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  • A bird's eye view of the RM Sotheby's marquee at the Ritz-Carlton. RM-Sotheby's is the official auction house of the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance
    Automotive
    The 100 most interesting cars at the 2019 Amelia Island Auctions
    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.
  • Artist's concept of the two MINERVA-II1 rovers
    Space
    Japan lands bouncing robots on asteroid Ryugu
    Japan has scored a space race double first by becoming the first nation to land not one, but two rovers on an asteroid. JAXA has confirmed that both of the robotic MINERVA-II1 spacecraft successfully deployed from the unmanned Haybusa2 probe and have touched down on the asteroid Ryugu.
  • The Best In Show Award at the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance was won by this 1937 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Touring Berlinetta owned by David and Ginny Sydorick.
    Automotive
    Pictorial: Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance
    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.