everyone interested in Grand Prix racing has been awaiting the appearance of the new Mercedes-Benz with great expectations, remembering the…
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The £115m Mercedes 300 SLR Coupé: sale of the century
When the news broke that Mercedes-Benz had actually sold what had been, for over 60 years, one of its prized…
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Rudolf Uhlenhaut: Mercedes' unsung F1 engineering genius
Taken from Motor Sport, October 1997 During testing at Barcelona last week, Patrick Head did 27 laps in the Williams…
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Ferrari 312T: Niki Lauda’s $6m title-winning masterpiece
Classic Ferrari grand prix cars are rare at public sale. Mostly because Enzo had a penchant for breaking them up…
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Lauda's Ferrari 312T: Maranello's lost masterpiece
Taken from Motor Sport, August 2020 To Mr Ferrari, the only Formula 1 car that mattered was his current one;…
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Tom Hartley Jnr’s decade-long pursuit of Niki Lauda’s Ferrari 312T
Ten years. That’s how long Tom Hartley Jnr tracked Ferrari 312T no023, featured here, before he finally landed one of…
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Mauro Forghieri: the genius behind Ferrari’s 312T
Taken from Motor Sport, November 2002 Even if he’d never designed anything else in his career, this car would mark…
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