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June 18, 2016

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CELEBRITY CARS: Rudy Giuliani, Richard Rawlings, Charles Kuralt, Tom Selleck and Brian Setzer vehicles ready for auction

June 18, 2016
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Richard Rawlings (second from right) with Detroit rocker Ted Nugent, fellow car enthusiast Dennis Collins and Craig Jackson at the 2016 Scottsdale Auction. Rawlings is offering 12 of his vehicles at the Inaugural Northeast Auction.

Richard Rawlings (second from right) is offering 12 of his vehicles at the Inaugural Northeast Auction. He is pictured above with Detroit rocker Ted Nugent, fellow car enthusiast Dennis Collins and Craig Jackson at the 2016 Scottsdale Auction.

This 1966 Corvair Monza (Lot #57) is one of two vehicles on the Northeast Auction docket once owned by New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

At every Barrett-Jackson auction, the chance that a collector car once owned by a well-known person will roll across the block is almost a given. From athletes and actors to rock stars and royalty, the celebrity factor is always in play at The World’s Greatest Collector Car Auctions, and Barrett-Jackson’s inaugural Northeast Auction will be no exception.

On Thursday, June 23, the first two cars associated with a household name will be in the spotlight, as a 1966 Chevrolet Corvair Monza Convertible (Lot #57) and a 1985 Cadillac De Ville (Lot #57.1) roll up onto the Barrett-Jackson stage. The two vehicles were once owned by famous New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year for 2001 and was given an honorary knighthood in 2002 by the United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth II.

Also once owned by Rudy Giuliani is this 1985 Cadillac De Ville (Lot #57.1).

Giuliani sold the cars when he was elected mayor in 1994 because he was provided transportation by the city of New York, and the new owner immediately put them in storage, where they remained until April 2016. The Monza, finished in Artesian Turquoise with a matching interior, is in very good original condition and features a fully functioning white power convertible top, a 2.4-liter 6-cylinder engine and automatic transmission. The Mayor’s Cadillac is in exceptional all-original condition, has been fully serviced and detailed, and is finished in gray over a black leather interior. Both cars come with their original service and owner’s manuals.

Longtime CBS broadcaster Charles Kuralt used to own this 1984 American Motors Jeep CJ-8 Scrambler (Lot #594).

A 1984 American Motors Jeep CJ-8 Scrambler SUV (Lot #594) once belonging to longtime CBS broadcaster Charles Kuralt will be up for auction on Saturday, June 25. The late Kuralt was most widely known for his “On the Road” segments on “The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite,” for which he was honored twice with Peabody Awards. Kuralt’s Jeep has only 5,000 original miles and boasts a powerful 4.2-liter engine with a smooth manual 5-speed overdrive transmission. Among other things, the classic black-on-black hardtop comes with its original tilt leather-wrapped steering wheel, original Wrangler OWL tires and a copy of Kuralt’s Connecticut registration.

Much documentation comes with the Dodge Power Wagon (Lot #633) once belonging to actor Tom Selleck.

All signs point to 2016 being a good year for Dodge Power Wagons, given the record-setting success of two such models at Barrett-Jackson’s Scottsdale Auction in January and a 1957 unrestored model selling for a solid price in Palm Beach this spring. Coming up at the inaugural Northeast Auction, we will see what happens when the ruggedness of a Power Wagon is blended with the rugged good looks of film and television actor Tom Selleck. Selling for No Reserve in this June is a pristine 1953 Dodge Power Wagon pickup (Lot #633) once owned by Selleck, best known for his 1980s role as the Hawaii-based private investigator Thomas Magnum in the television series “Magnum, P.I.” This bright-red beauty has less than 19,000 miles on the odometer and is powered by a 6-cylinder engine and 4-speed manual transmission. Perfect for riding the range or turning heads on Main Street, it also features a PTO winch and water pump for drawing from a stagnant source – not to mention all documentation from Selleck’s ownership.

It’s no surprise that Stray Cats lead singer Brian Setzer owns a 1957 Bel Air, considering that the band he formed – which catapulted onto the music scene in the ’80s – had a style based on artists from the 1950s. You can just picture the three members of this rockabilly band cruising around in this cool convertible. Crossing the Northeast auction block at No Reserve, this factory-black 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air (Lot #637) has had a body-off-frame, rotisserie restoration using only NOS and original GM parts, and it shows. The Onyx Black exterior gleams and offers a perfect contrast to the Matador Red interior, where you can slide behind the wheel and put the 283ci V8 engine and Powerglide automatic transmission through its paces. Carefully selected from a climate-controlled museum in Kansas, the car has travelled only 40,000 miles in its life and also features dual exhaust, shaded glass, electric wipers and fender skirts.

Rockabilly singer Brian Setzer of Stray Cats is bringing his 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible (Lot #637) to auction.

With a Facebook fan base of more than 2 million and more than 260,000 Twitter followers, Richard Rawlings of Gas Monkey Garage is clearly a favorite among gearheads. Known best as the star of Discovery Channel’s reality show “Fast N’ Loud,” Rawlings is bringing an even dozen of his vehicles to Barrett-Jackson’s very first Northeast Auction at Mohegan Sun – from a custom 1941 Lincoln Zephyr convertible (Lot #741) and a ’55 T-bird (Lot #355) to a 1989 Lamborghini Countach (Lot #638) and a custom 2005 Ford GT (Lot #643). And if you’re one of his big fans, take note: all signs point to Rawlings being on hand to see his cars enjoy the spotlight on the Barrett-Jackson stage. Enjoy the gallery of his Northeast Auction offerings below: