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Classicnotes – June 2014

• RM Auctions posted its most successful Amelia Island sale to date, generating $35,947,500 of total sales, with 97 percent of all lots sold. Top lot of the sale was the late Malcolm Pray’s 1937 Delahaye 135 Competition Court Torpedo Roadster selling for a world auction record $6,600,000.

• The second annual 10,000 Lakes Concours d’Elegance anticipates a record show field when more than 120 rare and historic automobiles and boats pull into place along Excelsior Bay, on Minnesota’s Lake Minnetonka, Sunday, June 1, 2014. For more details visit 10000lakesconcours.com.

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Steve Natale has been playing with cars ever since he was old enough to first hold a matchbox car in his hand. A lifelong enthusiast of anything old with an engine in it or wheels on it, Steve has been active in the hobby for over 35 years. Currently he owns a successful marketing company with his wife Mary, is an automotive photographer, blogger and writer for several automotive magazines and regular contributor to various automotive websites. Steve has attended vintage car events and visited car museums and collections around the world.
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