$9.5 million in classic cars brighten future for Vegas kids - Las Vegas Review-Journal
Beverly Rogers started to cry as soon as she entered the Rogers’ Classic Car Museum on Gragson Avenue Saturday morning. “I didn’t expect it,” she said of the emotion she felt about auctioning off more than 230 classic cars owned by her late husband, Jim, former owner of the NBC affiliate KSNV-TV, Channel 3, and chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education. The top-selling car was a beige 1962 Rolls-Royce Mulliner Drophead Coupe that sold for $320,000. Beverly Rogers said her husband, who died last June at age 75 following a lengthy battle with cancer, collected classic cars as a way to preserve the... “He started collecting the ones he remembered as a kid and then once he started learning more about them, he got really into it. ”. Jim primarily collected American cars, which he had restored to their original form, Rogers said. Cars up for grabs at Saturday’s auction included a 1915 Ford Model T, a 1953 Cadillac Eldorado convertible and a 1939 Cadillac Series 90 V-16 Imperial Touring Sedan. In addition to automobiles, the auction included several engines, gas pumps, a telephone booth, scooters and an antique cannon, which went for $8,000. George Knoblock of Las Vegas bought his first classic car — a two-tone coral and white 1955... Knoblock said the key to buying a classic car is realizing that many are showpieces and may not run properly. Source: www.reviewjournal.com
