Legendary playboy de Portago's Ferrari F1 car goes up for sale
An ultra-rare Ferrari F1 car from grand prix racing's 'Golden Age', formerly owned by legendary playboy Alfonso de Portago, is set to go for up auction. Ferrari 625 chassis 0540,…
Ferrari F300 chassis No187, in which Michael Schumacher won the four 1998 F1 races he entered it with, is going up for auction
There’s a modern trend which I know an awful lot of purists dislike, and that’s the omission of period-correct sponsorship from collectibles. This is a topic that grates with me…
Classic Porsche 911s are so ubiquitous that anyone who wants one is spoiled for choice. But occasionally a 911 appears that is hen’s-teeth rare in terms of spec, history and…
2017 Force India VJM10 Sold by Bonhams, £80,500 This positively pink Force India F1 car achieved eight points-scoring finishes out of nine races in 2017. Driven by Frenchman Esteban Ocon,…
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…