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Sales Up 15 % As AFAS Captivates At Pebble Beach
Pebble Beach, Calif. – August 24, 2007 – Demand for automotive fine art continued to grow as the Automotive Fine Arts Society experienced a strong 15 percent increase in sales at the 57th Annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance on Sunday, August 19, 2007. Renowned artist Tom Fritz headlined the award winners by capturing the prestigious…
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SuperCar Life Announces Winter 2007 Schedule for AMG Black Series
OSTERVILLE, MA (August 30, 2007) – Supercar Life, the only luxury lifestyle driving program to offer clients the opportunity to pilot the world’s most desirable sports cars on world-class race tracks, has confirmed winter events in the country’s hottest cities. Registration is now open at www.supercarlife.com for programs at California Speedway near Los Angeles, Homestead…
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Celebrity Cars will Feature in Auburn
Auburn, Indiana – Vendors have lined up, cars are rolling in, golf carts are buzzing around the park and the crowd is already grabbing seats in the auction arena. The Kruse International 37th Annual Auburn Fall Collector Car Auction begins today and runs through Tuesday September 4, 2007 at the 480 acre Kruse Auction Park.…
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Fiskens Gets a Facelift
The London-based, world leading, fine and historic automobile dealership Fiskens has a new look at its Kensington showrooms. Over the past few months there has been a genuine feeling of restoration and reconstruction at Fiskens, with projects to both the inside and outside of the company’s Queens Gate Place Mews home. The Mews itself has…
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Royal Automobile Museum Goes Electric
September 4, 2007 – Jordan’s Royal Automobile Museum received its first electric car, a 1915 model from the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. As part of the museum’s expanding association with world museums, this car will be on display for six months. “Electric cars were running on the streets of New York since the…
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Christie’s Car Team Joins Bonhams
Bonhams announced today (Sept. 7, 2007) that Christie’s two most senior motoring directors and one of its most respected motoring consultants will join the Bonhams’ Global Motor Car Department on November 1st 2007. Having just held their sale at Monterey during California’s Pebble Beach Concours last month, the Head of Christie’s International Car Dept. Rupert…
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RM and AACA Team Up for “Night at the Museum” Fundraiser
BLENHEIM, Ontario, Canada (September 3, 2007) – Calling all car enthusiasts! It is with great excitement that RM Auctions will join forces with the Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) to host a gala ‘Night at the Museum’ charity auction on Wednesday, October 10, 2007. To be held at the AACA Museum, Hershey, Pennsylvania, the…
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Kruse to Hold Auto Auction in Hawaii
Auburn, Indiana – Dean Kruse, President and CEO of Kruse International, announced today that his company will hold the first ever Classics, Collectible, and Custom Car Show and Auction in Hawaii on February 8 and 9, 2008. Kruse International is the oldest and largest auction house in the Nation for vintage vehicles of all types,…
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Barrett-Jackson Announces New Strategic Partnership
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., – September 19, 2007 – Barrett-Jackson Auction Co. LLC, today announced that Endeavour Capital has made a significant minority investment in the company. With the news of the addition of Endeavour as a strategic business partner, Barrett-Jackson also unveiled plans to move into the company’s new corporate headquarters in Scottsdale, Ariz., and announced…
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B-J Now Accepting Early Consignments for Scottsdale 2008
Scottsdale, Ariz. – September 26, 2007 – The Barrett-Jackson Auction Company is accepting earlyconsignment applications for classic, sports, concept and muscle cars for the 37th Annual “World’sGreatest Collector Car Event™” in Scottsdale, Ariz. From Jan. 12-20, 2008, approximately 1,000 of theworld’s premier collector automobiles will be sold at No Reserve during the event, which also…