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Bonhams, Westin Kierland Resort, Scottsdale, Arizona, January 19, 2012 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Bonhams joined the Arizona auction extravaganza this year, finding a choice location at the Westin Kierland Resort just across Scottsdale Road from the Scottsdale airport, about as centrally located as it’s possible to be and verdantly situated in something of an oasis of green grass, manicured bushes and plentiful close-in hardtop parking. It was refreshing and rivaled RM’s... Read Full Story

The 2012 running of the California Mille will take place April 29th to May 3rd over 1,000 miles of twisty back roads in California Gold Country, Lake Tahoe and historic Nevada. The 22nd annual running of the California Mille will begin Sunday, April 29th with a public car show at the Fairmont Hotel atop San Francisco’s Nob Hill, with 65 historic race cars on display from 11am to 6pm. Participants depart at 8:30am the following morning for a four-day, 1000-mile adventure that will take them... Read Full Story

Report and photos by Alessandro Gerelli The Cavallino Classic 2012 was held January 17-22 at the Breakers Resort Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida. Well-known to Ferrari enthusiasts worldwide, Cavallino celebrated the 21st anniversary of its annual meeting this year. The 2012 edition of the Cavallino Classic celebrated the Ferrari GTO, Vignale-bodied cars and Aston Martin. The event included a couple of days of car testing at Palm Beach International Raceway (formerly Moroso circuit), followed by... Read Full Story

RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby’s, will offer the Milhous Collection during a multi-day sale, February 24-25, 2012 in Boca Raton, Florida. The result of over five decades of judicious collecting by brothers Bob and Paul Milhous, the collection features a series of mechanical musical instruments, automobiles and collectibles, handpicked from around the world and representing the ‘best of the very best’. Read the rest of RM Auctions Milhous Collection – Auction Preview © Sports Car... Read Full Story

Gooding & Company, Fashion Square, Scottsdale, January 20-21, 2012 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Since coming to Arizona in 2008 Gooding & Company has established itself at the core of the Arizona collector car auction experience, bringing outstanding cars and a refreshing upscale environment. 2012 continued that record, recording the Arizona auctions’ highest sale, the credibility-defying $4.6 million sale of alloy Gullwing s/n 1980435500208, the second-highest total sale... Read Full Story

By William Edgar | Photographs as Credited It was July 19, 1974 that I really got to know John Young Stewart, even though I’d already met and worked with him several years before that British Grand Prix Friday practice day riding with him in a chauffeured Daimler out to Brands Hatch, a distance of some 25 miles from London’s Savile Row where we’d first made a stop at Jackie’s tailor. In the limousine with us were a cameraman and his sound recordist. Half turned to face Jackie in back, I sat... Read Full Story

The 2012 Goodwood Revival, scheduled for 14-16 September, will celebrate the pre-war Silver Arrows of Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union, 75 years after their first appearance on a British racing circuit. Goodwood is hailing the arrival of the famous Silver Arrows Grand Prix cars as an “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” as spectators will see these beasts driven in anger at a UK motor circuit for the first time in 75 years. The iconic Mercedes-Benz W25, W125, W154 and W165, plus examples of the Auto... Read Full Story

The inaugural Concorso Atlantico celebrating Italian automobiles will be held Saturday, March 10, 2012 at the Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort on Amelia Island, Florida. Owners of vehicles of Italian heritage are invited to display their vehicles on one of the Omni’s golf courses bordering the Atlantic Ocean. “We are looking forward to hosting a great selection of Italian marques for the inaugural Concorso Atlantico, as this event will be a gathering to celebrate unique styling and... Read Full Story

With the 2012 Arizona Auction Week and Paris sales behind us, we thought it was a good time to update the ranking of the Top 10 prices paid for cars sold at auction. While there were no new entries from the Arizona or Paris auctions, there were three new cars since our last update , the new world-record 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Prototype that sold for $16,390,000, the 1931 Duesenberg Model J Whittell Coupe that brought $10,340,000 and the $9,680,000 paid for the 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K... Read Full Story

Report and photos (unless noted) by Rick Carey, Auction Editor This year marked RM’s “Lucky Thirteenth” Arizona auction, held January 19-20, 2012 at the posh Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa. Growing from $6.3 million in 2000 to consistent totals in medium eight figures, RM’s $25,660,400 sale in 2012 marked the Arizona auction’s fifth year with greater than $20 million in sales. RM got shuffled around some this year, moving into a ballroom in the main Biltmore hotel from the convention center... Read Full Story