Like the faithful swallows that return to Mission San Capistrano every year on March 19, auto connoisseurs from around the world flock to California’s Monterey Peninsula in August for one of the greatest automotive spectacles on Earth: Monterey Classic Car Week.
This year’s Mecum auction in Monterey is a veritable car enthusiast’s candy store; their docket has 600 vehicles for sale over three days, from a Ferrari LaFerrari and a Porsche 911 GT2 Evo to a slew of muscle cars and the first road-going Ford GT40 delivered to America.
Though many have their attentions turned to the Monterey peninsula for the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, there’s another world-class automotive event taking place in America’s Motor City. Formerly the Meadow Brook Concours, a move to the Inn at St. John’s brought with it the new title Concours d’Elegance of America.
In less than a month the Monterey Peninsula will be swarming with automotive enthusiasts and the high-end auctions that cater to them. Traffic will be intense, and the competition fierce.
As the official auction house of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, the most distinguished automotive event in the world, Gooding & Company has quite a bit to live up to. A docket brimming with over 100 pristine examples of the most collectible cars extant ensures that these expectations will be met.
Check out the most highly anticipated cars at the RM Sotheby’s Auction this year, hand-picked for you by industry professionals. Includes Modern, Classic, and even Prewar cars.
As one of the most prestigious Hillclimbs England has to offer, and located on the well-manicured grounds of the Duke of Richmond, the Goodwood Festival of Speed is the perfect venue for a high-end automotive auction.
The Elegance At Hershey brings with it an auction selling select pieces of stately automobile art. Presented by The Finest Automobile Auctions, this aptly named auction house is offering a small, but distinguished, docket on the Saturday preceding the concours.
The Northeast’s premier Concours d’Elegance brings with it an equally top-notch automotive auction. This year’s Bonhams Greenwich auction has an incredibly varied docket – the usual vintage european sports cars made the list alongside a slew of increasingly popular microcars, American steel, and antique runabouts.
