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The 2021 auction market was quite extraordinary, with unprecedented levels of participation and sales. From cars to colt revolvers to multi-million-dollar NFTs, this sweeping look at the highlights is full of fascinating tales and astonishing prices.

If you were planning to drive in Antarctica, you probably wouldn't plan on doing so in a vintage sports coupe. But you're not Renee Brinkerhoff, the racer looking to finish a 7-continent voyage by power-sledding across Antarctica in a Porsche 356A.

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.

Uwe Gemballa's son Marc has decided to follow in pop's footsteps and start a business hotting-up supercars. First up: an "adventure sports" take on the Porsche 911. The Martien is a 750-horsepower sand-flinger that encourages off-road shenanigans.

The blockbuster hypercar business deal of the decade is now official: storied brand Bugatti, with its 112-year history of ultra-exclusive automaking, is now majority owned by 12-year-old Croatian electric hypercar upstart Rimac Automobili.

Porsche has released a pair of very tasty-looking ebikes for those with the ability to pay for them. The Porsche Ebike Sport offers some very nice touches with LED lighting, electronic shifting and a super-sleek integrated cockpit design.

After first revealing plans for an all-electric Macan back in 2019, Porsche is moving ahead with the project following extensive in-house testing of prototypes at its development center in Germany. Now the vehicle is starting testing on the open road.

Watt Electric Vehicle Company presents a light, nimble electric coupe that looks like a classic Porsche 356 A. It slides its skateboard chassis below a house-developed composite body styled after the 1956 Porsche and calls it the WEVC Coupe.

Porsche premiered the Cross Turismo e-wagon concept at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show. There's no show this year, but Porsche is sticking to the time frame by revealing the production car. The Taycan Cross Turismo has up to 617 hp and AWD capability.

Potential buyers for the Porsche Taycan electric sports car may have balked at its US$103,800 starting price, but need no longer worry. The automaker has introduced a new Taycan entry-level model priced just below $80,000.

Known for giving classic Porsche cars second lives as modern-day beauties, Singer is sharpening its competitive edge. It has teamed with masterminds behind Porsche's most successful rally cars of the 80s in building up a modern 911 off-roader.