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Collector of the Week: Fred Phillips
Fred Phillips, of Calgary, Alberta, sent in an email about his Sunbeam Tiger prototype: I first saw a Tiger when I was only interested in muscle cars. My thoughts were “What an odd-looking, short car.” The car stopped at a traffic light and I pulled up beside it, this was not a stock Tiger, as…
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Corvettes at Carlisle Bonus From CORSA
CORSA ANNOUNCES FREE INSTALLATIONS AVAILABLE AT 2011 CORVETTES AT CARLISLE EVENT AUG. 26-28 BEREA, Ohio – CORSA Performance Exhausts will install their high-performance Corvette exhaust systems during the 2011 Corvettes at Carlisle event, Aug. 26-28 at the Carlisle Fairgrounds in Carlisle, Pa. Corvettes at Carlisle is one of the largest Corvette events in the world,…
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A Fresh Crop of Monterey Headliners
In just over two weeks, Monterey will be the seething, teeming epicenter of the collector car world. Big-money consignments are stacking up at every auction house, with the towering lists still being continually added to. Here are some of the newest featured lots. Bonhams has announced a host of important race cars for their Quail…
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Hot Rod Greats Throw Seminar at Auburn Fall Weekend
Auctions America by RM will shine a spotlight on classic hot rods and customs at its Auburn Fall Collector Car Event, September 1 – 4, welcoming some of the industry’s most prominent hot rod and custom car builders, designers and collectors to the Auburn Auction Park for an exclusive collector car seminar. Scheduled for Friday,…
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Mecum Brings Low-Mile Italian Barn Finds to Monterey
Mecum Auctions has announced three super low-mileage Italian classics to be offered at their third annual Monterey Auction: a 1974 Ferrari Dino 246 GTS with 2,910 miles; a 1972 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona with 9,752 miles; and a 1977 Maserati Bora Coupe with just 978 miles. Stored for nearly 40 years in a Dallas-area storage…
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Gooding Consigns Sheryl Crow’s 190SL for Pebble Beach
Gooding & Company has announced that Sheryl Crow will auction her personal 1959 Mercedes-Benz 190SL Roadster in Pebble Beach this August to benefit the community of Joplin, following a devastating tornado that swept through this southwest Missouri city earlier this summer. An exciting opportunity for both car collectors and Sheryl Crow fans, the artist’s classic…
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Important Race Cars at Quail Lodge Sale
In addition to the impressive list of competition Porsches* that have been consigned to the mid-August auction in California, Bonhams will be offering several other racing cars of importance. 1959 Sadler-Meyer Special: The three-time winning and three-time record-setting Giant’s Despair Hill Climb racer was built by legendary Canadian engineer Bill Sadler for John van Meyer.…
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Blue-Chip Benzes: 13 Pre-War Mercedes at RM Monterey
RM Auctions will celebrate the 125th anniversary of Mercedes-Benz at its Monterey, California sale next month by presenting the most important collection of Mercedes-Benz motor cars ever offered at public auction. The highly-anticipated two-day sale, scheduled August 19 – 20, will present 13 magnificent examples from the world-famous German marque, spanning over 80 years of…
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Indiana’s Rag Tops Auto Museum Collection to be Offered at Auctions America by RM’s Auburn Fall Sale
Auctions America by RM will lift the gavel on 68 vehicles and a selection of vintage motorcycles from Indiana’s well-known Rag Tops Auto Museum Collection when its second annual Auburn Fall Collector Car Weekend gets underway, September 1 – 4, 2011. Located in Michigan City, Indiana, the Rag Tops Auto Museum – in operation from…
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10 Most Expensive Cars Ever Sold at Monterey
As reported last week, Gooding & Co. has consigned a 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa prototype for their Pebble Beach sale in August. The car is a potential record-breaker for Monterey car week, with a similar TR sold for $12,402,500 at RM’s 2009 sale in Maranello, Italy (SCM# 120485), and another bid to $10,700,000 and un-sold at…