Buick was on a roll in the 1950s, ultimately selling enough of its mid- and upper market cars to finish the decade ahead of every U.S. automaker except Chevrolet, Ford, and Plymouth. The success of the penultimate GM division came from how it offered near-Cadillac levels of plush at a cost within reach of an increasing number of buyers.
From the most famous Swedish rally of the 1950s, through decades of silence, back to the biggest stages of classic motoring: the history of this Porsche 356 A 1500 GS Carrera is extraordinary, multi-layered and deeply personal. It combines motorsport, contemporary and family history – and spans three generations of the Kaiser (in German: Emporer) family.
With the biggest month of live, in-person auctions behind us (results were mixed between Rétromobile, Kissimmee, and Arizona), folks have been asking me what the future is for these big-tent events, how they will look in a few years' time, and, more pressingly, what their place is in the hobby today since online auctions are here to stay, and increasingly popular.
However, 2026 has begun with a whimper rather than a bang, with January's auction results making for uncomfortable reading. Schumacher's first race-winning car – the 1992 Benetton B192-05 in which he claimed victory at the Belgian Grand Prix – is historically significant for another reason, too: it was the last manual-transmission F1 car to win a Grand Prix.
Bonhams is to auction 110 vehicles from the National Automobile Museum in Reno, Nevada, on Saturday June 13, 2026. More than 80 lots are being offered from the original Harrah Collection of limited-production cars and one-off concepts, while a further 30 automobiles are going up for sale from the Minden Automobile Museum in Nebraska.
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