Auctions

Monterey Wrap-Up and The Road to 2020

Market Softness – Yes, but Perspective Required While hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of collector cars once again changed hands at the world-renowned 2019 Monterey Car Week auctions, preliminary sale totals were reported by […]

Auctions

The Monterey Incident

Saturday, August 18, 2019. A day that will live in infamy. Dramatic, but why beat around the bush, right? While all well-informed classic and collector fans have already heard about the debacle on the final […]

Personalities

Remembering a Friend

To all of my friends, I’ve had some technical difficulties and have been trying to learn how to use WordPress to its best advantage, hence the weeks since I have made a new blog post. […]

Auctions

Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach 2019 Auction Recap

After three action-packed days from Thursday, April 11th to Saturday the 13th, Barrett-Jackson once again proved why it is likely the world’s most famous collector-car auction company, selling 632 vehicles for over $30.18 million. Perhaps […]

Auctions

Interesting Classic Car Auction in India

While India’s old-car market has been under an export ban since the 1970s and prohibitive duties still inhibit imports, auction house Osian’s has been quietly exploring this potentially lucrative market segment for the past five […]

Auctions

Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach Preview

During more than the first few years of my collector-car auction career, whenever I told anyone about my work life, they would usually ask “Do you work for Barrett-Jackson?” I’d have to politely say “No,” […]

Auctions

“The Grinch!”

Now known as “The Grinch”, this eye-popping custom pickup began life in 1953 as a hard-working Mercury M-100 pickup. Built by a former police constable with care and pride over an eight-year period during his […]

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SOLD! My First Auction Consignment

Inspired by GM’s futuristic concept cars starring in the corporation’s dazzling Motorama roadshows, the Skylark Anniversary Convertible debuted as a Buick’s limited-production image leader for 1953. Essentially a factory-built custom car based on the Roadmaster, […]