Amelia Island Concours D’Elegance 2018

Amelia Island Concours D’Elegance Saturday

Like a shot heard ’round the world, it was just announced at the Amelia Island Concours D’Elegance in Florida that the 2018 Best of Show winners were a 1929 Duesenberg J/SJ Convertible and a 1963 Ferrari 250/275 P race car. The awards were in the categories of Best of Show Concours D’Elegance and Best of Show Concours D’Sport, respectively.

bestofshow-winners-owners, Amelia Island Concours D'Elegance — Concours d’Sport Best of Show – 1963 Ferrari 250/275 P, owned by The JSL Motorsports Collection, of Redwood City, CA (left); and Concours d’Elegance Best of Show – 1929 Duesenberg J/SJ Convertible, owned by Harry Yeaggy, of Cincinnati, OH.

Follow this link for a close-up look at the two Best of Show winners, including photos and history.

Earlier in the week it was announced that the Amelia Island Concours D’Elegance 2018 had been rescheduled to Saturday afternoon from the original Sunday afternoon starting time. The world reknowned event was rescheduled due to impending storms which will hit the area tomorrow. It is the culmination of a multi-day series of programs and collector car auctions here on Amelia Island, March 8-11, 2018.

The Amelia Island Concours D’Elegance is the biggest event of its kind on the East Coast, and rivals the pomp and circumstance of legendary events such as Pebble Beach and the Meadowbrook Concours scheduled for later in the year. Here is a video of the event as captured by Cars-On-Line’s photojournalist Bob Boberg of eClassicAutos.com:

The show, starting on Friday and running through Sunday, is a world class exhibition of automotive history. There were over 300 rare vehicles from collections from around the world in 2017. Most of the activity revolves around The Golf Club of Amelia Island at Summer Beach and The Ritz-Carlton Hotel complex.

RM Sotheby’s Auction Rescheduled to Friday

A rare 1931 Marmon 16 Coupe sold for $1,050,000 at the RM Sotheby’s Auction here at the Amelia Island Concours.

To celebrate the atmosphere here at the Amelia Island Concours D’Elegance, RM Sotheby’s held an auction sale of fine motorcars. This was the 20th annual sale here at the Amelia Island Concours for RM Sotheby’s and they just announced that they sold $27.7 million worth of cars here. Rescheduled to Friday because of the impending weather forecast, the RM Sotheyby’s sale was complemented by its livery of incredible collector vehicles. Here are the cars we followed at the RM Sotheby’s Auction.

Gooding & Company Auction on Friday

Amelia Island Concours D'Elegance presents the Gooding & Company Auction — 1966 Ferrar 275 GTB Long Nose Alloy edition sells for over $2.5 million to be the top sale here at Amelia Island this weekend.

A very rare 1966 Ferrari 275 GTB Long Nose Alloy edition was the top sale of all the auctions this weekend. To appreciate what an incredible sale this was, you have to unerstand that the Ferrari was an actual “barn find” having been just discovered after over 27 years in storage. Still, collectors were in a frenzy to get their hands on it. The selling price was $2,530,000 (including the sales commission.) As we anticipated, the Gooding & Company Auction had some of the finest cars for sale here on Amelia Island. Follow this link to review the top sales here at the Amelia Island Concours this week.

Bonham’s Auction on Thursday

Bohnams sells 2015 McLaren P1 during Amelia Island Auctions — A 2015 McLaren P1 was the top sale at the Bonhams Auction. Sold for $1.7 million.

On Thursday Bonham’s Auction Company saw some of the most valuable motorcars in the world sold off of their auction stage. What a blend of vintage motorcars, race cars and American classics. Click this link to view more of the top sales for the Bonham’s Auction on the auctions page.

To set a lighter mood, there were a number of special displays along the showfield here at the Amelia Island Concours D’Elegance on Saturday. The crowd favorite was a collection of cars designed by Ed “Big Daddy” Roth, the creator of weird artwork and Saturday morning cartoons. Many of us grew up with his art. Here is a look at some of his automotive stylings:

Mysterion replica of Ed Roth car at Amelia Island Concours D'Elegance
Beatnik Bandit
Beatnik Bandit II
Tweedy Pie
Surfite, from Beach Blanket Bingo movie
Orbitron

Cars-On-Line.com was on hand to capture all the action this weekend for our readers so you can get the experience almost as if you were here yourself. You can also follow our posts on Facebook and Twitter. The highlight of the show weekend was the announcement of the 2018 Amelia Island Concours D’Elegance Best of Show awards on Saturday afternoon. Follow this link to see which cars won the top awards at the Amelia Island Concours D’Elegance for 2018.

2014 Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance

2014 Pebble Beach Concours D’ Elegance Winner …

MONTEREY, CA, August 17, 2014 — The Best of Show winner at the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance has just been announced. It is a 1954 Ferrari 375 MM Coupe owned by Jon Shirley of Medina, Washington. As more information becomes available we will have it for you here. Usually the winner of the Best of Show award is a vintage 1930’s motorcar. This is the first Ferrari ever to win the Best of Show at Pebble Beach, America’s most prestigious collector car event. In fact, it is the first post-World War II production car to win the Best of Show award at Pebble Beach since 1968. But as the collector car hobby evolves it is not surprising that the most valuable cars in the hobby, classic Ferraris, are being honored here at the “Super Bowl” of collector car shows. Click here for more information on the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegnance winner for Best of Show.

Participants garnered points toward the Best of Show award by participating in the Tour D’Elegance this week. We got some video of them coming back to Carmel, California. In reviewing this video we realized we had compiled footage of some very historically significant marques. Click the video window below to see for yourself:

These cars make the difference when both black-tie bourgeoisie and baseball cap crowned gearheads stand shoulder to shoulder craining their necks to get a look. Click here to see photos from the Pebble Beach Tour D’Elegance as historic cars arrived back at Pebble Beach after their tour.

There was some serious money here during Concours Week as five big name auction companies sold top tier collector cars in the shadow of the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance. Although the Concours is what brings most collectors to the peninsula on the Pacific Ocean this week, a number of top name auction companies are also here to ween buyers for their top collector car offerings. We counted 105 Ferraris for sale in the auctions during Concours Week activities. Where else in America would you find such a representation of automotive excellence.

This week a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinetta sold here at the Bonhams Auction in Carmel, California for $38.1 million. The high profile auction was held here on the Monterey Penninsula at the Quail Lodge Hotel and Spa. Today we will be concentrating on other high profile auctions to see whether prices on collector car prices will continue to go up during Concours Week.

The world’s grandest car event is held here on the 18th hole at the Pebble Beach Golf Course. It is the culmination of a week-long festival of events and collector car auctions like you have never seen before in your life. We’ll attempt to give you a little taste of what this event is like. Follow this page all weekend as we update with photos and fast facts about the auctions and action from Monterey’s weeklong auto extravaganza.

Photo-journalist Bob Boberg of eClassic Autos.com will be capturing the event in photographs for you. An estimated 1,100 cars were sold here last year so you can bet there will be lots to see. Bob reported that prices at the Mecum Auction, RM Auction, Gooding & Company and Bonhams Auction were up markedly last year. A record sale saw a 1967 Ferrari 275 NART Spider sell for $25 million (see story below.) The RM Auction where this sale took place records the sale as $27.5 million with their sales commission included. We counted over 110 cars sold for over seven figures here last year.

It was after this show last year that we noticed the collector car market really took off. Prices were escalating on high end classic Ferraris and rare vintage cars and that trend has carried through to today. What will happen this year at Monterey. We’ll know very soon. Stay tuned to this page for all the relavant news.

Here are some highlights from the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance and the big sales here at Monterey Auction week.

	The 2014 Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance winner for Best of Show trophy is a 1954 Ferrari 375 MM Coupe owned by Jon Shirley, former Microsoft President. Click here to see more photos and full story on the winner and runners up.
	The 2014 Bonhams Auction at the Quail Lodge set a new world record with the sale of the 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO for $38.1 million on Thursday night.
	Will the 2014 Pebble Beach RM Auction have an eight figure sale this year? Click here to find out what sold at the RM Auction.
	Here is an update on the exciting cars sold crossing the auction block at the 2014 Gooding & Company Auction during Concours Week.
	Click this link for a review of what sold at the Mecum Auction in Monterey.

Gooding Auction