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What Are Buyer's Premiums and Auction Fees? A Beginner's Guide to the Real Cost
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Buyer's premiums, seller fees, taxes, transport and registration can make the real cost of an auction car far higher than the winning bid. Here is how each charge works and how to budget for all of them before you bid.
Barn Find Basics: How Rare Cars Stay Hidden for Decades (and How They Surface)
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The barn find is the most compelling discovery story in the collector car world. But how do rare cars actually stay hidden for so long — and what separates a genuine find from a money pit?
Numbers Matching: The Phrase That Can Add — or Cost — Thousands
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Few phrases in the collector car world carry as much weight — or generate as much confusion — as 'numbers matching.' It can mean the difference between a six-figure sale and a polite pass. Here's what it actually means.
This 1937 Cord 812 Picks Its Next Gear With an "Electric Hand"
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A live Bring a Trailer 1937 Cord 812 Sportsman shows off the pre-selector transaxle, Bendix "electric hand" selector and hand-crank hidden headlights. Here is how they worked and why they vanished.
A Hollywood Producer Swapped a Rolls-Royce Order for This Aston Martin V8 Volante and Kept It 46 Years
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A 1979 Aston Martin V8 Volante that spent 46 years with Morgan Creek founder James G. Robinson is live on Bring a Trailer through October 23. The seller says he swapped a Rolls-Royce order for it on the spot.
Manual 2008 BMW 535xi Wagon, One of a Few Hundred at Most, Is Live on BaT
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BMW sold the twin-turbo, all-wheel-drive 535xi wagon with a six-speed manual for only three model years, and nobody knows exactly how few were built. This Titanium Silver example with 147,000 miles is live on Bring a Trailer.