The Walter P. Chrysler Museum in Auburn Hills, Mich., is hosting The Art of the Auction Saturday, April 16 featuring RM Auctions and its new subsidiary, Auctions America by RM. The session, part of the Museum’s 2011 Lecture/Workshop series, is slated for 10 a.m. – noon in the second floor theater.
Car specialists from the auction houses will lead The Art of the Auction, offering expert advice and an inside look at the collector hobby. The interactive session will explore:
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Published on 03-02-2011 12:54 PM
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Project CleanAir ’55, the Goodguys 2011 Grand Prize Giveaway Car is on the home stretch and will debut Friday, March 11th at the 2nd Spring Nationals in Scottsdale! The car is currently back at Kenny Davis Hot Rods for its final touch up after being delivered earlier this week from Tracy Weaver’s Recovery Room interiors.
As you can see from the pictures below, Weaver and the Recovery Room staff stitched up a high quality brown leather interior – the perfect accent to the PPG Red. The bumpers are arriving this week from Ogden Chrome as well as the Intro Wheels. It will head to Scottsdale next Wednesday!
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An unrestored Futurliner bus from GM’s ‘Parade of Progress’ of the 1940s and ‘50s is an early star consignment for the expected roster of 1,000 quality motor cars and motorcycles going up for bids when Auctions America by RM opens the gates at its famous 235-acre Auburn Auction Park May 12 – 15 for its inaugural Auburn Spring event.
To add to the weekend’s excitement, the park grounds will be buzzing with the hundreds of vendors who will set up shop on the swap meet field and in the car corral, coordinated by the respected Pennsylvania-based Carlisle Events.
“It’s been a long, hard winter, but spring fever is about to hit the Midwest and we’re ready to put on a not-to-be-missed show with our new partner, Carlisle Events,” said Donnie Gould, President, Auctions America by RM. “Automotive enthusiasts can look forward to this first Auburn Spring event becoming a permanent fixture on the collector car calendar year over year.”
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Published on 03-02-2011 12:12 PM
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When Robert Reder was 13, he discovered his first model airplane kit. Using a combination of thin music wire, balsa wood, tissue and a rubber loop, he created a magical flying toy that changed his life. In a memoir, Mr. Reder recalled his feeling when he and his cousin watched the plane fly. "When we flew the model and it would actually rise-off-ground, I was hooked!" Mr. Reder wrote. "Model building and flying became a part of my life."
Eventually, Mr. Reder transformed his fascination with building model planes into a successful business and co-founded Monogram Models Inc., a company known today as Revell Inc., the world-renowned maker of model hobby kits. "The company started in my grandmother's basement," said daughter Renee Zalatoris. "He built the company from scratch, and it became so successful. So, to me that was one of his greatest achievements."
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George Anthony Toteff, Jr. died Tuesday, February 1, 2011, in his home near Johannesburg, Michigan. While in the company of his four children, he peacefully fell to sleep as his family surrounded his bed and prayed the rosary, something that their father did daily. Diana (John Bergquist), Mark (Nancy Toteff), Wayne (Babe Toteff) and Bonny (Bret Miller) were blessed to be able to share his final moments, just as they all had less than ten months ago with their mother. George was born November 14, 1925, in Duquesne PA, son of the late George A Toteff Sr. and Mary Toteff. His father came from Bulgaria and was the owner of a ticket for the Titanic... a voyage he fortunately missed.
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Sue Vanderbilt in a 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Seville “Baroness;" the show car that she styled for the Feminine Show. When you look back at General Motors’ rich design history, one of the most talented individuals, who made her career as part of GM’s vaunted Creative Design Team, was the late Suzanne E. Vanderbilt.
Vanderbilt was one of the original Damsels of Design – a group of eight, great talented female designers that the famed Harley Earl hired during the early days of the 1950s.
Throughout history, the Oldsmobile story has inspired many automotive historians with its rich and celebrated heritage which started right in Michigan’s capital city of Lansing.
I remember a particularly exciting year in 1978 when Oldsmobile introduced their new line of vehicles and automotive catalogues to the buying public. My first impression was that Oldsmobile was using 1978 to create a family-oriented lineup of new cars. The company used its advertising and marketing to highlight many traditional family values
The year 1966 was a great year for automotive sales in the U.S. Many car manufacturers were doing very well for the economy and in 1966 the average cost for a new Dodge vehicle sold for $ 2,280 and the price of gasoline for 32 cents a gallon.
The Chrysler Corporation was also doing very well within the automotive markets with its popular Dodge Dart models. The 1966 Dodge Dart models made their debut in Dodge dealerships on September 30, 1965.
Based on a 1956 Chevrolet 210 Sedan, this recently completed mild custom was built to showcase the timeless factory “Tri-Five” heritage. With a new GM Performance ZZ4 power plant backed by a factory-fresh GM 700R4 transmission, it is equipped with rack-and-pinion steering, four-wheel Wilwood disc
To ensure that Shelby American would have its 1966 GT350 models in dealerships when Ford released the new ‘66 Mustangs, Shelby ordered an additional 252 cars from Ford’s San Jose plant at the very end of 1965 production. These ‘change-over’ cars (often referred to as ‘carry-overs’) were essentially Shelby-spec ’65 GT350s, and received the same performance modifications,
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