The private car collection of Lee Roy Hartung was auctioned off

1936 Lincoln Zephyr custom sedan has an unusual dual nose and shows 19,600 miles on the odometer.
Credit: Tudor Van Hampton for The New York Times
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/31/piece-by-piece-the-hartung-collection-is-dismantled/

The eclectic Lee Roy Hartung Collection of automobiles, motorcycles and memorabilia was gathered over the past 50 years by the Chicago collector.

Mr. Hartung dealt in scrap metal, sold used cars and maintained a hauling business that aided his hobby. After a garage fire destroyed an antique bicycle collection, Mr. Hartung in 1972 built a 10,000-square-foot barn on his four-acre property and spent the next several decades stuffing it with treasures

Mr. Hartung operated the space as a museum by appointment only. In it, he stored about 80 cars, 40 motorcycles, 100 bicycles and thousands of pieces of automobilia. He had what experts called one of the most complete collections of license plates in the United States

A 1912 Harley-Davidson Single-Cylinder Belt Drive, believed to be among the best 1912 examples in the world, brought $115,000.
original bicycles were highlighted by a like-new 1934 Iver Johnson, an Elgin Bluebird and a Schwinn Aerocycle, which individually sold for $5,175 each.

Lee Hartung Collection Auctions America by RM – Top 10 Auction Results

1. 1911 Flying Merkel Twin Belt Drive – $201,250
2. 1950 Veritas BMW – $195,500

 The 1949 Veritas was built by BMW and bodied by Spohn, the German coachworks company. It was believed to have been sent back to Spohn in the ’50s to receive tail fins and other retrofits to echo General Motors’ 1951 LeSabre concept car.
 3. 1950 Edwards R-26 Roadster – $143,750
4. 1912 Harley-Davidson Single-Cylinder Belt Drive – $115,000
5. 1911 Pope Model H – $83,375
6. 1909 Sears – $66,125
7. 1938 Indian Four-Cylinder Rigid Frame – $64,400
8. 1926 Henderson Deluxe Fire Department Motorcycle – $63,250
9. 1915 Harley-Davidson Single-Cylinder Two-Speed – $57,500
10. 1904 Fabrique-Nationale Four-Cylinder Shaft Drive – $55,200
http://www.sportscardigest.com/lee-hartung-auctions-america-by-rm-auction-results/

Last of the private steam locomotive collections? Even had a Big Boy... the Blount collection

looks like a Big Boy http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/12/big-boy-used-coal-so-fast-that-shovels.html

In the late 50's a seafood company founder began collecting steam locomotives... can a guy collect anything bigger? Has anyone? I doubt it.

Anyway, he made a small tourist attraction and called it Steamtown, moved it a couple times but didn't get very close to any major cities... he stuck it in Vermont.

Anyway, he died in 1967, at the age of 47 and without setting up a modicum of management to keep the trains in good condition, so they were sold off, neglected, and falling apart. The company that ran the collection moved from Vermont to Scranton, PA in 1984 after about 20 years of barely surviving, and went bankrupt in 1986

Congress was quick to make it a national park, and the park service now runs the train attraction as a learning center about 1850 to 1950 steam locomotives.

Read a bit more about it from the souce of my info: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=6160936&postcount=20825

Sultan of Brunei collection

Aston Martin One-77 supercars, limited to just 77 examples, for $1.7 million apiece were just bought by an anonymous purchaser.

Now educated insiders are speculating that the Sultan of Brunei bought the cars to add to his multi-billion-dollar, 7,000-strong car collection, the world’s most expensive auto hoard.

According to Guinness World Records the Sultan’s collection includes over
600 Rolls-Royces,
more than 450 Ferraris,
570 Mercedes-Benzes,
380 Bentleys,
170 Porsches,
dozens of Koenigseggs,
and 20 Lamborghinis to name a few.

He owns several rare custom, one-off and concept cars, some worth tens of millions apiece, including a Ferrari Mythos, a Jaguar XJ220 by Pininfarina, a Bentley Java, a Bentley Dominator SUV, bespoke Rolls-Royce and Ferrari station wagons, a Porsche Carma and a Koenigsegg Agera.

In the '90s the royal family accounted for nearly 50-percent of all Rolls-Royces sold. The Sultan owns the racecars driven by each F1 world champion since the 1980 season.

Known for buying multiple models of supercars in order to have one in every color, he owns several McLaren F1s, six Ferrari FXXs, four Ferrari F40s and three Ferrari F50s. The Sultan, who’s worth an estimated $20 billion, stores the collection in five heavily-guarded airplane hangars and employs a team of mechanics and specialists to keep the cars in perfect working condition.
info from http://ultimate-luxury-community.com/

See a gallery of some of the cars at http://jalopnik.com/379855/a-garage-fit-for-a-king-the-best-of-the-sultan-of-bruneis-amazing-car-collection

LeMay museum finally had it's groundbreaking (2 years since I posted that it would happen)

http://hagertyblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/lemay-museum-groundbreaking-june-2010.html for the story and photo gallery. My first post didn't say much, just informative that it's supposed to become the largest in the world
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/03/if-you-live-near-seattle-you-might-want.html

New photo coverage of Jay Leno's collection

his motorcycle collection: http://big-diesel.blogspot.com/2009/08/harem-of-leno.html

his car collection: http://www.mensjournal.com/jay-lenos-time-machines

a couple new cars in his garage, http://www.moparmagazine.com/2008/sept-oct/another_mopar_for_lenos_collection and http://fuel-efficient-vehicles.org/energy-news/?p=892

The Peter Mullin auto museum, not open yet, but soon

Celebrating the art deco movement, the French Curves Collection exemplifies the zenith of the French automobile, including beautifully styled and amazingly engineered French-built cars covering several decades: Bugattis, Delages, Delahayes, Hispano Suizas, Talbot-Lagos and Voisins, many have won awards at concours d'elegance, and a number of the race cars have been past winners of historic races, such as the Grand Prix de Pau and Le Mans.

1421 Emerson Avenue

Oxnard, CA 93033

Previously the Otis Chandler museum, The museum is reopening as the Vintage Museum of Transportation, displaying the Peter Mullin Collection, including 12 Bugattis from the former Schlumpf collection ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandler_Vintage_Museum_of_Transportation_and_Wildlife

For dates and hours: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/02/mullins-museum-info-its-not-open-often.html

Something I bet the Shelby collectors have never heard of... the 33 1/3 rpm record of Carroll and a GT 500 racing around Riverside, in a model kit car

Rick Treworgy’s all GM collection in Punta Gorda Florida

I'd be happy to have a Coke or Pesi machine in my place like either of these two. Wonderful vending machines they had in the 50's and 60's!

There isn't a lot on the internet about this collection, and the best link is http://69.89.25.185/~trexsoft/t-rexsoftware.com/buzzandjackie/collection.htm thanks to Tony!

http://corvettesofnaplesfl.com/photogallery/RickTreworgy/index.htm and http://www.fastcoolcars.com/car-collection-1.htm are two others

Bruce Meyer, car guy, preserver of significant hot rods

Extra-ordinary car collector, one time chairman of the Peterson Automobile Museum, one of 15 people on the International Steering Committee for the Harold E. LeMay Museum, and preserver of historically significant cars....

some are the Pierson bros coupe,

the Greer, Black and Prudhomme dragster,

the Doane Spencer highboy roadster,

and the So-Cal Special bellytanker,

the Troy Ruttman Indy 500 car,

SWB Ferrari #12 that won Le Mans, and

a Mercedes once owned by Clark Gable

http://www.learner.org/courses/amerhistory/units/19/video/transcript.html

http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/collecting/2005/03/04/cz_ms_0304guide.html

Robert Lee's Museu de Caçapava, the lost museum

Above is the before.... below, the after

Above, before... below, after the 1964 Willy Capeta

"the photo above is the Willys Capeta, Soler design of the Hall for 1965 ... It looked like a mix of Willys Interlagos with DKW with Malzoni and Brasinca Uirapuru.Esse car was donated by Ford of Australia to be part of the acquis when The Museum was inaugurated ... the adhesive reflective of the team BINO, family Greco." from comments translated by Google

Robert Lee was assassinated by his wife, someone in high society with powerful friends, and it seems that the judge in the case absolved her due to "being taken by strong emotion" .

For the full gallery : http://74.125.93.104/translate_c?hl=en&sl=pt&u=http://picasaweb.google.com.br/lcorreard/MuseuDoAutomVelDeCaApava2008&prev=/search%3Fq%3DMuseu%2Bde%2BCa%25C3%25A7apava%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us&usg=ALkJrhg0dgoO2dpwZIOA6WJUxN-oREC2vQ#

Another gallery: http://www.autoclassic.com.br/galeria/museulee/album/index_2.htm#20

In Brazil, people are very angry with the authorities from Caçapava, that has let such a huge collection disappear. Nik at Carros Antigos has made all the news about that issue, including the other blogs and message boards where we are discussing that, listed here: http://carrosantigos.wordpress.com/2008/12/11/a-discussao-sobre-o-acervo-do-roberto-lee/

The Steven Juliano Collection, I'm betting it's the best collection of Mopar stuff anywhere.

For dozens of photos of the rarest Mopar automobilia, look all through http://www.stevenjuliano.com/home.htm . He collected 3 of the Rapid Transit System Caravan concept cars too! They were a huge hit at the 2000 Chyrslers at Carlisle http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/reader_rides/1267096.html?page=2

Thanks to Nick for letting me repost some of his websites photos, I'm very appreciative!

I learned of this collection at http://carrosantigos.wordpress.com/ who has an incredible cool variety of stuff!

Some of the amazing cars in the car collection of the Sultan of Brunei

http://jalopnik.com/379855/a-garage-fit-for-a-king-the-best-of-the-sultan-of-bruneis-amazing-car-collection

Via http://attuworld.com/category/cars/page/2

Photo Gallery of Nick Mason's race car collection

Pink Floyd guitarist and columnist for Octane magazine, he's not generally well known perhaps, but in the race car circles, he stands out. http://www.passionautomobile.com/retromobile/collection-nick-mason.html