Tag Archives: RM Sotheby’s

Porsche is joining the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic by donating a money-can’t-buy lot to an auction in aid of United Way Worldwide’s COVID-19 Community Response and Recovery Fund. The star attraction will be the last-ever 991 generation 911 to roll off the production line at Porsche’s Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen factory. Fittingly, …

A Jaguar C-X75 stunt car from the 2015 Bond film Spectre will go under the hammer at RM Sotheby’s Abu Dhabi Auction on November 30. Driven by actor Dave Bautista, who played Mr Hinx (Spectre’s huge, muscle-bound assassin), the C-X75 was created by Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) …

One of three surviving genuine 007 Aston Martin DB5 has been sold at auction for a record-breaking $6.3m (£5.3m) – making it the most valuable DB5 ever. Dubbed ‘the world’s most famous car’, it went under the hammer at RM Sotheby’s Monterey auction and had been expected to fetch between …

One of three surviving genuine 007 Aston Martin DB5s is to go under the hammer during Monterey Car Week on August 15. Arguably the most famous car in the world, the automotive icon from 1965 will be sold by RM Sotheby’s. Commissioned by EON Productions and fitted with Q-Branch specifications, …

The oldest car to wear the Porsche badge is to go under the hammer at RM Sotheby’s Monterey Car Week sale in August. Designed by Professor Ferdinand Porsche to compete in the 1939 Berlin-Rome race, it’s the only surviving car of its type and is the direct ancestor of the …

A 1956 Ferrari 290 MM raced by many of motor racing legends has sold for £17.2 million ($22m) at RM Sotheby’s Petersen Automotive Museum Sale in Los Angeles. The remarkably rare Scuderia Ferrari Works racer eventually sold after an extended bidding contest between three collectors. Campaigned by Scuderia Ferrari for …

A stunning 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO has been sold by RM Sotheby’s at Monterey, California – the most ever paid for a classic car at auction. Long considered to be the ‘holy grail’ of the collectors car world, it went for $48.4m (£36.7m), smashing the previous record of $38.1 million …

A 2018 Lamborghini Huracán, gifted by Automobili Lamborghini to His Holiness Pope Francis, has sold for  €809,375 (£714,317). The one-off supercar more than doubled its estimates (€250k-€350k) in a frantic bidding war at RM Sotheby’s biannual Monaco auction staged at the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique. Offered without reserve, all …

A one-of-a-kind LaFerrari Aperta has set a world record for a 21st Century car, selling for £7.56 million (€8.3m) at RM Sotheby’s Leggenda E Passione sale in Maranello, Italy. As many as 12 collectors vied for the car and it finally went for double the estimate. The auction, held at …

An Aston Martin raced by Sir Stirling Moss has become most valuable British car ever sold at auction. The legendary 1956 Aston Martin DBR1 (chassis 1) went under the hammer for $22,550,000 at RM Sotheby’s Monterey sale in California. The previous record for a British car was set at the …