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Unfortunately many books don't even get read, they just sit somewhere catching dust. Full disclosure: I bought more books than I will be able to read in my lifetime.

 

Right, most particularly those that are marketed as Oligarch baubles. Sad.

 

News from Automobilsport:
https://www.automobilsport-magazin.de/de/automobilsport.html

 

I can count on three fingers the amount of times I've opened my Ferrari Opus book !!!

 

I complained at Progetto 33 for now publishing a surprising standard edition and thus sending the value of the original, limited edition down the waterfalls. You wouldn't believe what they answered: They are going to publish another book (on a different topic) next year and offer me a discount on that!!! So, instead of apologising they try to talk me into making the same mistake twice. Would you believe it ...

 

Bad people will continue to be bad people!

 

+1

 

I think many on this forum can relate to that !!

 

Congratulations to @Doug Nye , who has been presented with the Royal Automobile Club Lifetime Achievement Award at the Motoring Book of the Year event.

 

Hear hear, well deserved, staggering body of work of the highest order, reading GTO 64 evenings now, really excellent. He is always helpful and welcoming.

 

Doug is really THE superstar, always super friendly and helpful and extremely knowledgeable.
His GTO64 book is one of my top three Ferrari books.

Marcel Massini

 

The other two being?

Paul

 

High praise and well-deserved high praise indeed.

Now imagine what awards Doug will win with volume 4 of the saga of B.R.M.
(as a sidenote, see my earlier plea and please publish volume 1 - 3 as E-books!)

 

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Is there a list of the winning books for the 2022 awards somewhere ?

 

Maybe on the Royal Automobile Club web site

 

Motoring Book of the Year:
Fit for a King: The Royal Garage of the Shahs of Iran by Borzou Sepasi (Dalton Watson Fine Books), priced £110.00

Motoring Book of the Year (Below £50.00):
Trans-Africa Land-Rover: The Story of Philip Kohler and his Epic Overland Adventure by Martin Port (Porter Press International), priced £30.00

Motoring Book of the Year (No Price Limit):
Marcel Pourtout: Carrossier by Jon Pressnell (Dalton Watson Fine Books), priced £110.00

Motorsport Book of the Year (Below £50.00):
Racing Green: How Motorsport Science Can Save the World by Kit Chapman (Bloomsbury), priced £20.00

Motorsport Book of the Year (No Price Limit):
Strictly No Admittance: The Inside Story Of The ‘Lightweight’ E-type And The XK Engine Which Powered It – The Last Works-Built Jaguar To Race At Le Mans by Peter D Wilson (PJ Publishing), priced £95.00

Graham Robson Award for Best Debut Author:
Twin-Cam Extravagance – The History of Lagonda Rapier & Rapier Cars by Chris Wiblin (The Rapier Register), priced £50.00

Lifetime Achievement Award:
Doug Nye

Second year in a row a Miura has featured in the Book of the Year

 

2022 Finalists (In alphabetical order):
Motoring Book of the Year (Below £50.00):

Alfa Romeo Alfa Sud: The Complete Story by Chris Martin (The Crowood Press), priced £25.00

Silver Arrows: The Story of Mercedes-Benz in Motor Sport by Andrew Noakes (The Crowood Press), priced £25.00

Trans-Africa Land-Rover: The Story of Philip Kohler and his Epic Overland Adventureby Martin Port (Porter Press International), priced £30.00

Motoring Book of the Year (No Price Limit):

Bentley Continental: The Genesis by Davide Bassoli (Nubes Argentea), priced £180.00

Fit for a King: The Royal Garage of the Shahs of Iran by Borzou Sepasi (Dalton Watson Fine Books), priced £110.00

Marcel Pourtout: Carrossier by Jon Pressnell (Dalton Watson Fine Books), priced £110.00

Motorsport Book of the Year (Below £50.00):

Al Unser Jr. A Checkered Past by Al Unser Jr & Jade Gurss (Octane Press), priced £30.00

Racing Green: How Motorsport Science Can Save the World by Kit Chapman (Bloomsbury), priced £20.00

WRC 50: The Story of the World Rally Championship 1973-2022 by Markus Stier (McKlein Media GmbH & Co KG), priced £44.00

Motorsport Book of the Year (No Price Limit):

956 001: Creating a Legend by Thomas Nehlert (Sportfahrer Verlags GmbH), priced £175.00

Maserati A6GCS by Walter Bäumer and Jean-François Blachette (Dalton Watson Fine Books), priced £140.00

Strictly No Admittance: The Inside Story Of The ‘Lightweight’ E-type And The XK Engine Which Powered It – The Last Works-Built Jaguar To Race At Le Mans by Peter D Wilson (PJ Publishing), priced £95.00

 

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Reviving an old post, but does anyone have a guesstimate for valuation of the AMR book/catalog?
200 were originally printed at $290.
Can't find anything on Google, E-Bay or Amazon.

 

Great question. I have one of these sets too, and wrote the review for Cavallino. My guess is anywhere between original issue price to double that at the very most. But probably more realistic around $400. Even though these were very limited, and the edition is long sold out, they are a true niche within a niche item! So I don't see them ever being in high demand which of course relates to their value. If you find out anything on values, let me know!

 

Thanks so much for the response.
I'll keep you posted as to what I can find out.
I went back to the Cavallino review you wrote. Fantastic.

 

Thank you!

 

Lusso123 said: ↑
Great question. I have one of these sets too, and wrote the review for Cavallino. My guess is anywhere between original issue price to double that at the very most. But probably more realistic around $400. Even though these were very limited, and the edition is long sold out, they are a true niche within a niche item! So I don't see them ever being in high demand which of course relates to their value. If you find out anything on values, let me know!

Hi, afaik they are still available. I bought mine about 2 years back from Andre-Marie's son, Antony.. It is signed by Marie-Claude Ruf. I also believe that co-producer Michael Gregg in the USA still has copies available. They both had copies when I bought mine, and as Marshall says it is a niche product so copies probably still available? (By the way, the design was the work of the very talented Dave Williams)
Nathan
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+1 Dave doesn't get enough recognition. He absolutely transformed Prancing Horse.

 

And not just as the designer, but also as the editor. He chooses some very interesting articles.
Nathan