1948 CHEVY
THE DON SPRINKLE ESTATE
by Bill Ramsey
9 Eller Ford Road
Weaverville, North Carolina
1-828-252-0406
photo credit: © 2015 Bill Ramsey
Wednesday
ALABAMA ON THE 2ND
1949 CADILLAC
ANTIQUE CARS
by Shane Albright
1380 County Road 61
Florence, Alabama
1-256-757-8898
photo credit: © 2015 Shane Albright
PENNSYLVANIA ON THE 2ND
THE WILLIAM SHOWERS ESTATE
by Hassinger & Courtney
61 Mopar Drive
West Milton, Pennsylvania
1-507-658-3536
MINNESOTA ON THE 2ND
LARGE CLASSIC TRACTOR
by Aasness
520 State Highway 106
Deer Creek, Minnesota
1-218-998-4454
photo credit: © 2015 Aasness
GEORGIA ON THE 2ND
1930 FORD
PEACH CLASSIC
by Peach
660 Peavy Road
Byron, Georgia
1-855-607-6511
photo credit: © 2015 Peach
WISCONSIN ON THE 2ND
FORD COLLECTOR CARS
by van der Brink
N4186 County Road East
Hustisford, Wisconsin
1-605-201-7005
photo credit: © 2015 van der Brink
TEXAS ON THE 2ND
THE PAUL AND CHRIS ANDREWS COLLECTION
by RM / Sotheby's
Andrews Collection
8400 W. Freeway
Fort Worth, Texas
1-519-352-4575
Tuesday
CANADA ON THE FIRST OF MAY
1984 MERCEDES BENZ 500SL
TORONTO SPRING CLASSIC CAR AUCTION
by CCP
International Centre
Mississauga, Ontario
Canada
1-416-923-7500
photo credit: © 2015 Classic Car Productions
SPECIAL OF THE WEEK
1929 FORD
1929 Model A Sport Coupe Car has a rumble seat. Back window opens to allow for conversation between those in the back and those in the car. Located in Cambridge, MN but might be able to be a bit flexible as car is in an enclosed trailer. $10,999 includes the luggage rack, dual side mounts, radiator stone guard, quale radiator cap, good tires, and title. Drive it home today! This car has been in the family a long time. Lots of good memories. Now its time for you to make memories with her.
Located in Minnesota........1-651-214-1459
photo and text credit: © 2015 Hemmings
Monday
INDYCAR IN ALABAMA
SCOTT DIXON, 3RD - JOSEF NEWGARDEN, 1ST - GRAHAM RAHAL, 2ND
This is one of my favorite tracks. I was bemoaning the fact that it became a single file race so quickly, but it was an interesting race anyway. Josef Newgarden won his first race with his new team, Hartman-Carpenter-Fisher. They are my favorite team over all this year, but only as a team. Graham Rahal came in second and it was another one of those stories that if the race had only been a little bit longer. He was hot on the tail of Newgarden. Third went to last week's winner, Scott Dixon.
Tony Kanaan ended up in 13th, Juan Pablo Montoya ended up in 14th and Takuma Sato in 17th. Not a happy day for those three.
Tony Kanaan ended up in 13th, Juan Pablo Montoya ended up in 14th and Takuma Sato in 17th. Not a happy day for those three.
photo credit: © 2015 crash.net
video credit: © 2015 youtube.com
Thursday
ENGLAND ON THE 26TH
1929 LEVIS
THE STAFFORD SPRING SALE
by Bonhams
The Staffordshire County Grounds
Stafford
United Kingdom
+44 (0) 20 7447 7448
photo credit: © 2015 bonhams 1793
NOTICE:
DUE TO THE LARGE AMOUNT OF AUCTIONS ON APRIL 25TH
THE
POSTING ABOUT THEM ARE SPREAD OUT OVER THE NEXT TWO PAGES
ENGLAND ON THE 25TH
CLASSIC CARS AND MOTORCYCLES
by Mathewson's
Mathewson's Museum
North Yorkshire
United Kingdom
+44 (0) 1751 474 455
PENNSYLVANIA ON THE 25TH
1951 FORD
CAR PICKERS DREAM
by Hurley
7482 Lincoln Way West
St. Thomas, Pennsylvania
1-717-597-9100
photo credit: © 2015 Hurley
ALABAMA ON THE 25TH
THE RAY WHITE ESTATE
by Shane Albright
12531 Alabama State Highway 157
Vinemont, Alabama
1-256-757-8898
NEW YORK ON THE 25TH
NEW YORK BARN FINDS ANTIQUE AND CLASSIC AUTOMOBILE AUCTION
by Estate of Mind
Orange County Fair Speedway Arena
Middletown, New York
1-845-386-4403
NORTH CAROLINA ON THE 25TH
1939 PONTIAC
LIQUIDATION FOR RONALD REVELS
by Michael Rogers
13559 U.S. 301 North
St. Pauls, North Carolina
1-919-545-0412
photo credit: © 2015 Michael Rogers
SWITZERLAND ON THE 25TH
1959 CHEVY
CLASSIC CARS AND MOTORCYCLES
by The Swiss Auctioneers
Old Timer Galerie
Toffen, Switzerland
+ 41 (0) 31 819 61 61
photo credit: © 2015 The Swiss Auctioneers
COLORADO ON THE 25TH
1965 MUSTANG
DENVER IN THE SPRING
by SAAAS
Specialty Auto Auctions
Brighton, Colorado
1-970-266-9561
photo credit: © 2015 SAAAS
FLORIDA ON THE 25TH
1963 SABRA SPORT
APRIL 2015
by The Miami Auction Center
The Miami Auction Center
North Miami, Florida
1-888-974-1501
photo credit: © 2015 The Miami Auction Center
ENGLAND ON THE 25TH
1938 ROYAL ENFIELD KX
CAMBRIDGE VINTAGE SALE
by Cheffins
The Machinery Saleground
Ely, Cambridgeshire
United Kingdom
+44 (0) 1223 213 777
photo credit: © 2015 Cheffins
TEXAS ON THE 25TH
HOUSTON CLASSIC
by Worldwide
La Torretta Lake Resort & Spa
Montgomery, Texas
1-800-990-6789
NEVADA ON THE 25TH
1948 PONTIAC
AUTOMOBILE AUCTION
by Morphy
4520 Arville Road
Las Vegas, Nevada
1-717-335-3435
photo credit: © 2015 Morphy
LEO GEPHART........1929 - 2015
LEO GEPHART
He certainly wasn’t the first person to recognize the collectibility of old cars, but Leo Gephart did help lay many of the stones in the foundation of the collector car hobby as it exists today, leading many to mourn his death last week at the age of 85.
Born in 1929 on a farm near Sidney, Ohio, Gephart started working on old cars – including his first, a 1932 Ford roadster – as a teenager during World War II, and through his family’s acquaintance with Charles Kettering, soon became involved with the Antique Automobile Club of America. After a stint in the Air Force in his early 20s, Gephart returned to Ohio in the early 1950s, got a car dealer license, and began to sell new Studebakers.
At the same time, though, he also started buying and selling those older cars increasingly being recognized as classics (or Classics, depending on the definition) and took a keen interest in Duesenbergs. He sourced old cars from estate sales, used car auctions, and through word of mouth, but during the 1960s developed another method of buying and selling collector cars.
“He realized that if collectors would travel from state to state looking for old cars at estate sales, a lot of collectors could be expected to show up if a huge number of cars was gathered for sale in one place,” Jim Donnelly wrote in his profile of Gephart for the May 2008 issue of Hemmings Classic Car.
So Gephart, prodded on by the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Club, approached Russell Kruse with the idea of transforming the Kruse family’s longtime construction equipment auction business into a collector car auction business. Kruse held the first such auction in 1971 behind a Dairy Queen in Auburn, Indiana. Kruse subsequently grew the business into one of the world’s largest, helping establish Labor Day in Auburn as one of the anchors on the collector car calendar. RM Auctions – now RM Sotheby’s – bought the business and the auction park from Dean Kruse in 2010 and today operates it under the Auctions America banner.
That same year, Gephart approached a pair of car show organizers in Scottsdale, Arizona – Tom Barrett and Russ Jackson, the former Gephart had known from a Cadillac V-16 transaction – and convinced them to also put together a large-scale collector car auction in Scottsdale. Though Scottsdale isn’t a town rich in automotive history like Auburn, it does at least offer a preferable winter climate, one that attracted and continues to attract the same sorts of people likely to buy and sell collector cars. Barrett-Jackson has remained in Scottsdale and grown over the years to bring in bidders from all over the world, to inspire other auction houses to conduct their own sales during the same week in January, and to attract live television coverage.
“I grew up with Leo,” Craig Jackson said in a statement on Barrett-Jackson’s website. “He was an innovator and a visionary whose legacy will remain for years to come. He will be missed.”
Along the way, Gephart essentially founded two ancillary industries. He started Frosty’s Delivery Services, a car transport company that specialized in collector cars, which he later sold to Robert Pass (who renamed it Passport Transport), and which has since become a subsidiary of FedEx. And he became one of the first people involved in collector cars to offer appraisals on older cars to determine their market value.
“He was one of the three kings of the collector car trade,” said concept car collector Joe Bortz, who had known Gephart for decades. “Along with Tiny Gould and Bob Adams in Wisconsin, they were the guys who made the hobby what it is today.”
Gephart himself relocated his business to Scottsdale around 1981 and in later years he operated his own auctions and even partnered with other collector car dealers in the area to start an auto museum, though none of those ventures ultimately panned out. In about 2012, citing failing health, he scaled back his collector car business. The phones at the business have since been disconnected.
photo credit: © 2015 Richard Lentinello / Hemmings
text credit: © 2015 Daniel Strohl / Hemmings
OREGON ON THE 24TH
1955 WILLYS JEEP
PORTLAND SPRING AUCTION
featuring The Phillip Lovingfoss Collection
featuring The Phillip Lovingfoss Collection
by Silver
Expo Center
Portland, Oregon
1-800-255-4485
photo credit: © 2015 Silver
Tuesday
MISSOURI ON THE 23RD
KANSAS CITY
featuring The Ron Deffenbaugh Collection
by Mecum
Kansas City Convention Center
Kansas City, Missouri
1-262-275-5050
PENNSYLVANIA ON THE 23RD
1937 CHEVY
SPRING CARLISLE
by Carlisle Events
Carlisle Expo Center
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
1-717-243-7855
photo credit: © 2015 Carlisle Events
COLORADO ON THE 22ND
1930 CHEVY
ESTATE AUCTION
by Dickensheet
16522 East Easter Way
Foxfield, Colorado
1-303-934-8322
photo credit: © 2015 Dickensheet
ENGLAND ON THE 21ST
1979 LAND ROVER SERIES III
CCA APRIL 2015 CLASSIC CAR SALE
by CCA
Silverstone Circuit
International Pits
Towcester, Northamptonshire
United Kingdom
+44 (0) 1926 640 888
photo credit: © 2015 CCA
SPECIAL OF THE WEEK
1929 FORD MODEL A
1929 Ford Model A Tudor sedan,an excellent restoration,off the frame,completed some time ago,but still presenting very well.Looks,runs,and drives first rate.
Located in Maine........1-207-865-6269
photo and text credit: © 2015 Hemmings
Monday
ENGLAND ON THE 20TH
1934 ROLLS ROYCE 20/25
CLASSIC COLLECTOR AND SPORTS CAR AUCTION
by Barons
Sandown Park
Esher Hall
Esher, Surrey
United Kingdom
+44 (0) 8454 30 60 60
photo credit: © 2015 Barons
INDYCAR IN CALIFORNIA
My favorites, Tony Kanaan and Takuma Sato came in 5th and 18th. I don't know what is going on with Sato or his car, but he is having a very rough season.
photo credit: © 2015 Alex Gallardo
video credit: © 2015 youtube.com
video credit: © 2015 youtube.com
FORMULA ONE IN BAHRAIN
Felipe Massa came in 10th after having a 'no start' on the parade lap which meant he had to start at the rear of the pack. Nico Hulkenberg came in 13th and poor Jensen Bottom did not even get to start.
photo credit: © 2015 Luca Bruno
Thursday
PENNSYLVANIA ON THE 19TH
CLASSIC CARS
by Dennis Wagner
15 North 5th Street
Shartlesville, Pennsylvania
1-610-741-3828
NORTH CAROLINA ON THE 18TH
ESTATE AUCTION
by Wester
Harrells Raceway
3030 Buckhorn Road
Harrells, North Carolina
1-919-422-5679
GEORGIA ON THE 18TH
CLASSIC CARS & TRUCKS
by FSA
Atlanta Motor Raceway
Hampton, Georgia
1-770-781-2065
1-404-876-1048
GERMANY ON THE 18TH
1949 ALFA ROMEO 6C 2500S
TECHNO CLASSICA
by COYS
Hall 11 Gallery
Messe, Essen
Germany
+44 (0) 208 614 7888
+49 (0) 621 412 004
photo credit: © 2015 COYS
Wednesday
FLORIDA ON THE 17TH
1948 LINCOLN
PALM BEACH 2015
by Barrett-Jackson
South Florida Fairgrounds
West Palm Beach, Florida
1-480-421-6694
photo credit: © 2015 Barrett-Jackson
TEXAS ON THE 17TH
1923 FORD T
DALLAS SPRING 2015
by Leake
Dallas Market Hall
Dallas, Texas
1-800-722-9942
photo credit: © 2015 Leake Car
MISSOURI ON THE 17TH
SPRING 2015
by Branson
Branson Convention Center
Branson, Missouri
1-800-365-3063
Tuesday
ENGLAND ON THE 15TH
1955 MATCHLESS CLUBMAN
IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM AUCTION
by H & H
Imperial War Museum
Duxford
United Kingdom
+44 (0) 8458 33 44 55
photo credit: © 2015 H & H
SPECIAL OF THE WEEK
1939 FORD
GREAT OLD STOCK 39 DELUXE SEDAN. FACTORY FLATHEAD, FLOORSHIFT, RADIO, HEATER, CLOCK, TRIM RINGS, FOGLIGHTS, JUST ABOUT EVERY OPTION . GREAT DRIVER. PAINTED IN 1970, STILL PRETTY GOOD. COMPLETE NEW STOCK STYLE INTERIOR AND NEW FLOORING AND TRUNK MAT. 600-16 FORD SCRIPT WWW'S. NO RUST EVER. COULD BE RESTORED TO SHOW, BUT ITS NICE JUST AS IT IS, LOTS OF FUN.
Located in Florida.........1-813-610-1344
photo and text credit: © 2015 Hemmings
Monday
INDYCAR IN LOUISIANA
JAMES HINCHCLIFFE, THE WINNER
This proves that a win is a win on paper. This race, and practices and qualifying, all had rain problems. Even though there wasn't much rain during the race the track was full of water as was the surrounding land...er, marshland. I feel that Montoya was going to be the winner, but when the first four or five places got caught out during a caution flag that all changed. After that happened they never really had a chance to race again. James Hinchcliffe was the winner, first win since October 2013. Helio Castroneves came in second and James Jakes was third.
Favorites Tony Kanaan and Takuma Sato finished in 6th place and Sato did not finish running only 8 laps. I probably should add Juan Pablo Montoya to my favorite list after the way I heard the announcers and my 'nay' saying friends talk about him. They better start paying attention, this man can drive the pants off of anybody. Today he ended in 5th under the caution flag.
photo credit: © 2015 crash.net
video credit: © 2015 youtube.com
video credit: © 2015 youtube.com
FORMULA ONE IN CHINA
NICO ROSBERG, 2ND - LEWIS HAMILTON, 1ST - SEBASTIAN VETTEL, 3RD
I really hate it when a race gets strung out in 'follow the leader' fashion. Formula One is quite often guilty of that. It is a snoozer, no real race. Lewis Hamilton was the winner followed by his teammate Nico Rosberg. A happy Sebastian Vettel came in third.
Of my current favorites, mostly for the way they have been treated lately by the sport, are Felipi Massa, Nico Hulkenberg and I guess I have to throw in Jensen Button. Massa, driving for Williams, ended up in a solid 5th. Jensen Button, driving for McLaren, ended up in 14th. It had been 13th, but he was given a 5 second penalty for causing an accident. Hulkenberg, driving for Force India, did not finish.
photo credit: © 2015 totalsportek.com
Thursday
MISSOURI ON THE 11TH
CLASSIC MUSCLE AUTOMOBILES
by Melton
4680 South Farm Road 135
Springfield, Missouri
1-417-830-0153
OHIO ON THE 11TH
1924 FORD MODEL T
MYERS ESTATE AUCTION
by Walton Realty
15686 CH 115
Upper Sandusky, Ohio
1-419-294-0007
photo credit: © 2015 Walton Realty
FLORIDA ON THE 11TH
THE ROBERT KOEPKE COLLECTION
by van der Brink
875 Buffalo Road
Titusville, Florida
1-605-201-7005
video credit: © 2015 van der Brink
PENNSYLVANIA ON THE 11TH
CLASSIC CAR AUCTION
by Mark Ferry
Westmoreland County Fairgrounds
4-H Building
Greensburg, Pennsylvania
1-724-423-5580
Tuesday
IOWA ON THE 10TH
DAVENPORT
featuring The Mike White John Deere Collection
The Daniel Musil Collection
The J & S John Deere Collection
The Factory Narrow Front Muscle Collection
by Mecum
Mississippi Valley Fair Center
Davenport, Iowa
1-262-275-5050
FLORIDA ON THE 10TH
1947 KURTIS COMET
GULF COAST CLASSIC
by Premier Auction Group
Muscle Car City Museum
Punta Gorda, Florida
1-844-5WE-SELL
photo credit: © 2015 Premier Auction Group
NORTH CAROLINA ON THE 9TH
1967 SHELBY 350 GT
SPRING FLING
by Tom Mack
Cabarrus County Events Center
Charlotte, North Carolina
1-888-TOM-MACK
photo credit: © 2015 Tom Mack
TEXAS ON THE 9TH
HOUSTON 2015
featuring The Charlie Thomas Collection
The Tom Goodell Estate Collection
The Ed Pace Collection
by Mecum
NRG Center
Houston, Texas
1-262-275-5050
Sunday
FORMULA E IN THE UNITED STATES (WEST COAST)
It is hard getting used to these cars, so quiet, short races.....is this the new face of racing? Quite fast and sleek, good thing or you would be fast asleep. That being said,over 20,000 people showed up for the race. The series has had six different winners so far, now I like that. Nelson Piquet won his first race in the series at the same place that his dad won his first Formula One race in 1980.
photo credit: © 2015 FIA Formula E
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