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RM Sotheby’s 2025: a record-breaking year for collector car sales
It’s safe to that 2025 has been a truly great year for RM Sotheby’s, with several world-record results achieved over…
Auction House Heros
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Top 10 Ferraris: the legendary racers that rule the auction world
By the end of this feature our keyboards could’ve probably typed the terms ‘250’ and ‘GTO’ by themselves. And there’s…
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Mecum 2024/25: a record-breaking season for global car collectors
The 2024/25 auction season proved both dynamic and reassuring for the collector car industry, demonstrating remarkable stability while continuing to…
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Ferrari 250 GTO: 60 years of the world’s greatest road racer
Taken from Motor Sport, March 2022 Sixty years ago, a car regarded by many as the greatest road racer of…
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Ferrari 250 GTO: the timeless icon that reigns supreme
Amongst all the world’s greatest classic cars there can be no doubt that, in general perception, the confined group of…
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Ferrari 250 GTO: the ultimate collector car and market benchmark
A mid an ever-changing global economy, one thing remains certain: the Ferrari 250 GTO continues to exemplify the strength of…
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When the Ferrari 250 GTO raced with the best
Denis Jenkinson read the situation perfectly. In early 1962, as the dust settled following the ‘Palace Revolt’ in which a…
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Ferrari 250 GTO: the privateers who made it a legend
Only on rare occasions was a 250 GTO entered by the works Ferrari team. They were most often run by…
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Top 5 Porsches: the most valuable Stuttgart icons ever sold
It’s something of a curio in the auction world as to why Porsche features so little among the record sales.…
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Steve McQueen’s Porsche 917: the one that got away
This really was the one that got away. The auction world was primed for a landmark sale in Florida back…
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Porsche RS Spyder: the modern racer that revived a legend
Taken from Motor Sport, August 2007 The announcement in 2005 that Porsche would in the next year return to sports…
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum: a $120m legacy
Since it opened in 1956, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum has been a world-wide draw for automotive fans. For almost…
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Top 10 most expensive cars ever sold at auction
1.1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe Auction house RM Sotheby’s / Location Stuttgart Year sold 2022 / Sold for $143,000,000…
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