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April 13, 2026

UNIQUE TASMAN REPCO-BRABHAM DRIVEN BY SIR JACK HEADLINES DONINGTON’S TRIBUTE TO BRABHAM AUCTION IN APRIL

Commemorating the Silver Jubilee of Brabham’s historic World Championship win in 1966, Donington Auctions latest auction is titled ‘A Tribute to Brabham – The Anniversary Auction Commemorating the Man, the Marque and his Machines’ and brings together a remarkable array of cars, rare parts and related memorabilia. Born in 1926, Sir Jack Brabham AO OBE...
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December 2, 2025

PRIVATE COLLECTION OF ‘MR PORSCHE’ TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER

The eclectic personal collection of the late automotive industry figure and racing driver, Alan Hamilton, who died earlier this year, is set to offered for sale by Donington Auctions. Hamilton, together with his father Norman, spent three decades as Australia’s official Porsche importer – the world’s second oldest outside of Europe – in parallel with...
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October 27, 2025

NEW AUSTRALIAN AUCTION RECORD SET FOR WORLD’S SMALLEST CAR

Two recently discovered, extremely rare microcars led a buoyant auction at Donington Auctions today, with the Peel P50 setting a new record price for a microcar in Australia. The tiny Peel — made famous when Jeremy Clarkson drove one through the BBC studios on Top Gear — captured bidders’ imaginations worldwide. Lot 3, the 1964...
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October 17, 2025

NEW DONINGTON HEADQUARTERS ENABLES EXPANSION

Greater capacity for auction consignments and more flexibility for concurrent auctions, are key benefits brought by Donington Auctions’ recent move into an expansive new national headquarters. Three years in the planning, Donington’s new 1600 sq.m. facility in Dingley will enable the collector car and motorcycle community to engage with its regular, large scale classic vehicle...
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October 1, 2025

MORE THAN 100 ‘RETRO’ AMUSEMENT MACHINES TO BE AUCTIONED UNRESERVED

Rare and exotic amusement machines from Australia’s largest ‘retro’ games arcade are set to go under the hammer with No Reserve prices, with Donington Auctions early next month. More than 100 working and regularly maintained ‘vintage’ amusement games are to be offered in the on-line auction, which takes place on Sunday 5 October. “Like a...
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May 30, 2025

The Exceptional Cremorne Garage of the Late David Jones AO OBE KstJ

For over 4-decades the exceptional Cremorne Garage of David Jones has been the envy of classic car enthusiasts and memorabilia collectors.  It was an exclusive privilege to be invited in to David’s Aladdin’s cave nestled behind the imposing red brick Bryant & May Match Factory in Richmond Victoria. David’s shed/warehouse has always been rightly regarded as...
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November 1, 2024

THE NUMBERS HAVE IT AT DONINGTON’S PLATE AUCTION

Numerical number plates continue to be hot property in the collector market, with a select consignment of just over a dozen six digit Victorian plates achieving outstanding results in Donington Auction’s ‘Numbers Only Plate Auction’ on 31 October. Offered on behalf of  VicRoads, book-ended combinations saw strong, competitive bidding with ‘966.699’ achieving $11,000 at the...
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October 14, 2024

MOVIE STARS TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER IN DONINGTON AUCTION

Three vintage trucks with storied history in Australian film and television productions are part of a prominent collection to be auctioned on-line by Donington Auctions between 14 & 27 October. Put together over many decades by a family patriarch and two brothers from Victoria’s Western District, the Provan Collection includes eight vintage trucks, two cars,...
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