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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…
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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…