The Canadian auction house, RM, was chosen to oversee liquidation of the onetime Bertone Museum, and its 30-car auction at the end of May in Italy promises to be one of the high-end sales season’s very peaks. Six of the cars will be actual Bertone creations, dating from the 1963 Chevrolet Testudo. Arguably, the wildest […]
Trust us, we’d be happier if we didn’t have to report this. Most everyone involved in the world of motorsports already knows that National Speed Sport News, the weekly newspaper founded by Chris Economaki in 1934, has ceased publication. The fruits of Chris’s storied life as a founder of American racing journalism are going under […]
The 1966 Farmall 1206 turbo diesel we wrote about here last month turned out to be the top sale at Mecum’s recent Gone Farmin’ Spring Tractor Auction. The 100-plus horsepower oil burner hauled in an impressive $24,000 at the March 26 sale in Walwoth, Wisconsin. All told, 150 tractors crossed the block, and the sell-through […]