Classic Cars, Motorcycles & Automobilia

A pair of Minnie and Mickey Mouse car mascots now displayed on a wooden stand once had a much grander location, as a photo included with a lot in The Summer Transport Sale at Tennants (24% buyer’s premium) reveals.

Easy to display and made in multiple variants, glass petrol pump globes are a popular choice at auction.

A new auction house focused on petroliana and advertising has launched in Hampshire with its first sale planned for October.

This classic showman’s living van was made in c.1935 by Hurst’s of Retford for Charles Tuby of Doncaster.

The Spirit of Ecstasy sculpture was created by Charles Sykes as a mascot for Rolls-Royce cars.

This silver desk clock designed in the form of a Rolls-Royce radiator grille with a red enamel badge and a miniature Spirit of Ecstasy mascot perched on top is thought to have been given as a Christmas gift by the British luxury car maker to one of its distributors.

The latest jobs moves and appointments across the world of art and antiques

This miniature replica car was built by Frenchman Francis Mortarini.

As an original Mercedes-Benz 300SL now costs something north of $1m, it is perhaps no surprise to learn that original accessories associated with the Flügeltürer are eagerly sought.

Swann Auction Galleries’ (30% buyer’s premium) summer vintage poster sale in New York on August 3 received a significant boost from a single consignment.

Concept drawings by John Orfe (1922-2011), an American automotive and airline designer, came for sale in Virginia.

Memories of Volvo estates flooded in to ATG after news that the model would no longer be sold in the UK (see ATG No 2605).

It’s the end of an era: Volvo will no longer sell its estates or saloon cars in the UK, choosing to market only its SUVs.

Recent advertising highlights from UK sales and an Italian auction