Previously the province of RM Auctions, Amelia Islands’ auction activity now includes a sale by the respected Gooding & Company. How did the Mercedes-Benz lots sell? Rather well as it turns out.

Have you been to the Mercedes Classic Center in Fellbach, Germany? We haven’t but thanks to an amazing group of images, we can take a virtual tour through this most extraordinary collection of Mercedes.

January’s auctions generally set the tone for the year within the collector car community. 2010 provided some strong results and surprises from mother nature.

We covered the landmark sale of RM’s barn find Mercedes 600 Landaulet last month. Now you can read the chronicle of that sale by a fellow who was there after that tatty 600.

One of 59 and one of 8: Would those be adequately exclusive automobiles for you? RM Auctions rounded up two of the rarest Mercedes-Benz extant, albeit one with mixed pedigree.

The massive and elegant 600 “Grand Mercedes” was conceived to rival the best from Rolls Royce. Complex and capable, this series of 2,677 cars re-defined the personal limousine segment.