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“Live” coverage of the RM Auction of The Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum will be available Right Here.

Come back on Thursday, Friday and Saturday February 14-16
for a Live Blog from the Event and experience it as it happens starting at 10am EST each day.
Complete Auction coverage along with results as they happen, in real time.

The logs show that this site has simply been HAMMERED from around the world as, other than
the Live Streaming Video from RM,(now unavailable)
there was NO OTHER SOURCE for Auction Results and News
during the auction as far as I know.

Preview Day Click Here

Auction Day 1 part 1 Click Here

Auction Day 1 part 2 Click Here

Auction Day 2 part 1 Click Here

Auction Day 2 part 2 Click Here

if you want to walk around the Auction, try this YouTube Video

I’ll just leave this here:

 More information on The Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum Auction

Results : The following Vintage Microcars were auctioned in Monterey CA during the weekend of August 16-19, 2012:
click pics to go to detailed listings for cars- prices shown are HAMMER prices.
note that ALL BONHAMS sales under $100,000 will have a 15% Buyer’s Premium added!
RM Auctions and Russo & Steele both have a 10% Buyer’s Premium,
while MECUM has a 6% Buyer’s Premium.
All buyer’s premiums are added to the “Hammer Price.”

Bonhams Lot 413 1967 FIAT 500F sold $8000	Bonhams Lot 444 1960 FIAT 600 Jolly sold $72,000	Bonhams Lot 460 1956 Citröen 2CV NOT SOLD
RMAuctions Lot 204 1967 FIAT 500F sold $37,500	MECUM Lot F43 1968 FIAT 500 has both 37K miles AND 59K actual miles! sold $13,500	MECUM Lot F76 1957 BMW Isetta 300 NOT SOLD
MECUM Lot T95 1948 Crosley Woody Wagon NOT SOLD	MECUM Lot T106 1959 FIAT 500 Jolly sold $62,500	MECUM Lot T109 1958 Goggomobil TS400 sold $26,000
MECUM Lot T124 1961 Citroen 2CV sold $14,500 now on eBay by a dealer for $35K!	MECUM Lot T159 1970 Bianchina Panoramica sold $17,500	MECUM Lot T204 1971 FIAT 500 w/650 engine sold $9250
MECUM Lot T222 1961 Messerschmitt KR200 “rare FMR model” ??? wtf? sold $23,000	Russo & Steele Lot 2012 1957 BMW Isetta NOT SOLD	Russo & Steele Lot 2128 1958 BMW 600 sold $27,500
Russo & Steel Lot 2169 1959 FIAT 600 Jolly sold $70,000	Russo & Steele Lot 2183 1959 Autobianchi Bianchina sold $32,000	Russo & Steele Lot 2189 1959 Autobianchi Bianchina sold $37,000

1958 BMW 600 for sale $7950
located in Cortland NY

http://ithaca.craigslist.org/cto/2390438398.html
if the link does not work, the listing has expired

1959 BMW 600 $32,500
located in NW CT

http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/ctd/2066120119.html
if the link does not work, the listing has expired

The following Vintage Microcars to be auctioned in St. Charles IL over the September 16-19 weekend by MECUM:
click pics to go to detailed listings for cars,
ALL sales will have a sliding scale Buyer’s Premium added of $300 to 6% of Hammer Price.

Lot F154 1958 BMW Isetta 300

Lot T229 1958 BMW 600

Lot F279 1961 Vespa 400

1958 BMW 600 $3500
located in Davenport WA

http://spokane.craigslist.org/for/1885290365.html
if the link does not work, the listing has expired

Results from the auction by RMAuctions in Monterey CA on August 12-14 2010
note: Prices listed as SOLD are HAMMER PRICE, a 10% buyer’s premium was added.
click pics to go to auction listing page for more info.

1970 Subaru 360 "Police Car" $15,000	1970 Honda Z600 "Taxi" $4000	1960 FIAT Multipla "Taxi" $42,500
1957 BMW Isetta Bubble Window cabrio $37,500	1951 Mochet CM-125 Luxe $19,000	1957 Messerschmitt KR200 $50,000
1958 Goggomobil TL-400 Transporter $80,000	1953 Biscuter 100 runabout $11,000	1960 NSU Prinz III $20,000
1960 BMW 600 $45,000

1958 BMW 600 $3500
located in Davenport WA (near Spokane)

http://spokane.craigslist.org/for/1885290365.html
if the link does not work, the listing has expired

At least 10 Vintage Microcars up for auction by RMAuctions in Monterey CA on August 12-14 2010
See anything you fancy?  More may be added later, this is all listed as of 6/27/2010
note: Prices listed as SOLD are HAMMER PRICE, a 15% buyer’s premium was added.
Not all results are in as RM has not updated their site yet. Any info came from sources at the site.
click pics to go to auction listing page for more info.

1970 Subaru 360 "Police Car"	1970 Honda Z600 "Taxi"	1960 FIAT Multipla "Taxi"
1957 BMW Isetta Bubble Window cabrio $37,500	1951 Mochet CM-125 Luxe $18,000	1957 Messerschmitt KR200 $50,000
1958 Goggomobil TL-400 Transporter $80,000	1953 Biscuter 100 runabout $11,000	1960 NSU Prinz III $13,500
1960 BMW 600

1958 BMW 500 sold for $74,250
at RM Auctions at Amelia Island on March 13 2010
pretty sure this is a new record high price for a BMW 600

Link to Auction Listing

this price apparently includes the Buyer’s premium,
don’t know what the actual “hammer price” was.

1959 BMW 600 – $15,000
located in upstate NY

http://buffalo.craigslist.org/cto/1629972893.html

if the link does not work, the listing has expired

Here is a list of Microcars offered at this year’s Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction.

Check if you get Speed Channel or SpeedTV and you can watch these cross the line on the days they are listed:

Tuesday January 19 2010:
(click pics to go to detailed listings for cars)

1972 HONDA Z600 $25,000

Lot# 52 1956 MESSERSCHMITT KR175 $40,000

Lot# 74 1956 BMW ISETTA $43,000

Wednesday January 20 2010:

Lot# 420.1 1957 HEINKEL 200 $25,000

Thursday January 21 2010:

Lot# 630 1962 KING MIDGET III $14,500 for the pair	Lot# 630.1 1958 KING MIDGET MODEL III sold with Lot 630	Lot# 711 1951 CROSLEY HOOK AND LADDER FIRETRUCK $100,000
Lot# 737 1957 BMW ISETTA 300 CONVERTIBLE $29,000	Lot# 741 1962 TROJAN 200 $40,000	Lot# 741.1 1957 BMW ISETTA 300 $22,000

Friday January 22 2010:

Lot# 919 1958 BMW 600 $30,000

watch for the other microcars at the end.

Yesterday while dropping off my daughter at Rutgers University in New Brunswick NJ, I was surfing through her TV channels and spotted a BMW 600 in the middle of a traffic photo they were using to inform people of some road work projects on campus.  It’s a vintage photo with the 600 stuck in traffic with all sorts of early 60s domestic iron.

– Enjoy,
Bruce Baker

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