LOUIS KLEMANTASKI
(1912 - 2001)
" . . . the greatest Motorsport photographer"
THE LAST MILLE MIGLIA - 1957
PETER COLLINS
RARE SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH

In the 1957 Mille Miglia, famed photographer Louis Klemantaski rode as the "navigator" with Ferrari team driver Peter Collins. He took this photograph of the Ferrari about to overtake the Mercedes of Helmut Retter and the spectators warning of the peril ahead. The death of the Marquis DePortago, his navigator, and ten spectators caused the Italian government to cancel any later races.

Klemantaski collection copyright.

Matted, glazed and mounted in a 23" by 20" silver and blue wood frame.

Item No: 874

LEMANS 24-HOUR RACE - 1991
FULL-COLOR PORTFOLIO
24 PHOTOGRAPHS
BERNARD ASSET

Photographic portfolio with 24 images of the 1991 LeMans race by famous motoring photographer, Bernard Asset.

Asset is known for his ability to capture the speed and intensity of a motor race, and the Lemans classic is a worthy subject.

Photographic prints are 16" x 12" and are in new condition with spectacular color.

Item No: 899

MOMAX CIGARS
THE ARISTOCRAT OF STOGIES
COUNTER SIGN AND PHOTOGRAPH

Framed counter sign and photograph. The photograph shows a 1920s period delivery truck for the Frankle Bros. Company, advertising Momax cigars with the slogan: You can't get enough of the new Momax 5 cent cigars. Note that the the counter sign indicates that the Aristocrat of Stogies are 3 for 10 cents!

A great piece in exceptional condition that would display well in a motoring or tobacco collection. Double matted, glazed and mounted in a 14" by 20" dark wood frame.

SOLD

PHIL HILL
FERRARI 246
MONACO GRAND PRIX - 1959
SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH

Phil Hill, at speed, in his Ferrari 246 F1 at the Monaco Grand Prix of 1959. He would finish 4th. Jack Brabham would win in his Cooper-Climax.

Hill would become the first American to capture the World Grand Prix Drivers Championship.

A TRUE CHAMPION AND A GENTLEMAN.

Sadly, he succumbed to Parkinson's disease in 2008.

Matted, glazed and mounted in a 16" by 14" black wood frame.

Item No: 838

JODY SCHECKTER
ROAD AMERICA - 1973
1973 FORMULA 5000 CHAMPION
SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH

Signed color photograph of Jody Scheckter awaiting the race start in his Trojan T101. Scheckter dominated the series in this car and a Lola 330. He became the 1973 Formula 500 champion in a series which featured brutally fast cars powered by American V8's. In 1979, he became the World Grand Prix champion, driving for Ferrari.

Photograph is 9 1/2" by 7 1/2". Matted, glazed and mounted in a 17 1/2" by 14" black wood frame with gold inner liner.

Item No: 879

KEKE ROSBERG
WILLIAMS FW08C
1983
SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH

Signed color photograph of Keke Rosberg, at speed, in his Williams FW08C in the 1983 season. In the 1982 season, Rosberg was the World Grand Prix Champion. His teammate, Nelson Piquet, won the World title in 1983.

Photograph is 71/2" by 5". Matted, glazed and mounted in an 11" by 9" black wood frame.

Item No: 880

BERNA ELI (BARNEY) OLDFIELD
ASCOT SPEEDWAY POSTER WITH PHOTOGRAPH
CHRISTIE FRONT DRIVER - RECORD ATTEMPT

Very rare Ascot Speedway poster with an original tipped-in photograph of Barney Oldfield, at speed, in his Christie front-wheel-driver race car. The Ascot dirt track was in operation from 1912 to 1920.

Oldfield was banned for a period of time by the AAA for his outlaw actions and so he toured tracks doing match races and "world record attempts." This poster was undoubtedly used to publicize one such attempt.

He was the first man to lap a one-mile track in less than 60 seconds and the first man to lap Indianapolis at over 100 mph.

Matted, glazed and mounted in a 29" x 24" black wood frame.

Item No: 791

JANET GUTHRIE
INDIANAPOLIS 500-DAYTONA 500
1st FEMALE QUALIFER
SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH

Rare signed photo of Janet Guthrie in her Wildcat Indianapolis 500 entry in 1978. Guthrie was the first woman to qualify for the Indianapolis 500. In 1977, she qualified for both Indy and the Daytona 500, where she was the top rookie. In 1977, she set the fastest time at Indy on May 7th and May 22nd. She placed 9th in 1978. She won the admiration of virtually all of the male star drivers of the time, especially A.J. Foyt, who was very supportive of her efforts.

Matted, glazed and mounted in a 10" x 12" gold wood frame.

Item No: 777

CARROLL SHELBY-PHIL HILL
PALM SPRINGS ROAD RACES
NOV. 4, 1956
SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH

Signed photograph of future World Grand Prix champion Phil Hill in George Tilp's Ferrari, dueling with the great Carroll Shelby at the SCCA Palm Springs Road Races on Nov, 4, 1956. This photograph is documented by the historian Art Evans and is so stated and signed by Evans on the reverse.

BOLDLY SIGNED BY PHIL HILL AND CARROLL SHELBY

Matted, glazed and mounted in a 17" x 14" brown wood frame.

Item No: 835

LOUIS KLEMANTASKI
(1912-2001)
1937 TOURIST TROPHY - COMOTTI - TALBOT
SIGNED COLLECTION PHOTOGRAPH
KLEMANTASKI PERSONAL COLLECTION

Photograph by the greatest of motorsport photographers, Louis Klemantaski, of A. Comotti in his Talbot Darracq at the 1937 Tourist Trophy race at Donington Park. Comotti won this race as indicated in the data on the frame back.

This photograph is from Klemantaski's personal collection as indicated on the label on the reverse of the photograph.

Boldly signed. Hand-lettered mat. Matted, glazed and mounted in a 13" x 11" mahogany wood frame.

Item No: 774

LOUIS KLEMANTASKI
(1912-2001)
1938 TOURIST TROPHY-A. C. LACE-TALBOT
SIGNED COLLECTION PHOTOGRAPH
KLEMANTASKI PERSONAL COLLECTION

Photograph by the greatest of motorsport photographers, Louis Klemantaski, of A. C. Lace, in his Talbot Darracq at the 1938 Tourist Trophy race at Donington Park. Etancelin would place third in this race, as indicated in the data on the frame back.

This photograph is from Klemantaski's personal collection as indicated on the label on the reverse of the photograph.

Boldly signed. Hand-lettered mat. Matted, glazed and mounted in a 13" x 11" mahogany wood frame.

Item No: 775

JOHN FITCH
PANAMERICANA CARRERA - 1952
OFFICIAL MERCEDES PHOTOGRAPH
SIGNED BY JOHN FITCH

Official Mercedes photograph (Daimler Benz stamp appears on reverse of photograph) of the great American driver John Fitch and his mechanic/navigator Eugen Geiger at the start of the 1952 Panamericana Carrera - a 2000 mile, five-day race across Mexico from the Guatemala border to Ciudad Juarez. Karl Kling would win the race, in an elapsed time of 18 hours, 51 minutes and at an average speed of approximately 104 mph! Fitch would be disqualified on a technicality concerning car repairs, despite setting the fastest time on the last leg of the competition.

A photograph of an historic racing event signed by a participant that is indisputedly an American sports car racing icon.

Purchase price includes a copy of the book.

Item No: 800

CRAIG BREEDLOVE
FIVE-TIME LAND SPEED RECORD HOLDER
FIRST OVER 400-500-600 MPH
SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH

Photograph of five-time World Land Speed Record holder Craig Breedlove and his jet-powered SONIC I at the Bonneville Salt Flats. In this car, on Nov. 15, 1964, Breedlove became the first man to go over 600 mph on land. He had previously been the first man to exceed 400 and 500 mph.

Matted, glazed and mounted in a 14" x 11" black wood frame.

Item No: 778

FERRARI LE 4 CILINDRI SPORT
FIRST EDITION - 1987
GINO MUNARON

A beautifully designed and illustrated book. Foreword by famed designer Aurelio Lampredi. Italian text. Details design of the 4-cylinder engine and its implementation in the Mondial 500 types 1 and 2, and the 625 Testa Rossa.

Has many historic glossy monochrome photographs and spectacular full-color glossy photographs that are tipped in.

130 pages. Dimensions are 14.5" x 10". As-new condition.

Item No: 821

A.J. FOYT - TONY HULMAN
INDY 500 COMMEMORATIVE ENVELOPES
SIGNED by FOYT and HULMAN
GENTLEMEN START YOUR ENGINES!!

A.J. Foyt was a four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500. In this presentation, he is shown riding in the victory car with Indy owner, Tony Hulman, after his 1977 victory. Hulman would die later that year. The two commemorative envelopes (1971-1974) are signed by Foyt and Hulman respectively. Hulman has also signed "Gentlemen - start you engines!", the words he would utter at the Speedway to start the 500. A great Indianapolis 500 collectible encompassing two Indy immortals..

Matted, glazed and mounted in a 20" x 16" brown wood frame.

Item No: 779

MASERATI DAYS
GIANNI CANCELLIERI
TRI-LANGUAGE MARQUE RACING HISTORY
NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION

A beautifully written and illustrated racing history of the Maserati marque - from 1926 to the present time - from the Tipo 26 to the Ghibli Cup. Cancellieri's text is supported by over 200 monochrome and color historic photographs. The drivers, the races, the cars, are all here. A highest quality volume produced by Automobilia-Milano (1999).

This is Numbered 1208 of a total issue of 1500. English, Italian, and French text.

Dimensions are 14" x 11". 168 pages. As-new Condition.

Item No: 823

MALCOLM CAMPBELL
(1885-1948)
LAND SPEED RECORD - 1933

Dated card with personal message written and signed by Land Speed Record holder Malcolm Campbell. Campbell, in his famed Bluebird, would set the Land Speed Record nine (9) times between 1924 and 1936, with speeds between 146 mph and 301 mph. He would also set the Water Speed Record at 142 mph!

Card is dated Feb 11, 1933 from Daytona Beach. On Feb 22, 1933, Campbell would roar across Daytona Beach in the Bluebird and establish a new World Land Speed Record of 272.46 mph!

Paired with an original photo of Campbell being held aloft by his crew after a record run.

Matted, glazed, and mounted in a 14" x 11" brown wood frame. A great piece of dated-documented land speed history.

Item No: 728

RAY SALVADORI
COOPER - MASERATI T45
MONACO GRAND PRIX - 1959
SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH

Ray Salvadori corners his Cooper Maserati T45 in the 1959 Monaco Grand Prix. Salvadori qualified 8th but did not finish due to transmission problems. Jack Brabham was the victor in his Cooper.

Boldly signed by Salvadori.

Matted, glazed and mounted in a 15" x 13" antique mahogany wood frame with a gold-toned inner liner.

Item No: 696