Otis Chandler Collection Auction to be Previewed at Meadow Brook Concours Sunday

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  WHAT:  A 1912 Oldsmobile 60 hp Limited Flyabout from Otis Chandler's
         Vintage Museum of Transportation and Wildlife will be on display at
         Sunday's Meadow Brook Concours d'Elegance as a preview of the
         October auction of the late media-magnate's automotive collection.

  WHO:   David Gooding, president and founder of Gooding & Company, which is
         conducting the October 21 sale at Chandler's Oxnard museum and the
         Pebble Beach Auction.

  WHEN:  Sunday, August 6

  WHERE: Meadow Brook Concours d'Elegance
         Meadow Brook Hall
         Oakland University
         Rochester, MI

  OTHER: Gooding will be available for interviews about the Chandler sale,
         one of the largest private-collection auctions in history, which
         should realize more than $20 million when the gavel drops, as well
         as about the Gooding & Company Pebble Beach Auction, the official
         auction of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.  This year's
         Pebble Beach auction, August 20, should bring in a record of more
         than $25 million, which will include two vehicles offered by the
         Ministrelli Family.  The proceeds from the sale of these two cars
         have been pledged to the support of the Ministrelli Women's Heart
         Center at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak.

Gooding & Company (www.goodingco.com) provides unparalleled service for those in the close-knit world of classic car collecting. The auction house has set numerous world records including the highest price paid for an American car at auction (1935 Duesenberg SJ Speedster -- the "Mormon Meteor") and a Ferrari road car (1967 Ferrari 275 GTS/4 Alloy NART Spyder). And at this year's inaugural Gooding & Company Palm Beach Auction in Florida, a 1938 Talbot-Lago T150 C SS Teardrop Coupe sold for $3,905,000.

Gooding & Company conducts the official Pebble Beach Auction at the annual Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance and the Gooding & Company Auction at The Palm Beach International Concours d'Elegance in January. The company offers a wide range of services including private and estate sales, appraisals, collection management, estate and tax planning assistance.