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Renata Studio Jewelry

Designer Fashion Jewelry Renata Studio Jewelry is created using Technibond - a trademarked plating process for jewelry sold exclusively by HSN and hsn.com. Technibond jewelry is crafted from .925 sterling silver with a 40-mils-thick outside layer of 14K yellow gold . Technibond was created f...

Rive Gauche by Jean-Louis Jewelry

Fashion Jewelry Made with Technibond Gold Rive Gauche Jewelry is made with Technibond , a patented gold plating process for jewelry sold exclusively by HSN and hsn.com. It consists of 40 mm of 18 karat Gold bonded to Sterling Silver . Each piece has a lifetime manufacturer's warranty agai...

Tuleste Market Jewelry

Designer Vintage Jewelry Sisters Satu and Celeste Greenberg were born in San Francisco and raised in a rural northern California town, Seiad Valley, CA (population 350), which inspired them to create their own clothing and accessories. They eventually made their way to New York City, where they...

Tagliamonte Italian Jewelry

Italian Cameo Jewelry Tagliamonte Vicenza continues the tradition of Tagliamonte founded in Torre del Greco (Naples) in 1943. This company has been dedicated to the production of Venetian Cameo jewelry since 1985, and these creations have become the firm's principal product. In fact, Tagl...

Kiki McDonough Jewelry

Gold and Gemstone Jewelry "Twenty years ago when I began my business," says Kiki McDonough , "women could only buy high-end or antique jewelry, or hope that grandma would leave them a string of pearls. I could see a gap in the market for modern designs using semiprecious stones.&q...

Pianegonda Jewelry

Italian Designer Jewelry Franco Pianegonda is the leader, the heart, and the creative mind of a company that is radically changing the rules of luxury jewelry and creating contemporary jewelry that is closely associated with the fashion world as opposed to the classic jewelry world. The dynamic...

Talisman Unlimited Jewelry

Gold and Diamond Jewelry Founded by Lisa Ruskin and Michael Pitkow , Talisman Unlimited began at a dining room table in the Spring of 1988. Fifteen years and 42 collections later, their designs are available at some of the finest boutiques and jewelry stores in America and elsewhere, and the...

Elizabeth Locke Jewelry

Handcrafted Intaglio Jewelry Elizabeth Locke tirelessly travels the world in pursuit of the uncommon elements that make up her designs: coins from classical Greece and Rome or from forgotten empires; richly colored Venetian glass intaglios - carved figures or designs - made from 17th-century mo...

Roads You Never Want to Drive or... Maybe You Do

I'll admit to having frightened a few friends and acquaintances while driving over winding mountain roads with blind corners and terrifying drops into the valleys below. Not that I ever put them at risk. There are techniques for driving fast safely and as an ex-race-and-rally driver (admitted...

Leo Pizzo Jewelry

Couture Italian Jewelry The Italian company LEO PIZZO, run by Sara and Leo Pizzo, has become world famous over the last 30 years, thanks to the creativity and preciseness that distinguish their collections. The style created by the Italian jewelry design house founded by Leonzio Pizzo lives and b...

Nuvolari, Greatest of All Grand Prix Racers, Honoured in New Artwork

Michael Schumaker, Ayrton Senna, Jimmy Clark, Juan Fangio... if your acquaintance with Grand Prix race drivers is limited to contemporary heroes you may not be aware of Tazio Nuvolari . In the postwar years, and shortly after, Nuvolari was feted as the finest of them all. Dr. Ferdinand Porsc...

Finally: The Porsche Museum

A confessed automobile sentimentalist, I believe that every auto manufacturer with a recordable family tree should maintain a museum featuring the most significant cars of its legacy. Considering that Professor Ferdinand Porsche began influencing the fledgling industry at the start of the 20th ce...

Coming Soon: Concours in the Desert

Pebble Beach , Villa d'Este , Amelia Island ... watch out! Your concours may be world class but there's a bright new competitor ready to join you in the list of "events not to be missed." It's the Desert Classic Concours d'Elegance in Palm Springs, California, headi...

Tucking the Roof to Build a Tucker Convertible

A Tucker Convertible? The Internet is alive with speculation according to Old Cars Weekly , which says "whether or not an unfinished, legitimate Tucker convertible-one that was designed and at least partially assembled at the company factory-actually exists has been a hot-button topic for y...

Which Classic Car Should President Obama Drive?

Like millions around the world I watched the Obama inauguration, one of several historical moments I've seen live on television during my lifetime. The moon landing was the most awesome, the World Trade Center attack the most horrific, and Tuesday's event the most inspiring. Does shoo...

Barry Kronen Jewelry

Vintage-Inspired Gemstone Jewelry Founded in 1986, Barry Kronen Designs has been at the forefront of fashion and jewelry for 20 years. Today, Kronen owns and runs his own manufacturing plant in South Florida, with the help of his wife Michele , and daughter Stephanie, who has modeled for som...

Early Chevrolet Motorhome Camps Out at Barrett-Jackson

Among the exotic classic and sports cars at the Scottsdale auctions you can always find something totally unique. Barrett-Jackson , more than any other auction company, excels at featuring such vehicles. The attraction this year included a magnificent (airworthy) Ford Tri-Motor, while last y...

Move Over, Barrett-Jackson! More Scottsdale Auctions Going Live

Until now, the Barrett-Jackson folks have had a virtual monopoly on video coverage of Scottsdale auction week, with many hours live on Speed Channel followed by endless repeats throughout the year. It's fun to watch but the circus atmosphere and machine-gun rattle of the auctioneers becom...

Back to the Fifties and Loving It

This baby looks like a combination of several small sports racers of the 1950s and in a way it is. But the HB Special is actually brand new and in very, very "limited production." Developed by two Dutch brothers, Tino and Paul Huet, it is based on a modified Triumph TR6 chassis, usi...

1934 Buick Captivates at Gooding Scottsdale Auction

Looking through the Gooding Company Scottsdale catalog site is like flipping through the car cards that titilated our dreams when we were kids. The images may have been small but they became big in our imaginations. The selection of rare and beautiful automobiles shown in this catalog justifies...

GM Tracker Appears at Barrett-Jackson With This Blogger's History

To be honest, I can't imagine anyone spending really big bucks on this "vintage" GM Tracker when it rolls onto the Barrett-Jackson 2009 Scottsdale stage . But to be equally honest I couldn't have imagined being paid a lot of bucks for driving one in a commercial several years...

A Beautiful Boat Tail for Our Times

During the 20's and 30's, when fast wooden runabouts and racers captured the imaginations of boat lovers, marine architects terminated their hulls in a sleek stern not unlike that of a duck. It wasn't long before automobile designers copied the idea, where it came to be known as a &q...

Back in Time to Le Mans 2009

One of my unfulfilled motoring dreams (there are many) is to attend the Le Mans 24 Hours which, along with the Monaco GP and the Indianapolis 500 , is one of the world's three greatest races. If I were to attend the 2009 event I'd be sure to take in the Le Mans Legend, which happens ...

Steve McQueen and Our Collectible Hudsons

The actor/racer Steve McQueen and I had a few things in common. We were both good-looking (you laugh but I was once a male model!). We both raced Porsches. We both worked in the film business. We both collected vintage cars. If it sounds like I'm star-struck let me put this in perspective. ...

Arizona. More Than Just Collector Car Auctions

...ns , Russo and Steele , and Goodings & Company ; possibly the greatest assembly of Edwardian, antique, classic, vintage, rods, customs, and muscle cars in the world. A fun adventure, though not ...

Uncle Leaves Dusty Garage to Nieces and Nephews. Guess What They Discovered?

Just when I think all the world's "barn finds" have been found (or the barns converted for trendy living spaces), along comes another one. Yet few, if any, were as spectacular as what the nephews and nieces of Harold Carr discovered when they opened the doors of a dusty old garage l...

Philip Powell's 2009 Classic Car Predictions

As 2009 rolls in I'm going to do something I've never done before: make predictions. Dire ones for the most part, but concluding with a cheerful prediction just to keep you smiling. Because of the economic crisis the automotive world has been especially hard hit, affecting everything fro...

Moissanite Jewelry

Created Gemstone Jewelry Moissanite is a created gemstone that was born from a rare geological find more than 110 years ago. Discovered by French scientist Dr. Henri Moissan, Moissanite can trace its origins to particles found in 1893 in the Canyon Diablo meteor crater in Arizona . These n...

Garrard Jewelry

Fine Jewelry for Royalty and Celebrities Stephen Webster remembers standing in front of Garrard, the crown jeweler, as a young, unknown designer, when the grand London store was the first to give him a break by stocking his bold and edgy work . Earlier this month, Webster walked into Garrard w...

We Choose the 10-Best "Not to be Missed" Events in 2009

It's that time when media personalities go to great lengths (means: "lacking better ideas") to produce Top 10 lists. As an automobile journalist I've been tempted to add my own "10 Best New Cars" or "10 Best Cars Tested in the Past Year," etc., but always...

Why Selling-Off Automobile Marques is a Bad Idea

The worldwide recession is, as everyone knows, leading to talk of auto manufacturer buyouts: GM buys Chrysler , Renault buys Chrysler, the Chinese buy GM, etc. You'd better hope it never happens as history shows us that when car company A takes over car company B the results are usually ...

Cec Webster, Where Are You and Your Reo Automatic Now?

Back in my teen years, working out daily at Toronto's Balmy Beach Canoe Club to become a flatwater canoe racer in flimsy "peanut shells," I was encouraged by a gentleman from a much earlier era. Overweight yet totally relaxed, with a red nose like Hollywood comedian Wallace Be...

Please! Bring Back Those Handy Vent Windows

The New York Times Wheels site has a lengthy list of comments resulting from a contributor's beef with certain contemporary car features. One suggestion that kept popping up was that manufacturers should bring back vent windows. Obviously the readers were boomers or older, since those ha...

Model Pickup Trucks and Pickup Ladies Modelling

Frankly, back in 1948 I didn't know what the word "pickup" meant. I was so naive at the age of 17 that I understood little or nothing of pickup trucks and had no idea what those ladies on the corners of Toronto's Jarvis Street were selling. Eventually I got to drive a borrow...

Just Another Bugatti? Not at This Price

Sometimes it seems that every high-end classic car auction has to have a Bugatti on the block. Considering that the French marque was a low-volume sports/racing machine, one wonders how so many survived. (On the other hand, would you have kicked Ava Gardner out of bed?) So let's show due resp...

Two Streamlined Zephyrs Meet: One is a Lincoln, the Other a Train

As Christmas looms closer there is still time to find a gift for the classic car enthusiast. Or, to narrow the choices, the enthusiast who appreciates all sorts of classic transport. Today's blog is personal inasmuch as I enjoy memories of both cars and trains, especially when they're b...

Why We Should Love the All-American Car

The business coupe is a relic from another era, beginning in the late 30s and ending in the early 50s. Those were the years of the traveling salesman who carried samples and deliverable goods as he drove from town-to-town in his allotted territory. The trunk was mostly needed for the salesman'...

Rallying in Argentina Offers Spectacular Scenery and Good Times

Don't even try to identify the car in the above photo because you'll lose. It's an Argentinian "Special" constructed of various parts and power sources. But you can, like me, fantasize over driving such a car in such a beautiful country. The shot was taken during the 2008 A...

Nicholas Cage's Hemi Cuda vs.Twiggy in the Passenger's Seat

Collectors will pay huge premiums for cars once owned by celebrities. Rather amusing when you think about it! Imagine, for example, if there were two identical 1970 Hemi ' CUDA hardtops up for auction by Russo and Steele at their January Scottsdale sale. Both are matching numbers, both are...

Restoration Hardware Offers Shelby Models in Two Scales

I'm fortunate that the closest Restoration Hardware store is in Vancouver. Even though I can spot that city's ski-lift lighting from a mountain restaurant near Sidney, it takes a half-day to get there by ferry and car, not to mention the cost. Restoration Hardware, a trendy furniture an...

The Commercial That Chevy Should be Playing Today

"It's a lazy afternoon, and the beetle bugs are zooming, and the tulip trees are blooming... " Those are the opening lyrics for a song that provided a background for one of the finest corporate commercials ever produced. The car was a Chevrolet and the period was somewhere in th...

Gathering of the Flathead Fords in Florida

Among all the great engines the auto industry has produced, Ford's "flathead" V-8 has to be rated among the best. Though neither sophisticated nor powerful in stock form, it brought V-8 smoothness to the low-price field when it was first introduced in the 1932 Model B. The flathead ...

Nava Zahavi Jewelry

Handcrafted Gemstone Jewelry Nava Zahavi is a well recognized and respected jewelry designer , known for her unique and high quality line of jewelry. Featured by Vogue, O Magazine, InStyle, Lucky, Glamour, Harper's Bazaar , and Shape . Covered by the New York Times and Bride's, purchas...

The Cars of a Lady Who Loved Them to be Auctioned in Phoenix

The elegance of this beautiful 1931 Hudson Greater Eight Boat-Tailed Sport Roadster can only be matched by the elegance of its late owner, Dr. Barbara Mae Atwood. Ms. Atwood was one of the exceptions in a hobby traditionally dominated by men. In fact she had collected a remarkable range of ...

GM Chairman Leaves Jet in Detroit, Returns to Washington at the Wheel of a Car

So The Three Amigos had their egos slapped in Washington for arriving at the moneyfest in their corporate jets? Like other critics I railed at this flagrant abuse of funds while secretly envying them the opportunity. That's because I love airplanes and living next to an international airp...

Shopping for Vintage Wedding Gowns

...carefully and if it wasn't done right decades ago, the dress may be useless today. Look into antique, consignment and vintage shops in your area if this is for you. Look over every inch of the ...

Meet "The Car Detectives"

After becoming aware that countless people are seeking to be reunited with a car they once possessed, I think there's a possibility for a TV series with the above title. Every 13 weeks a former owner with a fascinating tale to tell would be the focus of a world-wide hunt culminating usually, ...

Under Your Christmas Tree, a 1962 Jaguar E-Type

Ah, yes, what can I add to the accolades regarding Jaguar's E-Type, including the glamorous coupe seen here? Barons of the UK suggests it might be an ideal gift for one's spouse. Or a perfect gift from one's spouse. Or girlfriend or lover or whomever. The car is featured in Barons ...

T-Bird #1 Goes on the Block in Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction

The first production Ford Thunderbird is to be sold at no reserve during the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Event in Scottsdale, Ariz., Jan. 11-18, 2009. Barrett- jackson refers to it as a "sports car." I'm an admirer of those early 'Birds but I beg to differ with that descr...

Quickest Route to a Race Track? Take the Train

November's Octane magazine has revealed that sprint racing may return to the old Crystal Palace circuit, near London, in 2009. The article got my attention because I saw my very first vintage races there, back in 1970, on a day that became a special occasion for me and 10-year-old son, ...

Gift-Mailing Made Easy for Vintage Racing Fans

As Christmas approaches I'll be adding more blogs featuring gifts for car enthusiasts, willingly exceeding my required three blogs per week on your behalf. Several automobile artists have their own Web sites from which they sell originals and prints, including Paul Chenard (motor racing i...

Nicky Butler Jewelry

Nicky Butler exhibits a distinctive and highly recognizable style , noted for his open-work designs and intensive use of oversized and multiple stones. His unconventional approach resembles antique museum gallery collections. Although designers are pairing his work with evolving and trendy fashio...

Dreaming of a Trophy at Pebble Beach? Better Get Moving

Every year around this time I start dreaming about attending next year's Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance . For classic car fans Pebble Beach, together with the associated Monterey events and Laguna Seca vintage races, is undeniably "the greatest show on earth." Sadly, I...

Mark Silverstein Imagines Jewelry

Engagement and Wedding Rings The essence of Mark Silverstein Imagines is creativity. A 28-year veteran of the jewelry business, Mark Silverstein brings to life distinctive jewelry designs that capture the evanescent nature of beauty. Introduced in 2005, Mark Silverstein Imagines features en...

Faster Than a Speeding Ferrari

Italians know fast. They also appreciate beautiful design. Put them together and you get the A.G.V. , a new type of train slated to go into service in 2011 with an Italian fast-rail company, N.T.V. But here's the interesting part. Luca di Montezemolo, president of Ferrari , is investing in ...

Get an Early Start With Car Fan's Christmas Gifts

So today I'm strolling down Sidney's main street and I spot my friend Chris who, when not adding performance upgrades to his 2007 Mustang, tends to the gardens that are a feature of our seaside town. Except that now he's hoisting himself on a mini cherry picker to attach Christmas...

Recession Racing Hurts Fans the Most

For this Canadian, a dedicated F1 fan since the 50s, the news that the Canadian Grand Prix is no longer on the calendar is sad, indeed. Montreal's mayor has announced that a sponsor could not be found, while the three levels of government were unable to pledge sufficient funds to satisfy ...

Auto Camping in a Ford Model T

Long before there was a motel in every town folks who traveled by car had to make do with whatever comforts they could carry in the primitive automobiles of the day. Normally that meant sleeping on the ground with, at best, protection from a canvas cover attached to the side of the vehicle. A few...

Austin Healeys to Star in 2009 Kingston, Ontario Conclave

At the foot of the St. Lawrence River, where it flows into Lake Ontario, is the historic city of Kingston, Ontario . I know it well as an entry point from the US when shortcutting Montreal-Toronto drives via the Wolfe Island ferry. (Okay, Hwy 401 was shorter but boring; I preferred the picturesq...

A Shelby Cobra With Racing Pedigree Highlights 2009 Scottsdale Auction

We're still in the early days of November and already the January 2009 Scottsdale auction calendar is heating up as sellers submit their cars for bidding. Russo & Steele have carved out a special niche with their focus on European sports and American muscle and what could represent both...

Is What's New in Car Design Better Than What's Old?

Too many times over the last dozen years I've looked at new cars and thought they were less attractive than the the previous year's model. It seems I'm not alone, for The Winding Road online magazine has come up with a list of ten cars that in their opinion looked better after their ...

The NSU RO 80, a Car Ahead of its Time

The New York Times Wheels section has an excellent story on its Web site about the Wankel rotary engine . This revolutionary power plant was lighter, smaller, smoother, and delivered more power for its size than any conventional automobile engine. In 1963 the world's first rotary-pow...

Rent a Karmann Ghia Type 34 For a European Journey? Coming Soon

Several cars in history have been labeled "the poor man's Porsche" but only one has the proper genes: the Volkswagen Karmann-Ghia Type 34. It's a rare day when you'll see one in a club event and an even rarer day when you'll spot one on the road. So imagine trying to ren...

New Web Site Launched as RM Posts Spectacular Results at London Sale

While criticising RM's attempts at video advertising (see previous blog) I should be fair and point out that the company has totally redesigned its Web site with a fresh, clean, easy-to-navigate look. At the same time, it is justifiably boasting of the success of the London auction in Batte...

Classic Car Commercials Break New Ground but Fail Creatively

I've yet to see a TV commercial on behalf of classic car auction companies, unless you count the endless promos for Barrett-Jackson on Speed. But now it appears that RM Auctions is developing commercials for exclusive showing on You Tube. Question: Is it really a commercial if the air time is...

Don't Cry For Me, Argentina, Just Drive Your Classic

So you think classic car runs only take place in your backyard, so to speak? Argentina's equivalent of the revived Mille Miglia, the 1000 Millas Sport Argentina , has been running for 20 years. Classic Driver reminds us that in November "more than 200 historic vehicles built between...

Jewelry Bargains at FashionJewelry24.com

Company Statement Moving into the mountain region in the Heart of Europe several years ago, we quickly fell in love with the tradition that one encounters here on every step. Our team of computer specialists, web designers, and local jewelry designers got together and came up with a new, attract...

Want More F1 Passing? Watch This!

It was arguably the most thrilling F1 race in history, though neither of the prime competitors, Didier Pironi in a Renault and Gilles Villeneuve in a Ferrari, finished in first place. During the 1979 French Grand Prix at Dijon the two passed and re-passed five times in one lap, banging wheels on ...

The Real Bentley Continental Makes an Unexpected Appearance

Everyone has a favorite classic car and the Bentley Continental is mine. The long hood and fastback configuration based on a luxurious but sporting chassis set off with a typically English wood-and-leather interior, makes for an elegant carriage suited to high-speed drives through the Europe ...

Hill, Newman, Moss: Three Great Motorsport Competitors Go Down

During the past few weeks we lost two racing icons: Phil Hill, the only American to win a world driving championship, and Paul Newman, who was as talented behind the wheel as he was before the camera. Now comes word that one of the great rallyists, Pat Moss, has left us. For those of you too youn...