To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION at RM Sothebys' The Monterey Auction event, 13 - 15 August 2026. $1,500,000 - $1,700,000 USD One of five known surviving examples among a very limited number of cars originally builtDelivered new to Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)Benefits from a high-level sympathetic restoration conducted over the ..
To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION at RM Sothebys' The Monterey Auction event, 13 - 15 August 2026. $900,000 - $1,500,000 USD The only example built in this three-seater, Aravis-inspired design by D’Ieteren of BelgiumBeautifully sculpted and distinctive coachwork with unique featuresRetains many original components, including eng..
Chassis No. 2250
Engine No. AI-779
The 1911 Indianapolis 500 drew forty starters, most of them built by established firms with reputations to defend. Among them was a car assembled in roughly six weeks by a 34-year-old Ohio machinist who had never before sold a complete automobile, which he called the Bear Cat. It finished eleventh at ..
Chassis No. 85598
Founded at the dawn of the 20th century, Talbot entered its most celebrated era following Anthony Lago's acquisition of the marque in 1934, transforming the company into one of France's foremost manufacturers of sporting and luxury automobiles.
The Type 150 was the first model introduced under Lago's stewardship, app..
Engine No. 231911
Paul Helms moved his family from New York to Southern California in 1926, and on 2 March 1931, opened Helms Bakery at the corner of Venice and Washington in Los Angeles. The following year Helms was named official baker of the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, its signature "Olympic Bread" becoming a regional staple for decades. H..
Engine No. 1400211 (See Text)
Body No. 16
At a time when fours and sixes dominated the market and V8s were considered a luxury, Cadillac's decision to introduce a sixteen-cylinder engine in 1930 was as audacious as it was revolutionary. Designed as the halo example of the brand's "Standard of the World" reputation, the V-16 left compet..
Identification No. 18903 (See Text)
Introduced at a pivotal moment in Buick's early development, the 1905 Model C represents the evolution of the pioneering Model B and the beginnings of the success that would propel Buick into prominence under William C. Durant. While visually similar to its predecessor, the Model C incorporated a number of..
Register No. 4867
Built in 1924, this American-Lafrance Type 40 Combination truck represents the kind of purpose-built fire apparatus that helped define American municipal fire service in the interwar years. Equipped with double-chain drive and powered by a 75-horsepower, 570 cu-in T-head four-cylinder engine, it was supplied new to the City..
Car No. 10986
Engine No. 10986
Few American sporting cars of the Nickel Era carry the reputation of the Stutz Bearcat, and chassis number 10986 is one of the last to wear the name. Harry C. Stutz built his first racing car in just five weeks and entered it in the inaugural Indianapolis 500 in 1911, where Gil Andersen brought it home i..
Vehicle No. 1801-2025
Engine No. C317807C
When Packard elected to officially offer Howard "Dutch" Darrin's designs as factory coachwork in its 1940 catalog, it upended the marque's traditionally conservative image. The previous fall, Packard had introduced its Eighteenth Series for the 1940 model year, streamlining its lineup to the On..