Pebble Beach Car Auctions: How to Buy and Ship From Overseas

Record breaking auctions available for overseas buyers

This summer, classic car collectors and enthusiasts around the world will set their eyes on a small coastal city in California known as Monterey. Each August during Monterey Car Week, the town hosts some of the largest and most prestigious classic car auctions in the world, including those held on the Pebble Beach golf course.

In 2014 alone, Pebble Beach auctions were responsible for a record $430 million in classic car sales - a third of the total US classic car sales for the whole year. Everything from record breaking $38 million Ferrari 250 GTOs, to VW buses and modern supercars are purchased here each year. 

Buying from overseas

1. Find a Classic Car

The Pebble Beach auctions allow you to view available cars (called lots) right on their website.

Gooding & Company - www.goodingco.com 

RM Sothebys - www.rmsothebys.com

Bonhams - www.bonhams.com

Mecum - www.mecum.com

Rick Cole - www.rickcole.com

2. Bid

Not able to bid in person? Many of the larger auctions such as Gooding & Company, RM Sothebys and Bonhams allow you to place bids online. All others allow bidding via the phone. 

Register for the auctions and get access to online bidding here:

Gooding & Company - www.goodingco.com/register/

RM Sothebys - www.rmsothebys.com/registration/index.cfm

Bonhams - www.bonhams.com/how_to_buy/9878/

Mecum - www.mecum.com

Rick Cole - rickcole.com/register-to-bid/

3. Pay

An international wire transfer is the preferred method of payment. They can be made through your bank's website or local branch. Wiring instructions can be obtained directly from the auction.

4. Ship

We ship door to door from our own warehouses in California, Florida and New Jersey, covering all of the US for imports and exports. A car bought on the Monterey Peninsula starts its trip at our California warehouse.

You don't need to collect the car yourself. We arrange enclosed transport from the auction to our California warehouse.

Our own team loads every car and handles every document. The car goes by ocean, in its own container or by RoRo, to the port closest to you, or by air when it has a show or event to make.

At destination, our agents unload the car and deliver it to your door.

You can see current shipping rates right on our shipping calculator or contact us for a custom solution.

Happy bidding!

The same steps work for a car won at an auction or event overseas: bid, pay the auction house, and we ship her home from there.

It's your dream car. Let's bring her home.