Hemmings Find of the Day – 1970 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am

I certainly understand the whole date-coded, as-it-came-from-the-factory thing. There’s certainly been plenty of misrepresentation in the muscle car scene over the years to warrant the focus on authenticity. But that presumes everybody out there’s a dishonest creep, and we can see from the ad for this 1970 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am that there are still […]

Draggin’ This Wagon Through Another Sale

Worldwide Auctioneers’ 10th annual Classics at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey, is set for this Friday evening, and as usual, the auction house has a diverse lineup ready to cross the block. Always on the hunt for talent to showcase in Hemmings Muscle Machines’ Auction News column, I stumbled across this […]

Barrett-Jackson rings up $68 million in sales

Barrett-Jackson sold a total of 1,245 cars at no reserve at its Scottsdale show this year, for a final tally of $68 million. The top sale of the event was a custom 44-foot speed boat with a matching 2008 Corvette Z06 coupe that were auctioned off together for $742,500. Of course, the big newsmaker from […]