Author Archives: JPS

Italian Style

Posted on 26 February 2012 6:44 PM by JPS

A quick preview from our recent excursion to Italy. Stay tuned for more….

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Inside the E-Type

Posted on 15 June 2011 4:28 PM by JPS

  Courtesy RM Auctions Here we have a peek inside the legendary Jaguar E-Type, one of the most beautiful cars ever built both inside and out, courtesy of RM Auctions’ upcoming Salon Privé sale in London. Read more at A … Continue reading →

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Fred Astaire’s Ferrari

Posted on 10 June 2011 11:43 AM by JPS

Courtesy of RM Auctions On offer at RM Auctions‘ Monterey sale during the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance on August 19–20: this race-winning 1955 Ferrari 750 Monza Scaglietti Spider, which played a starring role in the 1959 apocalyptic thriller On the … Continue reading →

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Motoring with Mick Jagger

Posted on 4 June 2011 12:43 PM by JPS

Courtesy of DRIVEN It’s 1971 and the Stones have just released Sticky Fingers. Mick is in need of some R&R, so in true rock star style he jumps in his Morgan roadster and lights out for St. Tropez. Read more … Continue reading →

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Gatsby Country

Posted on 26 May 2011 11:00 AM by JPS

Gatsby’s house was recently torn down but the sporting spirit of Long Island’s North Shore lives on… in pictures like these. Above, world class polo player Stewart Inglehart at the Meadow Brook Club. Check out the scene c.1946 at A … Continue reading →

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Faulkner from Hollywood to West Point

Posted on 18 May 2011 1:20 PM by JPS

Whether in Hollywood doctoring scripts in the 1940s (above) or addressing cadets at West Point, literary lion William Faulkner was a paragon of style. Read more at A Continuous Lean….

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Finds: Pan Am Pilot’s Rolex

Posted on 13 May 2011 8:00 AM by JPS

Courtesy Antiquorum At Antiquorum’s important watches sale in Geneva this weekend: a Pan Am pilot’s 1957 Rolex “Tropical Dial” GMT-Master, complete with the flyer’s cap, briefcase, lighter, ashtray and flight instruction manual, estimated at $27,000 – $38,000 (Read more at … Continue reading →

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Caine in Cannes

Posted on 11 May 2011 8:00 AM by JPS

From Cannes Cinema (Cahiers du cinema, May 2011, $39.95) ©Traverso / courtesy Cahiers du cinema In honor of the Cannes film festival which starts today, we bring you this snap of the great Michael Caine from the cinematic happening in … Continue reading →

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The Art of the Bowtie: Bogie by Avedon

Posted on 9 May 2011 8:00 AM by JPS

Courtesy of Bonhams Lot 110: Richard Avedon (American, 1923-2004) Humphrey Bogart, Actor, New York, 1953 Gelatin silver print, printed 1970, from Minneapolis Portfolio (New York: self-published, 1970), signed and numbered 8/35 in pencil in the margin; signed in ink and … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Warhols

Posted on 6 May 2011 8:00 AM by JPS

                          Christie’s Images Ltd. A lot of fuss is being made over a blood red 1986 Andy Warhol self-portrait expected to fetch up to $40 million at Christie’s … Continue reading →

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