OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

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His most ambitious project to date has been the microcar collection
RM auctions has the privilege of presenting without reserve at auction
this February.
after being intrigued by his first microcar in the early-1990s, Bruce
approached this hobby like he has every other—by educating himself
tirelessly on the subject, conferring with known experts in the field, and
determining what it would take to assemble the finest assortment of
microcars anywhere in the world. To that end, he quite literally chose
the rarest microcars from established resources and endeavored to
discover each and every one, scouring the globe from australia to asia,
visiting reclusive owners, and often times persisting for years on end until
the only example of its kind could be added to his growing collection.
Business trips overseas to his factories in Spain and Germany were
paired with side excursions to literature dealers, eccentric collectors, and
secretive locals, from whom tidbits of information yielded extraordinary
discoveries most considered lost forever. Collapsed barns were raised
in the middle of winter and basement cement walls were literally torn
down in the process.
once each microcar was returned to his facilities, endless hours
of research were dedicated to each car to ensure that its in-house
restoration would be conducted to concours-quality, factory-correct