December 9th Rolland Automobile Collection Rescheduled Due to California Wildfires
December 8, 2017 by Leake AuctionHeritage Auctions and Leake Auction Company will present museum collection February 23-24 in Oklahoma City The highly anticipated Dec. 9 auction of The Rolland Collection has been rescheduled due to fierce wildfires ravaging too close to the Newbury Park, California, venue. Leake Auction Company and Heritage Auctions will again join forces to present the Rolland Collection's 24 unique, custom exotics and racing cars during Leake's annual collector car auction, February 23-24 in Oklahoma City. 'Both William Rolland and the two cooperating auction houses all agreed rescheduling the Dec. 9 auction was in the absolute best interests of our customers,' said Richard Sevenoaks, president of Leake Auction Company. 'Although we are disappointed, we are excited to bring these vehicles at our Oklahoma City event. Our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone affected by the wildfires.' Leake Auction Company will present the Rolland Collection at the all-new Bennett Event Center, 3101 Gordon Cooper Blvd., in Oklahoma City. The celebrated Rolland Collection features a variety of collectible automobiles including Indianapolis race cars, midget race cars from the 1950's and custom hot rods. The collection will fit seamlessly beside high-end vehicles ranging from unique luxury cars to limited edition vehicles. Leake Auction Company was established in 1972 by James C. Leake, Sr. as one of the first car auctions in the country. Forty-five years later three generations of the Leake family continue to carry out the principles Mr. Leake founded the company on: quality, respect and loyalty to the business. Currently Leake conducts four auctions a year in Tulsa, Oklahoma City and two in Dallas. Heritage Auctions is the largest fine art and collectibles auction house founded in the United States, and the world's largest collectibles auctioneer. Heritage maintains offices in New York, Dallas, Beverly Hills, San Francisco, Chicago, Palm Beach, London, Paris, Geneva, Amsterdam and Hong Kong. The Internet's most popular auction-house website, HA.com, has over one million registered bidder-members, and searchable free archives of four million past auction records with prices realized, descriptions and enlargeable photos. Reproduction rights routinely granted to media for photo credit.
