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Archive for June, 2006

Bonhams UK to sell rare MUNCH-URS Grand Prix racing motorcycle

Friday, June 30th, 2006

More details at Bonhams
An ultra-rare and highly important Münch-URS Grand Prix racing motorcycle will feature in Bonhams’ annual sale at the ‘Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show’ in Stafford on 22 October 2006, starring alongside the Jim Redman ex-works Honda 250cc RC164, (full press release available). There will be an opportunity to view and photograph both these […]

Goodwood Festival of Speed auction - 7th July 2006

Friday, June 30th, 2006

UK Auction Info
Bonhams’ sale on the Friday of the this year’s Festival features nearly 70 motor car entries.
Prior to the Motor Car Sale, Bonhams will auction nearly 500 lots of Automobilia including ‘A Bullitt film poster, 1968, French Grande, Folded’ depicting McQueen and the famous car chase at £500 - 550.

RM Auctions to Offer $8 Million Ferrari at Monterey Aug 19

Thursday, June 29th, 2006

Press Release
RM Auctions, North America’s premier collector car auction house, is honored to present the legendary 1958 Ferrari 412 S race car at the 2006 Monterey Sports and Classic Car Auction on Saturday, August 19, 2006 at the Portola Plaza Hotel in Monterey, California. This one-of-a-kind racing Ferrari, one of the greatest racers in […]

Bonhams to auction Darracq - 1906 land speed record holder

Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

Bonhams will auction one of the world’s most famous automobiles which qualifies both as an antique and a work of art - the world land speed record breaking 1905 Darracq. The 200hp Darracq was designed as a sprint special and was completed on 28 December 1905. Just two days later it set the first of […]

Jackson Hole Auction on July 1st, 2006

Saturday, June 24th, 2006

July 4th weekend means plenty of stars… besides the cars. Biking, walking trails, a fishing pond for the kids, hang gliding ride alongs and day hikes in the wilderness at the 10,000 foot level… with our without the help of a gondola.
The auction is held on the grounds of the Mangy Moose Saloon in Teton […]

Prized automobile collection on auction block

Saturday, June 24th, 2006

News 10
“They’ve come from all over to bid on one man’s automobile collection. J.C. Stevens Jr. passed away in 2002 and left behind nearly 100 classic cars.
“He was as attached to his cars as he was to his family. He was an eccentric individual. Cars were a fascination and an obsession with him,” J.C. Stevens […]

Barrett-Jackson Auction CEO wins Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” award

Saturday, June 24th, 2006

Craig Jackson, president and CEO of the Barrett-Jackson Auction Co., LLC., has captured the Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” award for the Business Services category in the Arizona/Orange County region. Jackson, the only individual in the car collector auction community to have earned this honor, was recognized for his leadership during a banquet […]

New UK Classic Car Show run by Bonhams

Friday, June 23rd, 2006

MPH ‘06 Classic will provide visitors with an opportunity to see over £10 million worth of historic, prestige and performance cars under one roof. It takes place at Earls Court in London on November 2-5, and will feature 200 cars, along with representation from British car clubs including those devoted to Aston Martin, Jaguar, Lamborghini, […]

M1 number plate auction at Goodwood Festival of Speed July 7

Friday, June 23rd, 2006

The car registration plate M1 - first issued for LORD EGERTON’S 100mph French Darracq in 1902 - is set to raise £120,000 for the preservation of Tatton Park near Knutsford, Cheshire, at auction at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on July 7.

Babe Ruth car sold for $407,000 at Dingman auction

Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

Ford classics car connoisseurs convened at the Dingman Estate in Kensington for a world record-breaking auction this past weekend.
Michael Dingman, company director of Ford Motors for 21 years, was putting up for auction much of his comprehensive “flathead” v8 car collection as well as his immense collection of vintage neon signs from the automobile and […]