The 1962 Checker Marathon Dallas Taxi Cab, believed to have been hailed by Lee Harvey Oswald immediately after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, is one of the cars to be auctioned this weekend.
Once regarded as one of the foremost tourist attractions in the Southwest, the Pate Museum of Transportation officially comes to an end this weekend with the auctioning of the Pate Collection in Cresson, Texas.
RM Auctions is handling the sale, which will be held this Saturday, June 5, at the Museum.
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Griot's garage Named Official Car Care Product provider of THE PETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM
(LOS ANGELES, June 3, 2010) Effective June 1, 2010, Griot's Garage became the Official Car Care Product Provider of the Petersen Automotive Museum. Based in Tacoma, Washington, Griot's Garage is the brainchild of Founder, CEO, and certified automotive enthusiast, Richard Griot back in 1988 when he wasn't satisfied with the car care products available on the market at that time.
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See AUTOMOBILES AND FASHION INTERSECT AT THE PETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM Automotivated: Streamlined Fashion and Automobiles opens July 24, 2010
1937 Delage D8-120 and 1938 Bergdorf Goodman evening dress
Image courtesy of the Petersen Automotive Museum & Phoenix Art Museum
(LOS ANGELES, June 1, 2010) More attention has been devoted to the design of apparel and automobiles than to any other objects. To celebrate this important link, The Petersen Automotive Museum and Phoenix Art Museum have collaborated on a new exhibit opening at the Petersen on Saturday, July 24, 2010.
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Ralph Allen Massey developed an interest in art after visiting the Detroit Art Museum where he was impressed by the Greco-Roman marble statues and a bronze reproduction of Rodin’s Thinker. He went on to graduate from Wilbur Wright Vocational High School in Detroit, Michigan where he studied to be a machinist. Massey later spent four years in the United States Navy then settled in Southern California,
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Sacramento, CA----The California Automobile Museum’s newest exhibit will feature cars that were created in California but have been celebrated in movies, songs and popular culture across the country and around the world for a half-century.
The exhibit, Drive Fast, Take Chances: Birth of the Hot Rod is sponsored by So-Cal Speed Shop, Sacramento opens April 10 and runs through July 5. It explores the hot rod culture that grew out of the dry lakebeds of California in the post-World War II years and ultimately spread to drag strips and back roads
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Major Indianapolis Collector Selling 70 Muscle, Classic Cars from 1950s, 60s and 70s
Marengo, IL - May 6, 2010 --
Ray Skillman, one of the Indianapolis-area's largest and longest-operating automobile retailers, has chosen Dana Mecum's 23rd Original Spring Classic Auction, held May 19-23 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, to sell 70 vehicles from his impressive collection of 1950s, '60sand '70s American muscle and classic cars.
"As a friend and fellow car enthusiast, Dana and his friendly staff are an ideal team to help me adjust my collection, and their auctions offer a fun, welcoming environment for both buyers and sellers," said Owner Ray Skillman.
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On Sale at Original Spring Classic Auction in Indianapolis Marengo, IL - May 3, 2010 --
MARENGO, Ill. - Mecum Collector Car Auctions has teamed up with GreenLight Collectibles, a die-cast car manufacturer based in Indianapolis, Ind., to produce 1:64 scale replicas of select high-profile automobiles sold across the Mecum Auction block. The limited-edition replica vehicles will be available for sale during Dana Mecum's 23rd Original Spring Classic Auction, May 19-23, 2010, at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.
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Charlie's Angels Race Cars, '69 Mercedes-Benz from "The Hangover" Up For Sale
At Mecum's Original Spring Classic Auction
Marengo, IL - May 11, 2010 -- Automobiles have long been a vital element on the big screen, even serving a starring role in movies and television series from time to time. Now, Mecum Auctions is giving car lovers a chance to own some famous vehicles when they offer 61 cars from the Cinema Vehicle Services Collection at the 23rd Original Spring Classic Auction, May 19-23, 2010, at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.
HERSHEY, PA, May 6, 2010 - A different kind of horsepower will be celebrated in Louisville, Kentucky, home of the Kentucky Derby, when the Antique Automobile Club of America comes to Louisville to commemorate its 75th Diamond Jubilee Anniversary, June 30 - July 3, 2010. A world-class array of automotive history represented by over 600 cars from the years 1835 through 1985 will be on display. Such rare gems as the 1909 Sears, 1916 Milburn and 1929 Essex will be among them.
The Artwork of Ralph Allen Massey Through November 7, 2010 Art Wall
Ralph Allen Massey’s current series, entitled Information Art, is a reflection of the barrage of random, unrelated images generated by all forms of media with which society is assaulted daily. Massey groups the images into modules to emphasize that the compositions are indeed both arbitrary and unrelated, then overlaps the images to further play down their priority or relative importance. Massey believes that, like the trends in automotive design, art is a continuum with exciting new developments just around the corner.
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