Tag: auction

This stunning NART Spider just sold for a US auction record-breaking $27.5 million! The only car to have sold for more internationally is the Mercedes-Benz W196, which recently sold for $29.6 million. The NART Spider is one of just ten built and has had the same owner since new. The NART was made famous in […] More »

Each year, Barrett-Jackson holds world-famous auctions in Scottsdale, Arizona; Palm Beach, Florida and Las Vegas, Nevada. For 2013, Barrett-Jackson has introduced a new event in Reno, Nevada — the Hot August Nights Auction Presented by Barrett-Jackson, happening August 8th to the 10th at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. The new auction will serve as one of the […] More »

Do you hear that? That’s the sound of hundreds Porsche-o-philes frantically throwing their wallets against their computer monitors, hoping that it’ll magically take their money. I don’t blame them either. The Porsche 959 is a legendary car. This particular model is among the rarest most valuable a Porsche collector could hope to have. The car that’s […] More »

  Bill Gates is no stranger to Porsche’s, being the first person to import the then legendary 959 into the US. Before that, the owned a 1979 Porsche 911 Turbo, which has now found it’s way to auction in Austria. He’s the worlds most wealthy and famous computer nerd, sure, but a little known fact […] More »