Around 100 classic cars will go under the hammer over two days in a brand new auction at the Classic Race Aarhus, taking place on the 28th and 29th May at the prestigious motorsport festival in Denmark.

Hosted by Silverstone Auctions and Lauritz.com, Scandinavia’s largest online auctioneer, The Classic Race Aarhus Auction is set to be one of the biggest classic car auctions in Europe.

Classic Race Aarhus is an award winning motorsport festival attended by more than 35,000 people each year, with proceeds from the event supporting road safety projects in Denmark.

Commenting on the announcement of its first international sale, Nick Whale, managing director of Silverstone Auctions, said: "We’re delighted to be hosting an auction at this prestigious classic car and motorsport event in partnership with both Lauritz.com and Classic Race Aarhus.

“Over the last five years Silverstone Auctions has achieved impressive results on behalf of our vendors, hosting auctions at some of the UK’s biggest and most high profile classic car events.”

Speaking on the new partnership, Classic Race Aarhus chief executive, Niels Brøchner said: “I’m pleased to announce this new auction. With this agreement, we have ensured that Classic Race Aarhus takes a prominent position on the international stage. Lauritz.com has a huge network of customers and Silverstone Auctions is highly respected among enthusiasts worldwide for its classic car auctions. With partners such as this it can only go well.”

One of the oldest auction houses in Denmark, Lauritz.com brings a significant amount of auction experience to the partnership.

”We expect that the auction will be spectacular with special cars from sellers in both the UK and Scandinavia, as well as buyers and collectors from around the world. We are excited to be part of this market and believe that a our passionate customers from 200 countries will be interested in classic cars as a collector's item and an investment,” said Lauritz.com's founder and chairman Bengt Sundstrøm.

Quality consignments are now being invited into the sale, with focus placed on European, left-hand drive examples.

Nick added: ”Our client base continues to grow and we look forward to offering European buyers and collectors a new outlet from which to buy classic cars from us.”

Fore more information on the sale please visit https://www.silverstoneauctions.com/the-classic-race-aarhus-auction---powered-by-silverstone-auctions-and-lauritzcom.