What you’re looking at is the most expensive camera ever sold….the 1923 Leica O-series. Quite beautiful, but absurdly priced! Sold at 2.16 million Euros ($2.77m) at the Westlicht Photographica auctions in Vienna.
Video of the auction:
src: engadget
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auction of the day. 908 V12 HDi
Well this is a bit sad, isn’t it…..recently Peugeot pulled out completely from Le Mans 2012 and as an Audi Sport fan, I was very let down by this news. Peugeot and Audi had such a fantastic rivalry over the past few years, and it really made for great sporting and great racing. Le Mans has been uber exciting to watch the past few years, and last year’s Le Mans will go down in history as one of THE most exciting races ever run at the La Sarthe.
Since then, i’ve heard of Peugeot selling their entire Paris offices, and liquidating lots of their assets. GM now owns a fraction of the company, and It’s hard to figure out exactly how fast Peugeot-Citroen are falling—-however it’s plain to see they are.
Next up on the chopping block? Some of their endurance racers. This is the 2007 Peugeot 908 HDi Fap that is going up on RM Auctions. I’m tired of hearing people long for the ‘older’ Le Mans cars saying that modern Le Mans cars aren’t that cool….nonsense! Modern Le Mans cars are amazing, and this is a great example of why. It is, however, sad to see Peugeot selling their history.
Some notable achievements of this #2 car:
• 2009 Le Mans Works entry
• 1st Overall at Monza, Silverstone and Spa
• Groundbreaking HDi diesel-powered V-12 engine
• Run by the Works-Peugeot factory race team
Auction estimate? 1.5 to 1.8 million Euros. I guess it’s time to cancel my Veyron order….
src: RMauctions via l’Endurance
SAAB: terminal stages.
I, for one, will be sad when SAAB goes away. BringATrailer posted this last night about the sad story of SAAB auctioning their entire museum away this week. This collection includes all of their prototypes, including the legendary Ur Saab.
What a sad way to end the company——that being said, i’m sure Saab fanatics are beside themselves with excitement at the chance to land one of these Gothenburg beauties into their garages.
When I was 16, i was obsessed with the Saab 900. I’ll never forget that.
interior of the day. Bertone Corvair Testudo
This car recently sold in that Bertone concept auction for 336k Euros, but the 1963 Bertone designed Chevy Corvair Testudo concept had one supercrazy interior. Wow.
foto of the day. A6G 54
1955 Maserati A6G/54 Zagato. all types of lovely.
(click to enlarge)
Steve McQueen’s Porshe 911s heads to auction.
Cooler than f*ck. Wonder how much this is going to fetch on auction. Yes, this is the 911S from the opening scene of Le Mans and yes this is the 911s that Steve McQueen bought after filming the movie for his own collection.
http://www.leftlanenews.com/king-of-cool-steve-mcqueens-le-mans-porsche-911s-headed-to-auction.html
art of the day. atlantic.
in honor of the recently auctioned and record setting $30 million BUGATTI TYPE 57SC ATLANTIC (Atlantique) which was owned by the late car collector and neurologist Dr. Peter Williamson
I met Dr. Williamson once, and he showed me around his Bugatti Type 35B. He was a gentleman and a good guy. Sad to see his Bugatti collection now being parted out after his death…
i’m not sure who the artist of this great piece is…
IEDEI picks 5 future classic cars.
Everybody loves to speculate on which cars are gonna be “classics” in the future. Who is gonna be at the 2045 Barrett-Jackson selling today’s easy-to-find car for $200,000?
Here are IEDEI’s picks from the year 2000 onwards
1. Mitsubishi Evo 9/Subaru WRX STI —- cheap to buy. cheap to run. quick to run. have alot of character. unique in their own weird way. the ‘modern’, hi-tech muscle cars. very VERY difficult to find good original cars that were not riced up.
2. Pontiac GTO —- Sureshot classic. Didn’t sell well. Lots of performance. Iconic name. Defunct brand and name. Even I want one.
3. Audi TT MK1 —- car that changed automotive design. iconic styling. offered supercar looks and feel for much much less money. still looks just as striking as it did on launch. rare in the usa.
4. Pontiac Solstice/Saturn Sky —- More underrated products from GM. no one bought any. weren’t the greatest performers, but offered amazing looks for around $25k, which is impossible to beat. Pontiac and Saturn will both be gone within the next year, and these are gonna be VERY desirable among the nostalgic GM fanatics.
5. BMW Z4 Coupe —- An underrated BMW? who would have thought, since the majority of BMWs are so overrated. Rare. Misunderstood. M version is even cooler. People are gonna line up for these after they are long gone. BMW had finally made a COOL coupe.
auctionwatch: Lancia Fulvia 1.3s
Ahhhhh, if I only had the $$$—-i’d be ALL OVER THIS! A beautiful example of a 1973 Lancia Fulvia 1.3S and what the owner is calling the “Monte Carlo Edition”.
Check out the auction for more pictures and information
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150384040959&viewitem=#ht_500wt_924
1938 Auto Union Type-D to hit the auctions!
Bonham’s is gonna be auctioning this ultra rare 1938 Auto Union Type D in August….and the real question is whether it will break the recent 1957 Ferrari Testa Rossa’s $12.9m record breaking sale last month.
Here’s hoping it does break the record….
SOURCE: http://www.luxist.com/2009/06/04/rare-1938-auto-union-d-type-could-break-records-at-bonhams/
Auto Union D-Type going to auction again…
In 2007, there was much hype around this D-Type going to Christie’s auction, where it was expecting to fetch extraordinary amounts of money—however it was revealed around the time of that auction, that the Ukranian gentleman who had rescued this car in the 80s and restored it—lied about its history. It was never a 1st place car, the best it ever did was get 6th place with Hans Stuck behind the wheel in the 1939 French GP. This caused such a stir within the stuck-up pursed lips auction community, that the car was withdrawn from that 2007 auction.
The car goes to auction again this August, at Bonhams & Butterfields. Probably some pompous old guy will pick it up for between $5-10 million…
Amazing car though…
huge, immaculate AMC collection up for auction
Steve Green is/was an AMC collector…a hardcore collector. Only a hardcore collector would actually spent his hard earned money on absolutely rubbish AMCs like the Matador, Pacers, Hornets! I feel like laughing as i type that. They were truly some of the worst cars of the 70s. Steve Green has very low mileage, immaculately kept examples of these awful, awful cars.
But Steve Green also kept some fantastic, pristine, low-mileage examples of some fantastic AMC muscle like a 1968 AMX, a 1970 AMX, a 1974 AMX, and you get the picture. For someone looking to get a kickass example of an AMX with low mileage and immaculately taken care of mechanicals….this would be the place. Mr. Green is currently having health troubles, and Tom Mack Classics is auctioning off most of his collection. You gotta feel a little bad for the guy, after devoting so much energy and time to gathering up such a collection, even if only a fraction of it is even worth considering….
LINK to the full collection: http://www.tommackclassics.com/auction/stevegreencollection.htm
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