The new Classic Car Auction Yearbook 30th edition reports $2.18 billion in turnover for a buyer’s market, with an optimistic 73% of lots sold despite universal economic incertitude

October 19th, 2025

The Yearbook’s Top Sale Award goes to RM Sotheby’s for the 1954 Mercedes-Benz W 196 R Stromlinienwagen that sold for $53.9 million in Stuttgart this past February  Historica Selecta acknowledges its partner UBS for its continual support, as it celebrates this year’s monumental publication, 32 years in the making BOLOGNA, Italy (20 October, 2025) – The new […]

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The New Classic Car Auction Yearbook 2015-2016 Edition Reports an Overall $1.2 Billion in World Auction Sales and the Top 201 Cars Sold Above $1 Million

The perfect tool to analyze the trends behind 5,644 cars offered this season The new 2015-2016 Yearbook shows Ferrari represented roughly 30% of total market turnover with an excess of 812 examples offered versus last year’s 576 Presenting fresh statistics on geographical segmentation and for period of manufacturing Historica Selecta honors Artcurial Motorcars with the […]

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Historica Selecta Honors Artcurial Motorcars with the First-ever Top Sale Classic Car Auction Yearbook Award for the 2014-2015 Season

MODENA, Italy (4 November 2015) – Historica Selecta, specialists in the international collector car market and authors of the Classic Car Auction Yearbook sponsored by Credit Suisse, has created a new award for the industry to honor the auction house with the top-selling lot of the season (1st of September – 31st of August). On […]

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The New Classic Car Auction Yearbook Reports Record Results Exceeding One Billion Euros for the First Time in History

Covering the classic car auction season from the 1st of September 2014 until the 31st August 2015 78% represents the highest-ever overall sales rate in the Yearbook’s 22-year reporting history The 2014-2015 edition will be the most extensive Yearbook to date with 424 pages and 5,154 cars listed of 318 various makes The Credit Suisse Classic Car […]

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The Classic Car Auction 2013-2014 Yearbook

Classic Car Auction Yearbook 2013-2014 frontpage

The 2013-2014 edition of the yearbook covers the preceding classic car auction season, from 1st September 2013 to 31st August 2014 For the sixth consecutive year, Credit Suisse sponsors the Classic Car Auction Yearbook as part of its Classic Car Program that celebrates 10 Years in 2014 PADUA, Italy (30 October 2014) – Historica Selecta’s […]

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The Classic Car Auction 2012-2013 Yearbook

Providing unparalleled reporting and analysis on the most successful collector car auction season in history to date More than 50 market insiders attended the private presentation and discussion in Padua, hosted by Adolfo Orsi and Raffaele Gazzi For the fifth consecutive year, Credit Suisse returns as the sponsor of the publication MODENA, Italy (5 November […]

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