Cars As Art: The Dragone Classic Car Auction on May 31 in Connecticut

 

 

 

1913 Broc ($30,000 to $35,000)

Dragone Auctions in Westport, Connecticut has the biggest auction of classic cars each Spring. You will be able to view the cars on Thursday (May 30) and the auction begins at 4PM on Friday (May 31). The cars up for sale this year are some real beauties and rarely seen. Here are some of my favorites:

1910 Humber ($70,000 to $95,000)

1916 Locomobile ($250,000 to $300,000)

1927 Rolls-Royce ($250,000 to $300,000)

1929 Chrysler ($50,000 to $60,000)

1931 Cadillac ($165,000 to $200,000)

1934 Duesenberg ($1,500,000 to $2,000,000)

1937 Cord ($200,000 to $225,000)

1940 Lincoln Continental Convertible ($65,000 to $75,000)

SEE MORE CARS AT THE AUCTION AND MORE PHOTOGRAPHS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE ABOVE CARS>>>>

 

Cars As Art: The Wonderful Psychedelic Trucks Of Pakistan!

 

 

Image you are tourist in Pakistan and you go for a drive into the countryside. You are a little stoned and coming toward you is a line of psychedelic trucks! You swear off weed forever! Foreign Policy has a pictorial of these famous trucks. Take a look and think about going out into your driveway and starting painting on your pickup and car! Time to liven up the American highway system!

Cars As Art: Stars Of The New York Auto Show

 

 

 

2014 Hyundai HCD Geneis Concept

New York City's huge annual auto show was recently held at the Jacob Javits Convention Center. From this event, emerged some real new 'stars'. The debuts were mostly in the high end price range but even such models as the Toyota Highlander and Jeep Cherokee got new make-overs. Do you have a particular favorite?

2014 Cadillac CTS

2014 Toyota Highlander

2014 Range Rover 

2014 Dodge Viper

2014 Bentley Flying Spur

2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Cars as Art: This Year's Amelia Island Car Auction

 

 

 

1949 Jaguar XK120 Alloy Roadster 

The biggest car auction on the East Coast takes place this week. Head to Amelia Island in Florida and pick up one of these gems. The Tucker and Alfa Romeo go for almost two million dollars! Amazingly we still do not have a National Car Museum in Washington, D.C. given this country's history with the automobile! Clearly some of these beauties should be saved for future generations. Which is your favorite?

1948 Tucker 48

1958 Mercedes-Benz 6C 2500 300SL Roadster

1959 Porsche 356A 1600

1965 Shelby 289 Cobra

Cars As Art: Huge Paris Retromobile Show Of Classic Cars

 

In early February before the major Bonham's auction, Paris held a "Retromobile Show' showcasing some of the finest cars and motorcycles. Among the cars to be auctioned and on show were some real classics. You can click here to see more and descriptions of the one's shown here.

Cars As Art: Million Dollar or More Classic Cars!

 

1914 Mercedes Open Face Town Car ($962,000)

For automobile aficionados, the Barrett-Jackson Auction in Scottsdale, Arizona is the Super Bowl for classic cars. This year there were fifty cars on the auction block and not all of them sold. The time is here for someone to create a National Transportation Museum in Washington, D.C. My guess is that the attendance at such a museum would be huge. Here are some of my favorites million dollar plus cars!

1949 Delahaye 175 ($1.21 Million)

1929 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A SS ($1.32 Million)

1934 Dusenburg ($1.43 Million)

1955 Mercedez-Benz 300 SL Gullwing Coupe ($2.4 Million)

1947 Talbot-Lago T-26 Grand Sport ($2.04 Million)

Cars As Art: Classic Corvette's

 

 

1954 Corvette

One of America's great love affairs has been with Chevrolet's Corvette. Originally designed to break into the foreign sport car market. For years it was, especially for young American males, the idea car to own. Wikipedia does a nice entry around the Corvette:

"The Chevrolet Corvette is a sports car by the Chevrolet division of General Motors (GM) that has been produced in six generations. The first model, a convertible, was designed by Harley Earl and introduced at the GM Motorama in 1953 as a concept show car. Myron Scott is credited for naming the car after the type of small, maneuverable warship called a corvette Originally built in Flint, Michigan and St. Louis, Missouri, the Corvette is currently manufactured in Bowling Green, Kentucky and is the official sports car of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The National Corvette Museum documents the car's worldwide history, hosts exhibits, tours and the annual anniversary celebrations"

Read more here......

1958 Corvette

1960 Corvette

1963 Corvette

1973 Corvette

1984 Corvette

2012 Corvette

Cars As Art: Classic Lincoln's

 

 

In today's word when you think of Lincoln you think of the Lincoln Town Car used by most limousine companies. In fact, that classic is in the process of been eliminated over the next years. Increasingly the modern Cadillac is taking over the car and driver business.

Ironically, for years Lincoln and Cadillac were locked in the battle to be the luxury car for Americans. Ford promoted Lincoln and Cadillac was the pride of General Motors. Here are some wonderful shots of classic Lincoln's. Enjoy! 

Cars As Art: 1920's Classic Cars

 

 

1920 Stutz Series H Bearcat

The 1920's gave us some of the most beautiful classic cars. It was the transition period from the bland and practical Model T to the stunningly beautiful and luxurious road machines. Enjoy.

1923 Dusenberg

1920 Revere

1929 Packard

Cars As Art: The $1.9 Million RV!

 

 

MailOnline features a $1.9 million recreational vehicle (RV) that includes room underneath to store your Lamborghini! The RV is 40 feet long and leaves you yearning for nothing. Although driving one of these huge homes on wheels would scare me to death, it would be so much fun to travel the United States for a year and write a book about the people you meet!

You can have the RV made to order and it takes a year to build. Every modern convenience is included in this luxury dream. Place your order today and take me along!