The process of consolidation in the auction world took a big step forward today, when Carlisle Events and RM subsidiary Auctions America announced a joint agreement. In effect, Carlisle will get out of the auction business, and RM will get into swap meets: Auctions America will run the April Spring Carlisle and September Fall Carlisle […]

1937 Dodge Do movie producers normally end up with the entire fleet of vehicles used in their film? According to Telegraph, that’s what happened with 51 1931-’48 cars and trucks from the upcoming movie Captain America: The First Avenger. Executive producer Nigel Gostelow, a self-proclaimed “avid petrolhead” has them consigned for the Historics at Brooklands […]

1930 Lincoln Phaeton Another name is joining Madoff and Mowen on the list 21st of century defrauders to have their pricey personal property auctioned off. Shawn Merriman extracted $20.1 million dollars from investors in the West and, like his peers in infamy, put much of his ill-gotten gains into physical property, including classic cars. Unlike […]