Rolls-Royce Ghost
Photographed in the Abell warehouse, where it arrived the way most automobiles do — inside an estate, beside the pictures, the frames and the piano.
Collector & Estate Automobiles · Los Angeles · Since 1916
Automobiles
Great cars are collected, not simply owned.
Automobiles reach Abell the way everything else does — inside an estate, alongside the art, the jewelry and the furniture.
The art of the automobile
California has always loved the automobile.
For more than a century Los Angeles has helped define the relationship between the automobile, design and culture. Abell's estate business places the company inside Southern California collections where important cars often sit alongside fine art, jewelry and design — in the same house, belonging to the same person, part of the same life.
A car in an estate deserves the same scholarship, the same photography and the same presentation as a painting on the wall above it. That is how Abell treats them.
At the hammer
Automobiles at Abell.
A selection of automobiles handled by Abell. Where a verified price exists in Abell's results it is shown; where it does not, no figure appears.
Packard Convertible Coupe
Wire wheels, whitewalls, a covered rumble and a side-mounted spare — the American classical style at its most confident.
Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray Convertible
The Sting Ray is the moment American sports car design stopped following and started leading.
Ferrari 488 Spider
Modern Maranello — mid-engined, open, and shaped by the wind tunnel as much as by the eye.
Chevrolet Camaro Convertible
First-generation Camaro, open, and in a colour nobody would dare specify today.
Bentley Flying Spur
The modern Bentley saloon: enormous capability worn quietly, in black.
Mercedes-Benz SL Roadster
The long-running Mercedes roadster — built to be driven for decades, and frequently was.
Bugatti and the art of the automobile
The Mullin Automotive Collection
A celebrated collection where automobiles, sculpture, design and Art Deco craftsmanship converged.
From the Mullin Automotive Collection
Marques
Marques through the saleroom.
Automobiles by these makers have passed through Abell.
- Rolls-Royce
- Bentley
- Ferrari
- Aston Martin
- Jaguar
- Mercedes-Benz
- Packard
- Chevrolet
- Porsche
- Cadillac
A dedicated sale
Formula One at Abell.
Formula One is the rare corner of collecting where the object and the moment are the same thing. A helmet was worn on a particular afternoon, by a particular driver, in a particular season — and the marks on it were made at speed.
Abell is building a dedicated Formula One auction: race-worn equipment, team-issued and signed material, works and factory memorabilia, models, photography, trophies and archives. Single pieces and whole collections alike.
- Race-worn helmets, suits and gloves
- Team and factory-issued equipment
- Signed and presentation material
- Trophies, plaques and awards
- Original photography and archives
- Models, artwork and paddock ephemera
Saved by Abell™
Some treasures are found in garages.
Behind a garage door. Under a cover. Parked for decades. Part of an estate nobody had fully explored. The next chapter can begin with turning a key — but not before someone qualified has looked.
Collecting areas
What we handle
- Collector and classic automobiles
- Modern and contemporary sports cars
- Estate and single-owner garages
- Formula One and motor racing material
- Automobilia, signage and archives
- Models, artwork and photography
Knowledge
Before you sell a car
Private & confidential
Tell us about the car.
Send photographs, the paperwork you have, and whatever you know. A specialist will tell you what you are looking at and what it is likely to do at auction.
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