What We Missed: The Untold Stories of the 2025 Collector Car Market

  • 17 January 2026
  • 4 min read
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Photo credit: Aguttes, H&H, Historics, Manor Park Classics, Mecum, RM Sotheby’s

I want to begin 2026, as we await the imminent start of the major early‑season auctions, by revisiting a series of stories that were left on the cutting-room floor. In order to describe the market clearly and without losing sight of its key collector perspectives, some scenes had to be sacrificed. Yet a few of those omissions were truly Oscar‑worthy and as any self‑respecting director would, I couldn’t simply let them go. So, at the dawn of 2026, here is the final film of last year: “What We Missed”.

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