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August 10, 2016
Bellissima! The Italian Automotive Renaissance, 1945–1975
Bellissima! The Italian Automotive Renaissance, 1945–1975 - opened May 27, 2016, at Nashville’s Frist Center for the Visual Arts - marks an unprecedented gathering of rare and stunning Italian-designed automobiles and motorcycles in a museum setting. The exhibition celebrates the streamlined elegance, novel and powerful engineering, and seductive allure characterizing Italian coachbuilt [...]
August 4, 2016
The new website of the Lopresto Collection is online
The new website of the Lopresto Collection is online after months of development.The project is powered by AUTOMOTIVE MASTERPIECES.The activities, the palmarès and the cars of the most famous Collection of one-offs and prototypes in the world are now available to be seen like never before!From the presentation of each car you can see its press review and reach the website with all the details [...]
May 23, 2016
Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2016: Best of Show to 1954 Maserati A6 GSC Berlinetta Pinin Farina
At the conclusion of a three-day Festival of Elegance on two and four wheels at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2016 in Cernobbio, Northern Italy, the Jury reached its last and most important decision on Sunday evening. The Jury of experts selected the Maserati A6 GSC manufactured in 1954 as the “Best of Show” and consequently the winner of the Trofeo BMW Group. Thousands of visitors [...]
May 23, 2016
23 cars already counted among the AUTOMOTIVE MASTERPIECES ran the Mille Miglia 2016
Andrea Vesco and Andrea Guerini with 51,542 points, driving an Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GS Zagato of 1931, are the winners of the Mille Miglia 2016. After 1800 km of road, Vesco and Guerini are imposed in this revival of the Freccia Rossa, ahead in the ranking Luca Patron and Elena Scaramuzzi, came in second place, on an OM 665 Superba Sports 2000 cc of 1926, with 50,088 points, and Giordano Mozzi and [...]
May 16, 2016
1951 Ferrari 340 America Barchetta tops the lots at RM Sotheby's €27.5 million Monaco sale
MONACO (16 May, 2016) - RM Sotheby’s, returned to Monaco this past weekend (14 May) for another successful sale alongside the Grand Prix Historique. Conducting two separate sales sessions during a single day, RM’s 2016 Monaco tally exceeded €27.5 million* ($31,187,305 US)and saw several records tumble. All eyes were on the star lots offered during Saturday’s evening sale, which was [...]
May 16, 2016
March 701-8 reached the 8th place at Grand Prix de Monaco Historique
The 2016 Grand Prix de Monaco Historique was the 10th edition, an unmissable event for worldwide collectors and classic motorsport fanatics.A real sprint race, contested on the legendary circuit of Monaco, The Grand Prix de Monaco Historique is designed for worldwide collectors, nostalgic enthusiasts, drivers, spectators and ardent supporters of former days’ mechanics, who definitely [...]
May 14, 2016
Ex-Le Mans 24-Hour race Jaguar C-Type sold at Bonhams' Monaco Sale
The unique, unrestored, ex-Le Mans 24-Hour race Jaguar C-Type sports car, 'POV 114' sold for €7,245,000 euros at Bonhams' Monaco Sale, leading the British auction house's outstanding return to the French Riviera. James Knight, International Group Director, Bonhams Motoring, said: "Following months of painstaking research, working with the best historians and notable marque specialists, [...]
May 9, 2016
The 100th Targa Florio
Palermo, 8 May 2016 - “A Targa Florio that returned to the beauty of its golden years, but the most thrilling moment was seeing all the great car racing drivers together, once again behind the wheel, in many cases in the cars they competed with in days gone by. I want to thank the Alfa Romeo Museum for this and the many collectors that wanted to make their treasures available to us.” This was [...]
April 18, 2016
Several rare cars at Terre di Canossa 2016
Great success for the sixth edition of Terre di Canossa, with 105 crews representing 16 countries and 29 manufacturers.The Vesco-Guerini crew won first place with 1934 Fiat 508 S Balilla Sport followed in order by Di Pietra - Di Pietra and Margiotta-Perno. The sixth edition of Terre di Canossa took place from 14tht o 17th April 2016, on the charming roads of Emilia, Liguria and Tuscany. It [...]
April 14, 2016
AUTOMOTIVE MASTERPIECES presents its new logo
The new trademark is based on two concepts: “masterpiece” and “perfection”.Amongst all the most eminent and eternal artworks, the one that more than others embodies this concept is the “Uomo Vitruviano” (Leonardo da Vinci, 1490.). The AUTOMOTIVE MASTERPIECES logo is inspired to the framework “square/circle” on which the “Uomo Vitruviano” has been conceived and it [...]