It's only 24 days until the start of the whole Pebble Beach motorgeddon, complete with five auctions, four concours d'elegances and not so elegances (the concours d'Lemons), two art shows, one film festival, one retro Ferrari race and a motorsports reunion with 550 invited classic racers.
Between 1950 and 1956, the Pebble Beach Concours was only a sideshow for the road races. Pebble Beach was a private enclave for the rich and famous and the races were perfect for persons with money.
Star of the show will be Jim Kimberly's 1949 Ferrari 166 Mille Miglia, the first Ferrari to race in California and the first to race at Pebble Beach.
Moving to Chantilly, the black-tie evening sale on September 5 will have only 30 special cars on offer, with nothing under $750,000. The car to look out for is 1972 Maserati Boomerang. This car last sold in 2002 for nearly $900,000, so look for a few million this time.