Auctions in Arizona come to Phoenix Press Association

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Event Contact: Larry Edsall, President, PAPA (602) 300-4518 / ledsall@cox.net

Media Contact: Dawn M. Sullivan (480) 600-7601 / dawn@dmsullivan.net

Phoenix Automotive Press Association (PAPA)

To Host “Arizona Auction Week Preview” Event

FIRST Time Ever Open to General Public

Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - Tickets are limited to the 100

Partial proceeds to benefit McPherson College Classic Vehicle Restoration Program

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

Only 100 are available at $20 each and are being sold through the http://papa.eventbrite.com website.

July 24, 2011

 

 

 

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Phoenix Automotive Press Association - Barrett Jackson, RM, Russo Steele

Please RSVP regarding your attendance (and any guests you plan to bring) to the Arizona Auction Week Preview event Wednesday, January 18, at the Phoenix Art Museum. Please note that you will either need to have paid your 2012 dues or purchased a $20 ticket. Also note there is no pre-event dinner for all members, but there is a dessert buffet afterward.

We plan to begin the program at 7 p.m. with presentations from the auction houses, with the panel discussion starting at 7:30.

So far we've sold 37 tickets (through www.papa-eventbrite.com), which means we have 73 remaining. Please do what you can to encourage sales of those remaining tickets. We've (through Dawn Sullivan) sent or are sending a press release to various local news outlets. Here, for example, is what Bob Golfen published on speed.com:

http://automotive.speedtv.com/article/autos-arizona-insider-auction-forum

We have 100 "goodie" bags for ticket buyers and also are collecting door prizes for a drawing to be held that night. So far the drawing includes two AAA memberships, two car-care kits, and four books from Motorbooks. We're still looking for goodie bag items -- we need 100 of whatever -- and door prize drawing items for that evening as well.

Speaking of that evening, we also need a couple of people to man the admission table to verify tickets and memberships and to hand out the goodie bags. Also, if you're able to be at the museum around 4:45 to help stuff the goodie bags, please let me know when you send back your RSVP.

The museum will set up the room for 150 people. Last year we had more than 40 PAPA members and guests, so we're hoping to duplicate that, plus sell all 100 tickets. $5 from each ticket sold will be donated to the classic car restoration education program at McPherson College (we hope to have someone from McPherson at our event), and the remainder goes into the PAPA treasury.

Two more items for your calendars: Our annual motorsports preview lunch is scheduled for Tuesday, February 21, and our presentation from the auto designers group will be a dinner meeting on Tuesday, April 17, and is shaping up to be perhaps the best meeting we've ever had.



Larry Edsall
ledsall@cox.net
(602) 300-4518