Yes, a very fine example. Saw the article before. Nice feature Where will we be able to witness it this year?
hi marc, yes i'm well. busy starting a new venture so little time for diversions. did take out the khamsin today because the weather was so nice. it's running nicely. there were a number of reasons why peter decided to sell the collection. and as is my principle i do not want to get into that. the tax thing was an ongoing issue which a number of people who brought so called 'rubbish' into the country which then turned out to be very valuable. very complicated. suffice to say that 'collectors' like him and i know a number of others never collect just one stream of things. it is no secret that peter collected antique miniature figures and built them into massive so called dioramas. this was all in the basement of the museum. there were entire armies of tiny roman soldiers and what have you in between the car restoration projects. it was marvellous. also don't forget maseratis were but a small part of it all. there was the biggest collection of abarths and the huge series of CanAms and the 30's carrossier and design cars, and and. and no worries he was in fine fettle last time i saw him. still has the lamborghinis and the prewar mercs and horchs. and don't forget in the 60's and 70's many old sports cars were to be had for what we now think is silly money. i paid 12.000DM (6.000) for my miura S in i think 1976. less for the grifo 7 litre and even less for the ghibli. ok that's without considering adjustment but still. those cars were seriously un PC, but i sort of felt i could get away with it because i still lived under my dad's diplomatic status, and besides 'up the system, and the revolution too' was quite cool we thought.and belgium, where i lived at the time was a great place for cars. Mike, yeah don't we all hate getting hit with silly tax rates (i can't even vote although i pay silly tax, being a foreigner), but i believe it was gianni agnelli who said: " there is no great fortune without a great crime'. he definitely did say:'Small house, small problem. Big house, .'.this is not meant to sound patronising, just trying to put things in perspective discretely. p
Book arrived 2 days ago. Nice overview of a collection that is now lost forever. Unfortunately it does not feature a lot of infos about the cars and no VINs. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Fantastic book which I secured some time ago during visit to the museum......all in German though....there was a paperback at the museum, but don't remember if it was the same book......best museum I have ever visited........went twice and spent hours there and got to meet the mechanic that kept the cars in whatever shape needed........
Hello Dirk, Peter Kaus sold the hole Collection to Evert Louwmann. The requirement was that Evert safe the collection and add this to his collection. Unfortunally he sold some cars by Bonhams.. Delage, Talbot Lago.. and a lot of race cars. You can buy also a book which is called : Rosso Bianco. The reason why Peter Kaus sold his collection was that his kids wasn't interested at the cars. The museum was in bad condition and the roof was untight. The city don't supported Peter Kaus.. Best regards Nicolas Maier
Peter Kaus had various Maserati in his collection: Tipo 65 Tipo 3000 Tipo 4CM A6G-2000 Allemano & Zagato A6-1500 Tipo 151 250S 3500GT Spyder Vignale Ghibli SS Tipo 61 Tipo 450S (sold in the mid-1990s) ...and his most valuable car was the 300S.
Finally able to secure an English version of the limited edition book on eBay for a great price........my German edition can now just sit
