January 2023
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Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight #41 – David Swig – Senior Car Specialist at Broad Arrow Auctions
Arizona is done and the road to Amelia has begun! This week Buy, Sell, Hold spotlights Broad Arrow Group/Broad Arrow Auctions Senior Car Specialist David Swig. We review all the latest Broad Arrow news and all their early featured offerings. NOW AVAILABLE ON ALL MAJOR PODCAST PLATFORMS Join us every Monday night at 7:00 EST…
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Keith’s Blog: Mercedes, Jaguar or Alfa?
The SCM 1000 is less than six months away. It will be an all-inclusive 1,000-mile romp on select, challenging two-lane roads of eastern Washington. With a hub in Spokane, in the heart of the restaurant district, the route will take us to the Grand Coulee Dam, rustic Lewiston, ID, and more. The decision that confronts…
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Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight #40 – Arizona 2023 Preview Special with SCM Contributor Michael Leven
The dockets are filled, gavels ready and Arizona Car Week 2023 is here! This week, on a special presentation of Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight, SCM Contributor Michael Leven stops by to preview everything Arizona. He and host Darin Roberge talk collections, events, trends, potential market impact and take a deep dive into all the upcoming…
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Keith’s Blog: My Giulietta Sprint Speciale on BaT
SCM advertiser Fantasy Junction is selling a Sprint Speciale I recently owned and restored on Bring a Trailer. You will find many pictures and comments with the listing. Here are a few of my own thoughts (which I posted): I was the previous owner of this car and oversaw the restoration. I first found the…
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Keith’s Blog: How My $2,500 Land Rover Became a $15,000 Rig
I am no stranger to Land Rovers. Over the past two decades I have owned a Discovery Series I, Range Rover Classic, Series III 88 and an RHD D90 turbodiesel. I was looking for something civilized for the mild trail runs the Pacific Coast Rover Club puts on every couple of months. I’m not a…
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Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight #39 – Bill Pack – Automotive Photographic Artist
On this week’s Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight, Automotive Artist and Photographer Bill Pack joins us to discuss his unique style, vision and techniques, his past projects including the outstanding Phoenix Art Museum Legends of Speed exhibition and his incredible new book in conjunction with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum, titled Epic Drama. Join us every…
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Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight #38 – Brad Phillips – Vice President of Business Development at RM Sotheby’s
Arizona Car Week 2023 is almost here! This week Buy, Sell, Hold welcomes back RM Sotheby’s Vice President of Business Development Brad Phillips. He and host Darin Roberge discuss RM’s astonishing Munich and Miami results, talk the white hot retro BMW and Mercedes-Benz markets and preview some interesting offerings from their upcoming Arizona docket. NOW…
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Keith’s Blog: Upgrade or Stock?
I’ve been having a back-and-forth discussion with SCM Contributor Jim Schrager (my long-time mentor) about upgrading engines in vintage cars. This started when I mentioned to him that I was confused about 911 restorations. I see so many ads for early 911s that blather on and on about $250k restorations and then add, “by the…
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Keith’s Blog: Happy New Year
Every first of January marks a new beginning. Go out to your garage, and take a look at your sleeping beauties. Think about how much effort has gone into finding, selecting, buying and refurbishing each one. Note that I didn’t say restoring, as now that we are grownups, we’ve all decided to buy cars that…