Originally Posted by Odin
Hi Tim,
to keep the cars running, it's a problem, each Museum has to deal with.
I Think the good thing of the ex Kauss Collection was, that you could directly compare different cars, side by side, that people could find out, which cars where competitors, in the same period. In a Museum, one can learn a lot.
This was destroyed by the new owner. Thats the sad thing.
We all recieve better pics, of these cars now, we recieve information, some true, some fake and maybe we will see the cars soon in Pebble Beach Show condition, but is this neccesary, I believe a racing car with scars looks better.
At the last Retromobile Louwman was still selling cars of the collection, maybe he will earn Millions, or will have the remaining cars for free, but money is not everything and most cars will be spread around the world in private collections and public will not see them for a long time.
Look at the Miles Collier Collection, it's not open for the public, if you are able to see the cars, you can't take pics, this is for me a lost treasure.
Same happened to the Bardinon Collection, at last Bardinon sold most of the cars in recent years, but before, it was impossible to see them.
So I prefer cars not in perfect condition in a Museum, if I would like to see different Figoni bodied cars, where I have to go now, to see them?
Regards
Jörg
|