Just over a week ago RM smashed their own world record for a British car sold at auction when they managed to flog this old shed: The 1956 Le-Mans winning Jaguar D-Type XKD 501 sold for a premium inclusive $21.78 million (£16.64 million), blitzing the amount paid for their lowly Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato last [...]
Berlinetta Blog #4 – June 2016 features five truly great soft-top sport cars that should be bought for love, but can also earn you money: Under £10,000 Fiat 124 Spider: Surely the most shockingly under-appreciated budget classic convertible out there. Why buy an MGB, with its agricultural running gear, heavy iron block and ‘bar-o-soap’ [...]
Take a look at the BMW something-series pic above (who knows what it is, it's just modern).. All lean, mean and moody perhaps, but when I really look at it the main message I get back is that actually this car is actually extremely cross. Quite why it's so furious we'll never know, maybe it [...]
They say that when you're restoring an old house on a limited budget you should spend your money on the things that you touch rather than the things you simply look at. So, best to invest in really good light switches and door handles, and when it comes to bathrooms or kitchens, spend your money [...]
A couple of Fridays ago a lump of (arguably rather rare and lovely) metal sold at Artcurial for ‘over €32m’ against a pre-sale estimate of €28-30m – not bad for 10 minutes work with the gavel, even if Artcurial’s slightly excitable post sale tweet of ‘#WorldRecordForACarAtAuction’ had to be taken with an appropriately gallic pinch [...]
