by Rick Tavel? 1-20-2013 All Rights Reserved Like so many of you I spent my Friday and Saturday with Barrett-Jackson closely watching the best of over 1400 cars that were being auctioned during the week and trying to determine just how much better the collector car market has become since the 2008 economic crash. If […] More »

by Rick Tavel? 1-22-2013 All Rights Reserved As the 2013 Scottsdale auctions wrap up it is more than obvious that the collector car market has made a complete and remarkable recovery from the devastating downturn of a few years ago.  James Knight, Bonhams Group Motoring Director, commenting on his company’s exemplary results said, ?It was […] More »

by Rick Tavel  ? 1-16-13 All Rights Reserved  One13thirteen has come and gone, and the unveiling Chevrolet promised was everything that loyal Corvette enthusiasts expected. Though the final design was no real surprise to those who’ve have been following it closely for more than a year. The renderings of the 2014 Corvette C7 from Jalopnik, […] More »

The King Is Dead, Long Live the King by Rick Tavel Ⓒ 1-3-2012 All rights reserved. Do not use without expressed written consent. There’s more than a few “Corvetters” over the top with excitement about 1-13-13. I admit that I am one of them. I mean, really, what do you expect? We’ve been conditioned over six […] More »

Exterior of the Woodward Warehouse The King of Clubs – The Woodward Warehouse? By Rick Tavel © December 18, 2012 All Rights Reserved What do you do when you own six collectable Corvettes, nine other collector cars and your garage at home is already filled with your daily drivers? Like most enthusiasts who have more […] More »

The Corvette Enthusiast’s Night Before Christmas By Rick Tavel © 2012 All Rights Reserved Twas the night before Christmas, and in the garage Was a brand new C7, engineered by Tadge! It’d been years in the making, and soon would be shown To frustrated enthusiasts who had started to moan! He kept it all covered, […] More »

by Rick TavelCorvetteBlogger.com As many of you probably realize, preparations for Barrett-Jackson’s world famous January collector car auction are already underway in Scottsdale, Arizona. This year’s auction is January 13 through 20. The magnitude of this auction requires Craig Jackson and his team to begin preparing for their flagship Scottsdale auction almost a year in advance. […] More »