I love road trips. I want to see all that this vast country has to offer in its land and its people. So, I’ve enlisted two friends to take a trip with me down the…
Category: Vehicles
A classic ’83 Mercedes 380SL
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I was doing my walk-through at a new auction house when I came upon something that really caught my eye. A sleek, green two-door Mercedes convertible that was speaking to me. And I heard it: In…
1957 Chevy and the allure of vintage cars
Posted in collectibles, and Vehicles
When I saw the model 1957 Chevy and the other vintage cars on the auction table, a memory flashed through my mind. I was a child, sitting on the porch with my cousins in a…
The car was a hideous turquoise. But the garish color did compel me to look at the 1965 Volkswagen Beetle parked there in the middle of the auction-house floor – surrounded by some of its parts.…
Want to buy a Rolls Royce trophy?
Posted in Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Vehicles
There were 17 of them on the table at the auction house – the five brass cups with extended handles were most impressive. Lying on the table in front of them were plaques, and standing to the…
Need a used car?
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One of the things I like about my auction houses is that they sell a little bit of everything. At one of my favorites two weeks ago, they were selling costume jewelry. In early December,…
The dollar sounds of motorcycles
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From outside came the sounds of motorcycles, their vroom! vroom! blasting the Sunday morning air like thunder. It was motorcyle auction day and the guys were out. Inside, about 50 to 75 men by themselves, men…