Blogs
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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…
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Keith’s Blog: Your Classic Car New Year’s Resolutions
Be very picky about what you buy. Get exactly what you want, then build it to your specs. Life is too short to buy the wrong car and have to fight your way out of it. During the past year, I’ve developed a much greater sense of clarity about the cars I own and why…
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Keith’s Blog: A Never-ending Sears Catalog
I was reminiscing with a friend last night about how our homes and childhoods would light up when the Sears, Montgomery Ward and Spiegel catalog would arrive around this time of year. We would always take turns picking out our favorites. I liked farm sets with plastic horses and cows. Other friends wouldn’t settle for…
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Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight #37 – Jacques Vaucher – Owner of L’art et l’automobile Gallery
This week, Buy, Sell, Hold spotlights L’art et l’automobile Gallery Owner Jacques Vaucher. Jacques and host Darin Roberge cover his incredible career, starting from his first sale to Formula 1 legend Niki Lauda, up though his recent accusation of items owned by Briggs Cuningham. Jacques even offers his picks for last minute stocking stuffers for…
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Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight #36 – Jakob Greisen – Head of Business Development at Bonhams
Buy, Sell, Hold moves closer to Arizona Car Week 2023 as we spotlight Bonhams Vice President of Business Development and Head of US Motoring Jakob Greisen. He and host Darin Roberge rundown Bonham’s latest news, talk their new Formula 1 partnership and preview Scottsdale offerings via Magnus Walker, Micheal Schumacher and from the John White…
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Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight #35 – Mike Oberle – Partner at MAG Auctions
Buy, Sell, Hold heads towards Arizona 2023 as we spotlight MAG Auctions Partner Mike Oberle. He and host Darin Roberge talk MAG’s introduction at Hot August Nights, their expansion to Arizona Car Week and we preview some offerings from their upcoming January catalog. NOW AVAILABLE ON ALL MAJOR PODCAST PLATFORMS Join us every Monday night…
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Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight #35 – Mike Oberle – Partner at MAG Auctions
Buy, Sell, Hold heads towards Arizona 2023 as we spotlight MAG Auctions Partner Mike Oberle. He and host Darin Roberge talk MAG’s introduction at Hot August Nights, their expansion to Arizona Car Week and we preview some offerings from their upcoming January catalog. NOW AVAILABLE ON ALL MAJOR PODCAST PLATFORMS Join us every Monday night…
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Keith’s Blog: Diminished Value on my Alfa?
It was just a month ago when a coordination-challenged driver backed his BMW X1 SUV into the side of my 1991 Alfa Romeo Spider S4. I was in a parking lot in Edmonds, WA, waiting to begin a tour with the local Alfa club. My partner chased the driver down as he tried to flee…
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Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight #34 – Matt Crandall – Avant-Garde Collection Owner & 911R on Bring-a-Trailer
Buy, Sell, Hold returns this week with a spotlight on Avant-Garde Collection Owner and Super Seller 911R on Bring-a-Trailer, Matt Crandall. Matt and host Darin Roberge talk his history with line carrying dealerships, his transition into collector cars, actionable Bring-a-Trailer buyer and seller advice and Matt makes a big announcement about the future of Avant-Garde!…
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Keith’s Blog: How Do You Look for the Next Car?
In the pre-internet age, looking for sports cars was simple. There was Hemmings, AutoTrader (both regional and national) and the local classifieds. Time was not of the essence. When we started the Alfa Romeo Market Letter in 1988, we would ask Alfa fanatics across the country to mail us the classifieds from their local papers.…