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| BBC News
May 19, 2013
Lennon gave the guitar as a birthday present to his friend Alexis Mardas. The guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles was sold for $408,000 (269,000 pounds) at auction.
The custom-made instrument, built in 1966 by the VOX company, was bought by an unidentified US buyer in New York.
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| Home Buyer Age and Race Impacts Home and Garage Size Preference Robert "BC" Cross
Editor-at-Large
CarProperty.com A recent study from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) shows variations in home buyer preferences with regards to home size when it comes to age, race and ethnicity. Click here to read full article |  |
| Metro Area Home Price Growth Trend Continues in First Quarter Robert "BC" Cross
Editor-at-Large
CarProperty.com
Metropolitan area median home prices continued to rise in the first quarter, with the national gain showing the best year-over-year performance in over seven years .. Click here to read the full article |  |
| Agent’s for-sale sign references world’s oldest profession #madREskillz: 'i'm the only form of love you can buy legally,' reads a Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based agent's sign
Re-Print -- Inman News -- May 6, 2013 When 24-year-old Michael Burgess first became a real estate agent, he drove around the streets of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. to see how other agents were advertising their listings to passersby. Click here to read full article |  |
The Quail Motorcycle Gathering Returns to Monterey in 2013
Robert "BC" Cross
Editor-at-Large, CarProperty.com
Building on the success of its Automobile counterpart, The Quail Motorcycle Gathering will offer a spectacular display of classic sports and racing bikes .. Click here to see video, get more details and ticket information.
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Commemorative Poster for 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d' Elegance features: Ford Family Lincolns
Editor-at-Large
CarProperty.com
When Edsel B. Ford II came upon the 1956 Lincoln Continental MK II last year, he admired the long lines and elegant custom styling of the automobile, but he didn't immediately recognize it. Read about it here |  |
Banks are offering conventional loans with down payments below 10% again
April 2013
Editor-at-Large, CarProperty.com
In another sign of the housing market's brightening outlook, more home buyers are discovering conventional loans with down payments well below the 20% or higher levels of recent years. Read the full article here |  |
Hyundai Gets Glitzy with Equus Stretch Limo Designed by Hermes
Editor-at-Large, CarProperty.com
Hyundai unveiled a special edition limousine at the Seoul Motor Show recently that is designed in collaboration with Hermes French fashion house "Hermes". Click here to read the full article. Click here to see more pictures of this rare limousine.
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| Video: Duke Farms Eagle Fights Hawk to Defend it's Nest
In a battle between an apparently hungry hawk and an angry eagle, the hawk never stood a chance.
And it was over quickly.
The remarkable encounter was captured on video at Duke Farms, an estate garden in central New Jersey whose Eagle Cam has been keeping track of a bald eagle pair since 2008. Click here to watch this incredible video |  |
| Is Your Car Spying on You?
Click here for the full story on USAToday.com
Your car already collects a lot of data about your driving and may soon collect much more. If it's a recent model, has a fancy infotainment system or is equipped with toll-booth transponders or other units you brought into the car that can monitor your driving, your driving habits or destination could be open to the scrutiny of others.
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Ferrari LaFerrari hybrid debuts at Geneva motor show Hybrid supercar packs 963 hp
Editor-at-Large, CarProperty.com
The 963-hp hybrid is the fastest, most powerful and most expensive Ferrari model to date. It succeeds the Enzo. Click here to read the article, see more pictures and watch the first video of "The Ferrari" on the track going at full speed. |  |
| The Limousine used and specially designed by Pope Paul VI, which is a 1964 Lincoln Continental Limo, is on Display at America's Car Museum
Tacoma, WA - Robert "BC" Cross - Editor-at-Large, CarProperty.com
Talk about a gift from the heavens: Click here to read the article and to see a picture of the 1964 Pope Mobile .
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Petersen Museum celebrates 60 years of CorvettesEditor-at-Large - CarProperty.com (reprint Autoweek.com)
The Corvette 60th Anniversary Celebration held at the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles was well worth the $125 to attend. See the rare Corvettes and read the full article here.
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| Supercars star at Geneva motor show Ladle on the horsepower and carbon fiber RePrint from Autoweek.com
Even more so than usual, the Geneva motor show was a celebration of supercars this year. Regardless of their lifespan or purpose, several turned in memorable appearances in Switzerland. Click here to see some of the most unique Supercars at the show. |  |
| Corvette Stingray convertible debuts at Geneva motor show Power-operated top is standard, it goes on sale by the end of this year. RePrint: Autoweek.com.
The Chevrolet Corvette started its 60-year run as a roadster in 1953. The 2014 Stingray convertible debuted at the Geneva motor show on Tuesday. Click here to read the full article
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Fire Destroys Vintage Car Collection
By Jenny Arnold / Halifax Media Group
A lifetime collection of vintage cars and other vehicles went up in flames Wednesday at a home just a few miles south of the state line. David H. Walker, 70, said a catalytic converter caught some grass on fire at about 11:30 a.m. near the large shed and garage where at least 40 classic cars he’s collected throughout about 50 years were housed on the land where he’s lived all of his life. Read the Full Story here
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The Original 1966 Batmobile to be Sold from the George Barris Collection of Hollywood
Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale is the venue where the car will be auctioned this Saturday .. Don't Miss it!
Editor-at-Large
CarProperty.com
There is only one "original" Batmobile and this is it. Click here to see the car |  |
January brings us the launch of classic car auction season
Editor-at-Large
CarProperty.com
With mega collector car auction events taking place in Scottsdale Arizona and Orlando Florida it can be hard to figure out where to this January.
Click here to get help figuring out which location will be best for you. |  |
Petersen Auto Museum Opens Vault to the Public for the First Time Ever
Robert "BC" Cross Editor -at-Large, CarProperty.com
The Petersen Automotive Museum, for the first time in its history, is allowing the public to tour its famous vault, which houses more than half of the museum's collection.
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Someone Stole a Driveway from a House in Florida
Aritcle reprint from Japlonik Pulling into your driveway after a long day of work can be the most satisfying part of the day. Well, unless your driveway isn't there when you return home.
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Acclaimed Auto Journalists Thos. L. Bryant and Ken Gross named as Co-Guest Curators for 2013 at LeMay - America's Car Museum
Robert "BC" Cross
Editor-at-Large
CarProperty.com
Beverly Hills, CA.
Gross, guest curator for the museum’s inaugural exhibits,
teams with Bryant to tell the story of America’s love affair with the auto.
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| 2013 Ferrari - 1st one being sold in USA for Hurricane Sandy victims
Editor-at-Large - CarProperty.com - Cheyenne, Wyoming
Ferrari F12 Berlinetta to be auctioned for Sandy victims. This auction event is to take place at Circuit of the Americas in Austin Texas.
Ferrari is doing its part to help Hurricane Sandy victims by auctioning off the first F12 Berlinetta that will be sold on American soil. Click here to read the full article and pics
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Winner of the Scion FR-S Design Contest at SEMA is Announced
Editor-at-Large - CarProperty.com - LAS VEGAS
About three months ago, officials at Toyota’s Scion brand handed a 2013 Scion FR-S and a check for $15,000 to three custom-car builders and told them to come up with something special. It was a pretty simple idea. The designs, though, are anything but simple. Read the Full Article Here
Check out our Scion FR-S Photo Gallery from SEMA here |  |
Who says "car guys" have to be guys?
Reprint from Autoweek.com - Terri Lynn Clarke
CarProperty.com - Editor-at-Large comments: "I'm sure my daughter would agree with this article very much because she's a "car guy" too".
Car guys come in all shapes, sizes, races, and genders. Yeah, I'm a car guy, and I owe it all to my dad. When I was a little girl, I often heard my dad working in the garage.
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America's Car Museum and Northwest Harvest have partnered to drive down hunger in Tacoma and its surrounding communities.
Robert "BC" Cross - Editor-at-Large - CarProperty.com
From Nov. 1-30, the museum will be collecting food donations, and visitors who bring non-perishable items will get discounts off museum admission. All proceeds will be distributed to the area's less fortunate by Northwest Harvest. Read the Full Article and get the details here. | |
Storage Unit Buyer Scores $10K in Real Gold
Robert "BC" Cross
Editor-at-Large
This "first time buyer" at a storage unit auction in Anchorage, Alaska, discovered high end gold miners equipment in the unit he won. The one thing that he didn't expect to find was almost $10,000 in gold in the equipment.
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Google Trying to Help Marketers Understand How to Make Money Off Consumers Screen Surfing Habits
Reprint from Forbes.com
Google research discovers that marketers have not yet successfully been following consumers and their daily use of four screens to accurately target advertising to these consumers.
New research commissioned by Google indicates the problem is even more complicated than what investors worry about with regards to being able to monetize mobile: People aren’t just going mobile, they’re using those mobile devices at the same time as, or right before or after, watching television, using their PC, or settling into the couch with a tablet.
Click here to read the full article and to get links to the details in the Google research report.
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After 80 years in print; Newsweek magazine cancels their print edition to go 100% digital
Robert "BC" Cross
Editor-at-Large, CarProperty.com
The magazine will publish its last print edition, in the US, on Dec. 31 and will go all-digital starting in the new year. We, the publishers, editors and sales people of CarProperty.com fully agree with the Newsweek board that this is the right move for them, their readers and the publishing industry, especially online and digital publishing.
This should be a wake up call for all of those advertisers that are still treating the internet as a novelty or curiosity.
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