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Going, Going, Gone. For Half
The “barn find” of a 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante, that was thought to fetch $8.7m, finally went under the hammer at Bonham’s in Paris. According to the BBC, “it eventually sold for 3,417,500...
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Hammer Time: Behind The Gavel
Six hours to showtime. We have 58 vehicles and 1 motorcycle for today’s sale. It will be a very interesting day between the first dealer conversation and the last car that rolls (or gets pushed)...
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Times must be good again. Rarely has the bidding for a down and out automaker been so hot as for distressed Ssangyong in Korea. Today was the deadline for putting in binding for a majority stake in the...
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Auction Monday: Oakwood
Wanna buy a Hummer? You can buy them as cheap as dirt these days. There was a beautiful one that went through the block at a weekly public auction in Oakwood, GA. Nice leather interior. Well kept....
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Hammer Time: The County Auction
Have you ever dreamed of owning a big red fire truck? Well here’s your golden opportunity. Counties, cities, municipalities and parishes throughout the country get rid of their surplus government...
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Hammer Time: Escaping The Crusher
There are vehicles at the auctions that are supposedly worth more dead than alive. Inop vehicles. Cars and trucks that are not running and a mere bid away from the crusher. It’s the hardest area of...
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Used 2006 Diesel Jetta Fetches $35,000 At Auction!
Reporters gasped at the $160,000 a hand-built custom Ford Mustang went for at the auction in Scottsdale. The same reporter nearly had a heart attack over the $4.2 million a rare 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300...
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Piston Slap: Panther Love is a Siren Song?
TTAC Commentator cc-rider writes: Hi Sajeev- Happy New Year. A local 2003 Marauder popped up next to me for a very nice price. It is a one-owner car with 113k. I spoke to the owner and it just...
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Hammer Time: And Now For Something Completely Different…
This 2009 BMW 535i has 45,000 miles and looks absolutely drop dead gorgeous. It offers nearly the same acceleration as a 550i, and far more space than the 335i, which is more sought after in the...
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Hammer Time: The Return Of The 1967 Arabs!
9:15 A.M. Labor Day. I get a surprise message on Facebook this morning from a guy who bought an old Volvo 940 wagon from me nearly six years ago. “That BMW? What did it go for?” A month ago, I posted...
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Hammer Time Remix: Behind The Gavel
Six hours to showtime. We have 58 vehicles and 1 motorcycle for today’s sale. It will be a very interesting day between the first dealer conversation and the last car that rolls (or gets pushed)...
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I’m No Dummy
photo source: Wikipedia Statistics Canada reports that there are more than 26 million registered vehicles deemed fit to ply our 900,000km of Canadian roadway. Not bad for a group of souls who wear wool...
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Monday Mileage Midget: 2000 Dodge Grand Caravan SE
11,285 miles. Or maybe not? This 12 year old minivan graced a fairly large audience of dealers that were long dog tired of all the minivans that were passing through. There were green ones that were...
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Monday Mileage Midget: 2011 Honda Accord LX
Not too long ago (but in a galaxy far, far away) I wrote about the deals you can get on unpopular new cars that have brand new replacements waiting in the wings. Today we’ll examine what happens when...
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Doug DeMuro’s Barrett-Jackson Roundup
Tune in, drop out With Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale over, aging hairy-chested executives are now returning to McMansions all across America, short seven figures but up one or two muscle cars. Yes, there...
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Seven The Hard Way: Possibly The Coolest Auction Of The Year
H.J Mulliners gave this model design the name “Flying Spur” which is well documented as the heraldic symbol of the Johnstone Clan in Scotland. The “Flying Spur” was awarded to the Johnstone clan for...
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Looking For an Engine Donor For Your ’53 Ford? Police Impound Auction!
Rich, the mastermind behind the Rocket Surgery Racing mid-VW-engined Renault 4CV, just got hired to install a daily-driver-suitable modern drivetrain in a ’53 Ford coupe. The owner wanted to keep it...
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Auction Day: Seconds!
There comes a time when the prices for used cars at the auto auctions go the way of an exuberant bubble. A small army of consumers get their tax refunds. The car lots wake up from their winter...
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Piston Slap: To Rent, To Own
Brad writes: Hi Sajeev - I’m a longtime reader of the blog, and also have been car less for the past 17 years. I live in a major Pacific Northwest city and haven’t needed a car. But I’m getting older,...
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Tales From The Cooler: Instant Karma Depreciation
During all the turmoil facing hybrid automaker Fisker Automotive recently, from closing its doors to a possible resuscitation led by Bob Lutz, one thing has remained constant: the rapidly collapsing...
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