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Auburn Auction Draws Big Crowds

September 8, 2011

News Release

Auburn, Ind. – The focus of the collector car world returned to Auburn, Indiana last weekend as Auctions America by RM presented its second annual Auburn Fall Collector Car Weekend, posting over $18.5 million* in total sales with over 60.5% of all lots sold. Over 43,000 enthusiasts turned out to the Auburn Auction Park for the multi-day event (August 31 – September 4), well exceeding expectations and last year’s attendance of 25,000.

Held during the famed Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival, this year’s Auburn Fall Collector Car Weekend featured a first-class auction with an extensive car corral and swap meet organized by Carlisle Events, as well as an educational seminar featuring some of the biggest names in the Hot Rod & Custom Car industry. Kicking off on Thursday afternoon and running through Sunday, the auction presented approximately 1200 cars, 80 vintage motorcycles and a select range of vintage memorabilia before a packed house.

Illustrating the event’s global reach, bidders represented 10 countries around the world, including as far away as Germany, Sweden, Australia and Japan. On a national level, bidders represented 35 states from across America.

“We’re thrilled the results from the weekend’s Auburn Fall event,” said Donnie Gould, President, Auctions America by RM. “From the sale results to event attendance, the swap meet and even onsite motorcoach parking and golf car rentals, numbers were up approximately 40 percent across the board on our inaugural event last year. The weekend certainly played a key role in putting Auburn back on the map as the Classic Car Capital of America and re-establishing the Auburn Fall Collector Car Weekend a ‘must attend’ on the global collector car calendar.”

In keeping with the theme of the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival, a pair of pre-war Auburns were the toast of the auction, with a 1936 Auburn 852 SC Boattail claiming the top sale with a final price of $396,000 and a 1934 Auburn Twelve Salon Phaeton realizing $292,600. Other auction highlights included 68 vehicles and a selection of vintage motorcycles from Indiana’s famed Rag Tops Auto Museum Collection, headlined by a 1957 DeSoto Fireflight for $121,000.

Auctions America by RM Auburn Fall Sale

– The focus of the collector car world returned to Auburn, Indiana last weekend as Auctions America by RM presented its second annual Auburn Fall Collector Car Weekend , posting over $18.5 million  (official results are listed in USD and include 10% buyers premium for automobiles 12% for motorcycles and 15% for memorabilia) in total sales with over 60.5% of all lots sold. Over 43,000 enthusiasts turned out to the Auburn Auction Park for the multi-day event (August 31 – September 4), well exceeding expectations and last year’s attendance of 25,000.

Held during the famed Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival, this year’s Auburn Fall Collector Car Weekend featured a first-class auction with an extensive car corral and swap meet organized by Carlisle Events, as well as an educational seminar featuring some of the biggest names in the Hot Rod & Custom Car industry. Kicking off on Thursday afternoon and running through Sunday, the auction presented approximately 1,200 cars, 80 vintage motorcycles and a select range of vintage memorabilia before a packed house.

Illustrating the event’s global reach, bidders represented 10 countries around the world, including as far away as Germany, Sweden, Australia and Japan. On a national level, bidders represented 35 states from across America.

We’re thrilled the results from the weekend’s Auburn Fall event,  said Donnie Gould, President, Auctions America by RM. From the sale results to event attendance, the swap meet and even onsite motorcoach parking and golf car rentals, numbers were up approximately 40 percent across the board on our inaugural event last year. The weekend certainly played a key role in putting Auburn back on the map as the Classic Car Capital of America and re-establishing the Auburn Fall Collector Car Weekend a ‘must attend’ on the global collector car calendar.