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Mecum Dallas auction will be held, despite floodings

Mecum Dallas auction will be held, despite floodings

August 31, 2017

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Despite the floodings in southeast Texas, the Mecum Dallas 2017 auction will still be held on September 6 – 9 at Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. The auction house announces this on their website. “Our hearts go out to all of those recently impacted by the disastrous flooding experienced in and

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A heroic failure: the Australian Leyland P76 V8

Posted: January 22, 2020

British Leyland was already in big trouble when they decided to design a full-size saloon car for the Australian market. And guess what? It was even a pretty good car. But still, production stopped within two years. In the 1960s and ‘70’s the Australian car market was dominated by the large cars, like the Ford […]

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Coutts Index: value of classic cars is down again

Posted: September 15, 2017

According to Coutts Index, the value of classic cars has gone down by more than 10% over 2016. That is the second consecutive year that classic cars go down. On the other side of the spectrum, both rare musical instruments and fine wines have gone up. The British Coutts Bank has a clientele of rich […]

Dutch De Rijke museum selling 364 vehicles

Posted: September 21, 2017

The contents of the De Rijke Museum in Oostvoorne, Netherlands, are to be auctioned in November. All vehicles are now available to see on the auctioneer’s website. The De Rijke Museum was founded by Cees de Rijke, a Dutch entrepreneur and owner of a transport company. After his death in 2015, the family decided to […]

Daughter Tiffany takes over Dan Kruse’s auction house

Posted: September 4, 2019

A family take-over in Texas, USA: Tiffany Kruse starts her own auction house Republic Auctions. She more or less takes over from her dad, who has managed Dan Kruse Classics since 1972. San Antonio based Dan Kruse Classics has been one of the premier classic car auction houses, the business started as early as 1972. […]