Welcome to our July 2014 auction rundown, beginning with Artcurial’s 2014 Le Mans sale. The top sale was this 1961 Mercedes-Benz 300SL for $1,505,502.

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Our feature cars all sold, with the Jaguar Buetler Prototype leading the way and smashing its estimate, selling for $217,162. Both other cars, the D.B. HBR5 and the Koenig Testarossa, sold for $160,860 each. Interesting cars were topped by this 1966 Fiat 1500 GT Barchetta by Ghia for $96,516. Check out full results here.

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We pushed out June highlights before Coys posted their results, so we can report that both of our feature cars from their Athens sale did sell. The Alfa Romeo Matta brought $31,500 and the Ashley Roadster $14,225. Full results can be found here.

Bonhams held their inaugural Mercedes-Benz sale in Stuttgart, home of Mercedes itself. Half of our four feature cars sold, with the 1911 Benz and the 1924 Mercedes both failing to hit their reserves. The top sale was this factory-upgraded to 540K specification 1934 Mercedes-Benz 500K Special Roadster for $4,221,247.

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The interesting Benz Ideal walloped its estimate, bringing $641,004 and the awesome 500 Nurburg Tourenwagen brought $703,541. For our “interesting cars” pick, I’ll go with this 1941 Mercedes-Benz 230 Cabriolet for $142,271. Check out full results here.

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One of the more interesting sales this month was Auctions America’s sale of the Littlefield Collection of military vehicles. We featured 25 vehicles from this sale and the top seller was one of our featured half-tracks. Here’s the complete rundown of feature cars… errr, trucks:

• 1939 Krauss-Maffei Sd.Kfz. 7 – $1,207,500
• 1959 ChKZ Scud A – $345,000
• 1942 Cadillac M5 Stuart – $310,500
• 1952 ROF Conqueror II – $287,500
• 1942 Baldwin Grant II – $276,000
• 1945 ACF M37 – $195,500
• 1997 Marder 1A3 IFV – $172,500
• 1985 FMC CCV-L – $120,750
• 1942 Valentine Mk V – $109,250
• 1942 Karrier Humber – $97,750
• 1954 GAZ-46 – $92,000
• 1965 ZTS-Martin T-54 – $86,250
• 1951 Churchill Toad – $80,500
• 1943 Ford M20 – $80,500
• 1958 GAZ BTR-40 – $58,650
• 1973 Alvis Fox Prototype – $57,500
• 1960 Daimler Ferret – $54,050
• 1975 Panhard M3 – $39,100
• 1960 ZiL BTR-152 – $34,500
• 1967 Praga M53/59 – $33,350
• 1943 International M5 – $31,625
• 1963 Panhard EBR-90 – $28,750
• 1944 Panzer IV – Not Sold
• 1944 Fisher Jumbo Sherman – Not Sold
• 1945 FMC LVT – Not Sold

Now we move to H&H Auctions’ Pavilion Gardens sale. The top sale was this 1969 Mercedes-Benz 280SL for $107,576.

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Our feature Falcon Caribbean failed to sell. Interesting cars were topped by this 1982 Lomax 223 three-wheeled kit car for $8,568. Check out full results here.

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Now one of the biggest sales of the month, RM’s St. John’s (or “Motor City”) sale. The top sale was this 1911 Mercedes 38/70HP Seven-Passenger Touring in the style of Vanvooren. It brought $495,000.

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All of our feature cars sold, led by the 1906 Studebaker for $275,000. The Duesenberg Model A brought $264,000 and the Packard Custom Super Eight Convertible Sedan sold for $236,500. We featured two other Packards, another Super Eight for $181,500 and the 1999 Twelve Prototype for $143,000. The 1913 Michigan went for $132,000. And strangely, a car we featured last October, a Firestone-Columbus that disappeared from that catalog, re-appeared here and sold for $79,750. Check out full results here.

Next up was Silverstone Auctions’ Silverstone Classic sale. The top seller was our featured Healey Silverstone for $357,420. There were a number of interesting cars but my two picks are this 1999 Marcos Mantaray for $32,840…

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…and this 1973 Ginetta G21S for 17,580. Check out full results here.

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And finally, Mecum’s Harrisburg sale, where this 1970 Dodge Coronet R/T Hemi topped the sales at $305,000. See full results here.

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