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The Villa d'Este is a celebrated 16th-century villa which, since 1929, has been the venue for a world-renowned annual automotive beauty contest – the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este. The 2021 event, as usual, provided a feast for the senses.

In addition to crowning a new Best of Show at the world’s most important Concours d’Elegance at Pebble Beach, two of the last three Peninsula Classics Best of the Best winners were there, plus 38 former Pebble Beach winning cars.

Bentley triumphed in its centenary year, with a 1931 Bentley 8 Litre Gurney Nutting Sports Tourer taking out the Best of Show award.

The Monterey Car Week auctions always throw up some remarkable cars that won't fetch a million dollars, but are nonetheless, automotive treasures. This article is designed to allow the automotive enthusiast/investor to get a clear picture of the breadth of automotive offerings.

Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este has been held annually at the palatial 16th-century villa on Lake Como since 1929.​ As a setting for a celebration of automotive heritage, there could be no finer location, as the former royal residence is world-renowned for its terraced Renaissance gardens.​

The Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance, now in its 24th year, is a multi-faceted diamond, with many ancillary events combining to offer something for everyone, regardless of which genre of automobiles an individual might be interested in.

The 2019 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance continued to grow in stature this year, but it was the symbiotic cluster of elite auctions that threw up the most interesting results. The collector car market is undergoing generational change, attracting a younger clientele driving prices below $500,000.

Car auctions have made the digital transition far better than most industries, and while we may no longer have the rampant bull market of a few years ago, the collectible car industry looks in better shape than ever. Here's a selection of the more interesting lots that sold in Paris.

The Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance was held last Sunday, with 209 of the most celebrated examples of automotive art displayed on the 18th fairway of Pebble Beach Golf Course, just outside Monterey in California. ​Here are the pick of the pics taken by Angus MacKenzie and Somer Hooker at the event.

Monterey Car Week is an auction venue like no other on the planet. Six major auctions occur during 72 hours, all within a few miles of each other, with a third of a billion dollars in sales. Here are the top 200 cars which caught our eye during the Monterey sales.

Rétromobile has been running since 1976, when the most expensive car in the world cost less than $100,000 and long before the term retro had become fashionable. It is one of those places where auctions truly can throw up some remarkable objets d'automotive art. This year it did not disappoint.

Our regular Monterey Car Week auction preview lists no less than 113 cars with estimates exceeding US$1 million. Read on for pictures, links to auction descriptions and all the key info.