The first ever Aston Martin DB2 produced, whose success helped save the company, has just been sold
1962 Brabham-Climax BT3 Sold by Bonhams, £325,000 A fabulous piece of history, this was the first Formula 1 car to carry Jack Brabham’s name and was also the first Brabham…
If you were setting out to design a race car during the early 1950s it probably wouldn’t have looked like this – but the six-seat Hudson Hornet proved to have…
Since 1950 when the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance began as a small Sunday afternoon aside to the Pebble Beach Road Races, the event has expanded into a nine-day week dedicated…
As somebody who trades in collectibles, every so often you get the chance of a lifetime to be involved in a truly historic sale, and the role The Signature Store…
When the news broke that Mercedes-Benz had actually sold what had been, for over 60 years, one of its prized treasures, general reaction bordered upon amazement. While the public was…
Regular versions of some cars in comparable condition tend to be worth roughly the same – but a touch of star quality can lend a ‘halo effect’. And never was…
1976 Porsche 911 Carrera rally car Sold by Bonhams, £207,000 Low mileage; never raced or rallied? Not this 911, which boasts the distinction of having covered more race miles than…
A Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR 'Uhlenhaut' Coupe has become the most expensive car ever known to be sold after fetching €135m in an exclusive private auction. The price for the 1955…
Nigel Mansell’s 1991 British GP-winning Williams, which he used to pick up a stranded Ayrton Senna, has been auctioned for €4.055m (£3.45m), even though the chassis was without its V10…
Alex Zanardi's 1999 Williams Formula 1 car has sold for more than £300,000 at auction, after being advertised with an estimate starting at £85,000. Demand for the Williams FW21 was…
1996 Ferrari F50 Sold by Artcurial, £3.5m (above) With just 349 examples having been made, Ferrari's F50 'F1 car for the road' is one of the rarest of the marque's…
If you’re looking for rarity, a heroic story and a smattering of celebrity provenance in your next historic racer, you’ll find it all at RM Sotheby’s in Monaco when this…
Harsh as it may sound of a grand prix driver who scored 31 victories from 187 starts, Nigel Mansell could so easily have landed the unwanted label of Formula 1…
My prize takeaway from the 1980 Earls Court Motorcycle Show was a large-format poster of a Honda CB1100R being heeled-over on a race circuit by a diminutive Japanese test rider…
1981 Porsche 924 Carrera GTS Club Sport Sold by RM Sotheby’s, £320,000 Although it had passed through the hands of three owners, this remarkable example of the ultra-rare 924 Carrera…
