A report by insurance company Hagerty reveals the impact Brexit will have on the classic car market, with extra bureaucracy and paperwork expected to hinder business. One such change is…
Edward Lovett certainly got his timing right when he founded the Collecting Cars online auction site in summer 2019. After coronavirus hit six months later, buying and selling through internet…
Throughout the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s, MV Agusta enjoyed one of the most remarkable runs of racing success of any motorcycle marque in history: 250 grand prix wins, 37 manufacturers’…
Competition breeds success. It’s a statement that rings true throughout racing history. And perhaps at no moment was it more relevant than in Germany during the late 1980s. That was…
Well, what a year. We’ve all finished 2020 in a rather different world to the one we started with – and we’re perhaps never going back to the old ways.…
Mixed results at the year-end auctions in the UK and America suggest that the novelty might be wearing off when it comes to online sales, but continued uncertainty surrounding the…
Few interesting competition cars had been consigned for sale in early 2021 but the shortage is more than made up for by the fact that one of the most remarkably…
It comes without engine, gearbox, brakes or electronics but is painted in a fetching shade of red. Yours for £1.15m. A replica of this year's Ferrari Formula 1 car has…
An ultra-rare Heuer Monaco watch worn by Steve McQueen throughout the making of his iconic film Le Mans has sold for an unprecedented $2.2 million (£1.61m), raising more than ten…
Rarely has the phrase 'For the person who has everything' been more apt. Clearly, in the case of this full-size 2016 Renault Formula 1 car, 'everything' would have to include…
In 1976, Pete Davies won the Avon Roadrunner race series riding a bike that was virtually street-legal. The machine in question was the original Laverda Jota, a model developed by…
Now that it’s time to wave good riddance to a true annus horribilis, it’s also a chance to dip in to the latest edition of the Classic Car Auction Yearbook,…
One of the important parts of our job is to advise and guide our clients – and sometimes one of the hardest things is helping them come to terms with…
South Londoner Sydney Allard's eponymous car marque was a true giant-killer during the 1950s and ’60s, with his lightweight V8-engined racers very likely inspiring one-time Allard driver Carroll Shelby’s legendary…
One thing that the classic car auctions of the past month have demonstrated is that, for those prepared to wait, bargain buys are cropping up in the salesrooms on a…
Our last article, in which I talked about the purity of the no-reserve auction (and the fact that you might be better off not having one), a few of you…
