A high school buddy used to be a “junior” curator at the 500 Speedway museum. He talked about how they were really picky about donations of cars, no matter what they were, because they almost always came with some sort of demands or requirements from the owner. Things like how they would be displayed, whether or not the museum could sell them in the future, etc., etc. He said that in some cases when they accepted donations of multiple vehicles it could get dicey, because some could be real clunkers requiring substantial restoration ($$$) that weren’t of much value or interest to the collection.
He’s not there any more, which is too bad, as he would be a good resource for the ones they’ve been actively auctioning off some of the collection from the “vault” (their underground storage garage that’s not part of the public view) on BaT of late. Too many cars, not enough space, storing and maintaining them costs money and takes away from the restoration and maintenance of cars that are more closely related to the subject of the museum. -D > On Dec 18, 2020, at 12:38 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Tucker's nephew thought it belonged in a museum, so he bought it and gave it > to a museum, which subsequently sold it back into the private market? > I bet if he gave it to Gilmore instead of Yipsy it'd still be in a museum. > > On 2020-12-18 11:03, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: >> of the genuine article on BAT. You could fool/impress many of your friends. >> https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1948-tucker-model-48-movie-car/ > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
