The Journal

Essays and field notes from the market for the unpriceable — written at the desk in Zürich, checked against the files, one manufacturer at a time.

Art plate: a Porsche 956 at speed down the Mulsanne straight at night, headlights carving one cone of light

Nobody’sPerfect

At four o’clock on the afternoon of 19 June 1983, Al Holbert crossed the line at Le Mans in a Porsche 956 that was trying, with some determination, to die under him. The left door had gone missing on the Mulsanne hours earlier. …

Signed, Victor Max August Haehling von Lanzenauer

Our man for Porsche · 5 min

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Porsche · Essay · Our man for PorscheJuly 6, 2026 · 5 min
Art plate: the nose of a 1948 Porsche 356 roadster alone in a vast dark hall under one narrow shaft of light

Porsche

The Same Car, Since 1948

Seventy-eight years of one silhouette: our man for Porsche on air, obstinacy, and what the market pays a company for refusing to change its mind.

Victor Max August Haehling von LanzenauerJuly 5, 20265 min

Art plate: a photographer silhouetted before a wedge supercar between two palms, low sun flaring, monochrome

RIOCAM

The Fashion Photographer Who Loves Cars

Camilo Rios White was born in Medellín, raised in Fort Worth, and made in Miami — a decade spent turning the hot supercar poster into couture, now shooting with the house.

The HouseJune 28, 20264 min

Art plate: a hand airbrushing a wedge supercar onto a pinned T-shirt under one bare lamp

Partnership

What’s It Worth to You?

Hiconium prices the unpriceable. With RIOCAM it now makes the car yours to look at — on the number, the myth, and the artists we’re bringing into the room.

The HouseJune 21, 20264 min

Art plate: a row of cars under dust covers in a dark garage, the nearest revealed by a single bulb

Series

The Keepers

A film series: one person, one collection, per film — past the alarm that has a name, into rooms of fuel and patience. First visits are shot this winter.

The HouseJuly 2, 20262 min

Art plate: the rear wing and louvred tail of a Ferrari F40 raked by one hard light in darkness

Ferrari

Enzo’s Last Word

The F40 was a speculation object before it was a myth. Forty years later the market has learned what most people still confuse: what it costs, and what it is worth.

The HouseJune 14, 20264 min

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