My Two Cents Worth

All things Porsche have had an incredible seven-year run-up in prices, with some really great cars finally starting to level out and even drop in price. We’ve seen this in the auctions during the first quarter of 2017. There are many reasons causing this so let’s try to sort this out.  The first reason cars […]

Editors Note – March 2017

With this late March issue, Road Scholars Magazine begins its third year publishing. Thank you for reading us and for letting others know about us. This issue – as our very first one did and last February’s as well – reports on auction results from Arizona. We go further in this issue, looking at Paris […]

February sales at Paris/Retromobile 2017

Photos courtesy of RM Sotheby’s and Bonhams   RM Sotheby’s Place Vauban Paris 75007 France Sale: 6pm, Wednesday, 8 February The auction was conducted in English (mostly,) and French with occasional quick forays into Italian, German, and other languages. On the day of the auction, the exchange rate was €1.00 = $1.06.8. We covered the […]

Auction Results for Amelia Island 2017

Photos courtesy of Bonhams, Gooding & Company, and RM Sotheby’s The auction weekend began with an announcement from Bill Warner, by way of Bonham’s auctioneer Rupert Banner that, with the expected arrival of a significant storm to the area on Sunday, Warner changed the concours date from its traditional Sunday to Saturday, 11 March, in […]

January Scottsdale Auction Previews

Photos courtesy of Bonhams, Gooding & Company, and RM Sotheby’s The 2017 automobile auction season has begun and Bonhams, Gooding & Co., R.M. Sotheby’s, Barrett-Jackson, and Russo and Steele presented a vast number of Porsches for sale at all venues in the greater Scottsdale, AZ, area. This year, we covered these auctions long distance, by […]