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 […]
Auctions
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, […]
Auctions
Mecum Phoenix – Glendale Arizona Auction
After more than 11 years in the collector-car auction business, I am amazed by the ability of Mecum Auctions to bring together so many – often numbering in the thousands – of vehicles to each […]
Collectibles
Original Parts from Charles Lindbergh’s Landmark Transatlantic Flight
While transatlantic commercial air travel is a routine, low-risk affair today, requiring less than eight hours’ flying time from New York to Paris, Charles Lindbergh was the first to perform the feat. That achievement is […]
Aircraft
Messerschmitt Me 109 “Lake Find” (Pt. 2)
In my last post, I left off with the last combat action of Messerschmitt Me 109 410077 and its Spring 1944 descent into the frigid waters of Estonia’s Lake Swiblo. Almost 50 years later in […]
Aircraft
Messerschmitt Me 109 “Lake Find” (Pt. 1)
This post and its sequel are by far the most-visited blog posts I have ever written, testament to the worldwide interest in unusual and historic finds and the emotions stirred up by wartime artifacts. These […]
Auctions
RM Sotheby’s Amelia Island Results
Full Disclosure: I used to work full-time as an in-house catalog writer for RM Auctions from late-February 2008 to mid-July 2012. I’ll stick to the facts for this Amelia Island auction report. They (now RM […]
Auctions
Amelia Island Auctions 2019 – Gooding & Company Review and Analysis
Friday, March 8th or Day 2 at Amelia Island stepped up the action and featured the highly anticipated Gooding & Company Auction, wherein David Gooding and Gooding specialist Hans Wurl joined auctioneer Charlie Ross on […]
Auctions
Russo and Steele – New Kids on the (Amelia Island) Block
Bravely venturing Eastward to Amelia Island for the first time, Russo and Steele brought a strong lineup of collector cars to this highly competitive marketplace. A two-day event, Russo and Steele’s auctions began on Thursday, […]
Auctions
Bonhams 2019 Amelia Island Auction Review – Strong Results and Hope for the Future
Bonhams kicked off the auction action at Amelia Island yesterday, Thursday March 7 with a characteristically strong selection of memorabilia, literature, and collectibles offered, plus of course many outstanding collector automobiles. Headlined by two dozen […]