September 27, 2009 @ 3:21 am
A 1965 Dodge Deora Concept vehicle went up for auction yesterday at RM Auctions for an estimated price of $350,000-$550,000 USD. The car was first shown at the 1967 Detroit Autorama and has since gained a small but steady following. The RM Auctions website has a complete history of the car. It’s a pretty length read, but fascinating to know how this car came to be in real life.
Thanks Autoblog for the photos (check them out below)!
July 24, 2009 @ 1:12 pm
Photo: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images
Wow, Lance Armstrong looks awesome on the custom Stages bicycle designed by Yoshitomo Nara. The bicycle is a Trek Madone and will be auctioned on October 2 with all proceeds going to the Lance Armstrong Foundation for cancer awareness and research.
May 7, 2009 @ 4:19 pm
The last case of American Tim Tams is up for auction on eBay and it is personally signed by Australian actor Hugh Jackman. As some of you may know, Tim Tam cookies were available for a limited time in the US exclusively at Target stores from November 2008 to March 2009 (it was distributed by Pepperidge Farm in the US). There hasn’t been any word yet on how well they were selling, but I suspect that many people who picked them up fell in love with them right away. Anyway, there are currently no plans for Tim Tams to make a permanent US stay, so if you’re in the US, this may very well be one of the last chances you’ll be able to pick up an entire case of them. Plus, the good thing is that the proceeds of this auction will go to Feed America, the nation’s leading hunger-relief charity. [via]
At the time of this post, the auction has 34 bids and is currently at $237.50.
May 1, 2009 @ 10:09 am
How cute! Elizabeth here is a rare breed of pig — an Austrian Mangalitza Gilt to be exact — with a body covered in curly sheep-like wool! [via]
She was won at an auction for just 250 Euros and the owner hopes to breed a couple more just like her!
April 29, 2009 @ 11:42 am
A rare 1965 Shelby Cobra is up for auction at Mecum High Performance Auctions and could sell for up to $15 million. If the legendary sports car sells for that price, it will surpass the previous world record for the highest amount a car has ever been sold — $11 million for a Ferrari California Spyder.
The 1965 Shelby Cobra isn’t just expected to sell high because of its great looks. The car has racing history as being the first American racecar to ever beat Ferrari in the world racing championships in Europe. The car is only 1 of 6 ever made and will go on the auction block on May 15th.
Check out the wonderful pictures of the car below.
April 22, 2009 @ 8:29 pm
The desk above is called the P.-D.G. desk by French designer Maurice Calka. The desk was targeted to the richest of clients and people in senior management. In fact, the name itself was an acronym for “Président Directeur Générale”, which pointed directly at someone in higher positions within a company.
In his lifetime, Maurice Calka was known to only have made about 4 or 5 of these desks but Sotheby’s currently has one previously unknown desk up for auction for over 100,000 USD. Bid on it if you want to own a small niche item in furniture design history. [via]
