About this item
The rarity and historical significance of prewar classic and antique cars make them hot commodities on the collector car market. These are the automobiles that populate the fairways and manicured lawns of the worlds greatest car shows in alluring locales like Pebble Beach, California, and Amelia Island, Florida. These are the cars that bring a hush to the hall when they roll across the blocks at auctions around the world. These are the cars that fill the worlds greatest collections, like those of Ralph Lauren, Mark Knopfler, and various members of royal families. These are the cars from historys premiere automakers hallowed names like Packard, Duesenberg, Stutz, Bugatti, Mercedes-Benz, Cord, and otherssix-figure and million-dollar machines that thrill Barrett-Jackson audiences and drive bidders to frenzy.
About the Author
Peter Bodensteiner is the founder of Stance & Speed (www.stanceandspeed.com) , a publisher of books for automotive enthusiasts. Stance & Speed has worked with a variety of partners including Peter Harholdt Collection Arts, Speedhunters.com, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Peter Vincent Photographer, Pelican Parts, and the Frist Center for the Visual Arts.
His Zone Read publishing imprint published one of the best-selling college football books of 2012, Waiting for the Fall: A Decade of Dreams, Drama and West Virginia University Football.
Peter has edited more than 200 books and calendars, including 14 that have earned International Automotive Media Awards. He is responsible for creating and guiding improvements to two major automotive how-to series, Motorbooks Workshop and CarTech Books' S-A Design series. He is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and a member of the Society of Automotive Historians.
