Friday night I took Stickers to the first annual Autobahn Night in the Concours d’Elegance of America at St. John’s parking lot. It was a sponsored event for German cars only. Parking was free, a can of beer was $5 bucks. I actually found the beer price to be reasonable, what’s wrong with me. It was a great event. One, because I love me some German cars but two because we got to preview the RM Auctions with no crowds.
In the art room, we met up with Tom Hale. I’ve grown to love his work which I’ve seen at Pebble Beach many times. In fact, he painted the 2005 Pebble Beach artwork that appeared on everything from brochures to jewelery boxes. The painting bottom right I dug, the 1930 Mercedes-Benz SSK “Count Trossi” from Ralph Lauren’s collection. I asked him the layaway plan. We “shook” on $10 bucks a month which after 20 years gets me about 1/2 way to asking price.
Scott Walters aka Uncle Walty
Most importantly, did you get to meet Max Girardo?
Groosh
No high fives with Max. He is definitely one of my favorite guys to listen to these days. He’s always so smiley.
Scott Walters
Only a couple of weeks until the Pebble auctions. Gooding has a Marlboro White McLaren F1 estimated to sell at $12-14M. I’ll be watching the live streams of them and RM for sure.