The Collectors Foundation has made a $350,000 commitment to four colleges that offer degree programs important to the future of the collector vehicle hobby. Art Center College of Design, in Pasadena, Calif., and the College for Creative Studies, in Detroit, Mich., will each continue to receive scholarship funding for “Future […]
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Meadow Brook Highlights Motor City Trendsetters
The spotlight will shine on some of Michigan’s prominent trailblazing models during the ultimate vintage car weekend. One of the premier classic and collector car shows in the country, the Concours d’Elegance of America at Meadow Brook, will have something for every car enthusiast with over 230 cars and motorcycles. […]
2010 Saratoga Fall Ferrari Festival to Feature Zagato and Italian Design
Zagato and the heritage of Italian design will be featured by the 2010 Fall Ferrari Festival in Saratoga Springs, New York on September 10-12. The event will be highlighted by a Design Symposium hosted by Andrea Zagato, current head of the iconic design house founded by his grandfather Ugo Zagato […]
Survivor Collector Car – SOLD OUT!
Now in it’s third year, SURVIVOR Collector Car returns June 27, 2010, to the beautiful fairways of Pheasant Run Resort and Spa in St. Charles, Illinois during the Bloomington Gold® Corvettes USA event. Exceeding all expectations, the judging field of 75 of the world’s best unrestored original cars was filled […]
Exceptional Corvettes Set for San Diego Auction Block
Corvette L88 Coupe ‘Automatically Yours’ (Photo: Darin Schnabel 2010, Courtesy of RM Auctions)Blenheim, Ontario – May 27, 2010 — RM Auctions, the world’s largest auction house for quality automobiles, will drop the hammer on an exceptional line-up of Corvettes next month as part of its highly-anticipated Classic Muscle & Modern […]
Russo and Steele Add a Third Night of Auctions to Monterey Schedule
Russo and Steele is pleased to announce an additional sale date to its 10th Anniversary auction event in Monterey, California this August 12-14, 2010. The Monterey auction event will present a range of the most luxurious and collectable European sports, American muscle, hot rods and custom automobiles suitable to satisfy […]
Falcon GT-HO Flexes Muscle at Shannons Sale
A 1971 Ford XY Falcon GT-HO Phase III put Australian Supercars back on the agenda for collectors when it sold for $277,920 — in U.S. dollars — at Shannons Melbourne Winter Auction on May 31. The fully-restored Monza Green sedan, which is believed to have had six owners from new […]
World’s Most Famous Car Comes to Market
PAY ATTENTION, BOND FANS! RM Auctions announces the consignment of one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century – the 1964 Aston Martin DB5 James Bond movie car – to its annual ‘Automobiles of London’ event at the Battersea Evolution in London on 27th October, where it […]
In Memoriam, Gerald Roush
Gerald Roush, publisher of the Ferrari Market Letter, passed away on Friday, May 21, following complications from a stroke he suffered in mid-March. He was 68. Known as the go-to-guy for information on vintage Ferraris, he began publishing the Ferrari Market Letter in 1974. Read more here. (You will need […]
Restorer of 1965 Porsche Wins First Collectors Foundation Trophy
The Collectors Foundation presented its first “Collectors Foundation Trophy” at the Newport Concours d’Elegance this past Sunday, May 23. Collectors Foundation Executive Director Bob Knechel said, “I selected Ned Gorski and his personally restored 1965 Porsche Continental (1 of 6) because for me he exemplified the best of what the […]