Recent changes in the Braunstein Collection

Scuderia Sassobruno

Deaccession information

[Definition of “deaccession” from The Free Dictionary): “To remove and sell (a work of art) from a museum's collection, especially in order to purchase other works of art.”]

1955 Norton Dominator 88

Detailed information on this very special motorcycle available at: http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/~bigyale/Norton/index.html

Went to a new home in Southern California.

1958 Lancia Aurelia Convertible (with Nardi conversion; factory hardtop)

Yale and the Aurelia at Lime Rock

Photo credit: Steve Digilio, 1980

Went to a new home in Southern California. (Notice the trend here. Or as Frank Lloyd Wright was believed to have said, “Tip the world on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles.”)

Photo during detailed restoration (with engine, transaxle, brakes, driveshaft, gas tank, etc. all removed as of March 2007):

Aurelia on stands

New owner Cory Youngberg kindly lets me sit in the Aurelia at the start of the California Mille (Nob Hill, SF, April 2009):

Aurelia
at California Mille 2009

Group photo of bike and car available at: http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/~bigyale/Norton/Older_Norton_snapshots.html#collection (bottom pix).

Rennstall Braunstein

Recent acquisitions

1999 BMW M roadster

BMW car control clinic, Candlestick Park

Photo credits: Patrick Riley, 2007; YMB, 2008

Although not part of our collection, we did enjoy the trip to Sonoma County and West Marin in this 2009 BMW M3 coupe:

Photo credit: Jonathan Spira, 2009

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21 May 2009

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