Classic car sales aplenty at Rétromobile 2025 auctions, but pre-sale estimates largely way off Artcurial, Bonhams and RM Sotheby all enjoyed a good throughput of sales during Rétromobile 2025 week in Paris, but results were often far below lofty pre-sale low estimates.
Top 50 most expensive cars ever to be sold at auction – updated for 2025 From Ferraris to Astons, and Alfa Romeos to Bugattis, a host of glittering stars feature in our countdown of the most expensive cars ever to have crossed the auction block.
Cheshire-based Manor Park Classics buys up historic Barons Auction house Manor Park Classics has expanded its UK operations by buying up one of the oldest players in the classic car fixed-venue auction market – Barons, based in Southampton.
The Amelia and ModaMiami sales set to test market strength of 1980s-90s modern classics Forthcoming sales at 2025’s The Amelia and ModaMiami in Florida are filled with on-trend 1980s-1990s modern classic cars from Porsche, AMG Mercedes-Benz, Ferrari and Lamborghini.
1954 Mercedes-Benz W 196 R streamliner becomes most valuable Grand Prix car ever sold At €51m the Mercedes-Benz W 196 R Stromlinienwagen has become the second most valuable car ever to be sold, raising millions in funds for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum.
Ferraris fail to fly at Kissimmee 2025, with home-grown heroes taking centre stage Fascinating tales of classic and collector car sales and no-sales from Mecum’s latest 12-day auction extravaganza in Kissimmee, Florida, held on January 7-19, 2025.
Scottsdale 2025 sales see mixed results for Barrett-Jackson, Bonhams and RM Sotheby’s Scottsdale sales season is an important early-year bellwether for the state of the market – and, on the whole, the omens for 2025 are positive. Here is Magneto magazine’s round-up.
Rare Group B Homologation Specials Headline Iconic Auctioneers’ 2025 Race Retro Sale Iconic Auctioneers is kicking off 2025 with a bang, offering an extraordinary trio of Group B homologation cars at its annual Race Retro sale at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire on February 22, 2025.
McQueen’s Le Mans film Porsche 917K hits $25 million with Mecum – but fails to sell One of three Porsche 917Ks used by Solar Productions for the Le Mans film fails to sell at Mecum’s Kissimmee 2025 sale. We look at the reasons behind the result.
