AUCTION RESULTS
Incredible 1913 Baldwin 2-6-0 Mogul Steam Locomotive & Tender. THE HANK WILLIAMS CONNECTION... On December 3rd, 1952, Hank Williams Senior recorded the last song he wrote at KWKH studio called "The Old Log Train". This folk song is a biological account of his late father Lon Williams as a train engineer in the 1920's & 1030's in Chapman, Alabama. Hank performed the song at a private gathering over Christmas in 1952, a week before his death. Lon Williams worked for the W.T. Smith Lumber Company as a train conductor on a Baldwin 2-6-0 Mogul Steam Locomotive hauling logs to the lumber yards. W.T. Smith owned 2 class 7 Baldwin locomotives. #8 was scrapped in 1948. #7 was saved. Sold by Chip Pearce Collector Car Auctions to a buyer in Connecticut for $225,000.
This amazing barn find, an unrestored, all original 1971 Pantera was sold by Chip Pearce Collector Car Auctions for the Royce G Kershaw Estate in Montgomery, Alabama for $165,000, including fees.
A very rare paid of vintage RailRoad Benches sold for $23,575 by Chip Pearce Collector Car Auctions for the Royce G Kershaw Estate.
1913 Cadillac Touring Car sold by Chip Pearce Collector Car Auctions for $42,500.
An extremely rare, one of a kind, restored 1923 Edwards self propelled passenger car sold by Chip Pearce Collector Car Auctions for $225,000!
Sold by Chip Pearce Collector Car Auctions, a rare 1946 model G-16 Amusement Park Train and passenger cars for $46,200
A 1936 Lincoln Touring Car sold by Chip Pearce Collector Car Auctions for the Adams Family Estate in West Virginia for $28,600.
Rare 1990 Pulse "Litestar" Silver Bullet sold by Chip Pearce Collector Car Auctions for $50,600.
1936 Cord sold by Chip Pearce Collector Car Auctions for $46,500. The Adams Estate, West Virginia.
A 1955 Ford Thunderbird sold by Chip Pearce Collector Car Auctions for $39,050 for the Royce G Kershaw Estate in Montgomery, Alabama.
1 Owner, 1955 Ford T-Bird bought new by Royce Kershaw's late father. This was the first T Bird delivered anywhere in the Atlanta area market! The first T Bird in the State of Alabama.
Sold by Chip Pearce Collector Car Auctions, a rare 1959 Cadillac "Alabama Governors" Limousine. SOLD $85,800.
(1) of only 690 Fleetwood Seventy Five Limousine's produced in 1959. This was the biggest fin of any year of the big fin era for Cadillac! This incredible car was purchased new in 1959 by the State of Alabama for use by the State's Governor. It received Alabama Plate #1. Big Jim Folsom was the first Governor to use the car, followed by Governors John Patterson, George Wallace, Lurleen Wallace and finally Albert Brewer who succeeded Mrs Wallace after her death in 1968. The car was then put up for auction by the State of Alabama. Upon learning of its potential sale, George Wallace's brother Gerald Wallace contacted the States finance director and told him that since the car was used by both George and Lurleen Wallace and their affection for the car, that the State of Alabama should have been gifted to George Wallace. But it was too late. The auction had already been posted and was scheduled to be sold. The finance director and his assistant decided to pool their own private funds and purchased the car at the auction for $2200. When they presented it to George Wallace and told him the story that his brother Gerald had told them, he said that he had not idea where Gerald got that notion and that he had no interest what so ever in the car. After receiving the car, he decided to sell the car to Royce Kershaw Sr who kept it stored away in this warehouse until his death. His son, Royce Kershaw Jr maintained the car until his death in 2023. The Kershaw family has owned this rare Limousine for more than 50 years. According to the family, it still retains its original paint, interior and drivetrain, a 390 Cubic inch V8 with a single 4 barrel carburetor that produces 345 bhp. Transmission is a 4 speed automatic and the car has independent front suspension and 4 wheel disc brakes. Step inside the car and you will find original tobacco stains from the many cigars that were smoked by its prominent passengers! A rare piece of Alabama history.
1962 Kershaw Executive Cruiser sold by Chip Pearce Collector Car Auctions for $25,600.
Another One Off, Custom built 1962 Recreational Vehicle. Designed and built by Mr Kershsaw's father with the intention of mass producing one of America's first Recreational Vehicles. The "Executive Cruiser" was built using a widened Ford facia and a hand built, all aluminum Art Deco coach (body). This prototype is the only one in existence because it never was put into production. Kershaw advertised it as being for the "all sportsman, family adventures, vacations and for group tours. His advertised top speed was 101 MPH with a cruising speed at 90 MPH. A true piece of art!
1966 "Glenn Pray" Kershaw Cruise-Aire was sold by Chip Pearce Collector Car Auctions for $25,000. This unrestored vehicle was sold as a part of the Royce Kershaw Estate in Montgomery, Alabama.
THE GLENN PRAY - KERSHAW "Cruise-Aire". A rare, one of a kind vehicle with provenance. The only one every built! Mr Kershaw's father hired famed legendary builder "Glenn Pray" to help design and build this amazing vehicle. Kershaw purchased a brand new 1967 Oldsmobile Tornado with a 425 cubic inch engine in 1966. That vehicle is also being sold in this auction. Well, Kershaw purchased a second new 66 Tornado and sent it to Glenn Pray to use in the build of this executive cruiser! Pray designed the Kruise-Aire to be built from 2 fiberglass halves that joined together at the belt line like a walnut shell. It would sit on a 120" wheelbase, just an inch more than the Toronado's and use the Toronado's rear suspension as well as a number of off the shelf parts including a corvette front bumper, Pontiac headlight doors, Camaro taillights, GM pickup windshield and a 1934 Auburn grill screens. The vehicle has only 1 front door which is a drivers door since it was designed to be driven by a chauffeur. The main entry doors are on the passenger curb side. The interior was built by Dean Howard's aircraft interior shop in San Antonio. Designer Glenn Pray charged an initial price of $10,000 for the vehicles initial designs. All in all, Kershaw ended up spending $65,000 to build the Kruise-Aire. Mr Kershaw had exentsive plans to go into a limited production with the vehicle but passed away about a year after this prototype was finished. It was left to his son, Royce Kershaw, Jr.
The Kershaw "Kruise-Aire" was featured in a Hemmings article "Car Culture" by Daniel Strohl in 2014.
