MONTEREY, Calif.— Vintage-car aficionados motor to Monterey and its environs every August for a round of auctions coinciding with the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. This year, on the 13th, RM Auctions is holding a sale of the Nick Alexander Collection of wood-bodied station wagons, including an award- winning, fully restored 1932 Ford with ash and maple paneling (est. $125-150,000); on the 14th and 15th is its Sports and Classics of Monterey auction, which contains a 1934 Miller V16 race car (estimate upon request). Bonhams & Butterfields, in its August 14 auction, is offering a race-proven 1939 Auto Union D-Type Grand Prix, with a rear-mounted three-liter, twin-stage, supercharged V12-cylinder engine, that was driven in competition by the legendary Hans Stuck (est. $8 million). And among the highlights of Gooding & Company’s August 15 and 16 auctions is a streamlined 1937 Bugatti Type 57C Coupe (estimate upon request).

"Used Cars" originally appeared in the July/August 2009 issue of Art+Auction. For a complete list of articles from this issue available on ARTINFO, see Art+Auction's July/August 2009 Table of Contents.