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One of the country’s most distinctive car collections goes on sale in Chicago
The auction of 284 rare vehicles aims to raise $12-$15 million to support trade schools addressing a skilled labor shortage in auto restoration and mechanics.
- The automotive museum housing the Klairmont collection in Chicago has shut its doors, with the Larry's Legacy auction scheduled to occur on-site from September 19 to 21.
- The auction follows Larry Klairmont's 2021 death and the board's decision to sell his collection, a choice his son Alfred did not make and regrets.
- Larry Klairmont spent two decades gathering over 600 vehicles, later pared to 284, including a 1918 Pierce-Arrow with 23-karat gold and a rare 1926 Rickenbacker.
- Mecum Auctions estimates $12-$15 million from the auction, which will fund scholarships for automotive trade schools amid a skills shortage, with packing described as a valet game of Jenga.
- Selling the collection piecemeal ends the museum but may create a new collection elsewhere, while nearby Volo Museum's director receives calls confused about its closure.
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One of the country’s most distinctive car collections goes on sale in Chicago
Though it’s not unusual to pursue hobbies or accumulate collections, personal wealth means those preoccupations can manifest in more eye-popping ways. Take cars, for instance. Before his death in 2021, Highland Park real estate business magnet Larry Klairmont spent the final two decades of his life amassing a fascinating array of more than 600 historical and unusual vehicles, and put them on display in a museum on Chicago’s Northwest Side. The b…
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