Premier event now open to the public: 100 tickets available
Partial proceeds to benefit McPherson College Classic Vehicle Restoration Program
PAPA Auction Preview, Photo by Randall Bohl
PHOENIX, AZ (Dec. 29, 2011) – Each January, Arizona becomes the center of the classic car world, with more than half a dozen auctions at which several thousand vehicles will be sold. With so much going on, it can be difficult to sort things out. To aid with this effort, the Phoenix Automotive Press Association invites a panel of classic car experts to present personal observations and expectations. Now, for the first time, and by popular demand, PAPA is opening this ‘insider’ forum to the general public, to non-members. A limited number, 100 tickets, are available to non-members.
The Preview will be held at the Phoenix Art Museum. Each ticket is priced at $20 and includes presentations from the auction houses, the panel discussion, an opportunity to ask questions of the panelists, a dessert buffet at the conclusion of the event, and a gift bag. Part of the proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the classic car restoration education program at McPherson College, the only college in the country that grants a four-year degree in classic vehicle restoration.
The Arizona Auction Week Preview begins at 7 p.m., Wednesday, January 18, 2012 in Singer Hall of the ground floor of the Phoenix Art Museum’s administration building
The esteemed panelists for PAPA’s 2012 Arizona Auction Week Preview are:
Jim Pickering, managing editor of Sports Car Market and editor of American Car Collector magazines.
Ken Gross, former director of the Petersen Museum, selection committee member for and judge at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and a veteran automotive journalist and car collector.
McKeel Hagerty, chief executive officer of Hagerty Insurance – world’s largest insurer of classic vehicles — publisher of Hagerty Magazine, and founder of the Historic Vehicle Association.
In addition to the panel discussion, each of the auction houses staging events in Arizona has been invited to offer a brief preview of its event and its noteworthy vehicles. Those auctions include Barrett-Jackson, Bonhams, Gooding & Company, RM, Russo and Steele, and Silver
Click here to purchase tickets.