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Jun 8, 2010 | 02:17 AM

#91

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Absolutely amazing. Thanks for posting those, Mike.

Jun 8, 2010 | 10:48 AM

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atomic80

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If I come visit South Africa, the first place I want to go visit is THIS museum! Wow..! Speechless to the nth degree!

Reminds me of the Nethercutt Museum in Sylmar, CA. That was also an IMPRESSIVE collection as well.

Not too long ago, I came across a F50 that was crashed because the owner was talking on the cell phone and didn't see the Ford SUV in front of him. The hood alone was over $20k and there was only 2 or 3 left in the world so it doesn't surprise me to hear that some o the parts for the F50 had to be fabricated from scratch. Needless to say..it was also an expensive repair.

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Jun 8, 2010 | 01:01 PM

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That is a cryin shame

Last year at my daughter's school they brought in some cars from Nethercutt for Grandparent's Day. It was awesome!

Jun 8, 2010 | 01:44 PM

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thanks for the pictures. and i love the 288 GTO

Jun 8, 2010 | 02:06 PM

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Marc

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Mike this is by far one of the finest overall collections I have ever seen. Wow.

Jun 8, 2010 | 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike S

More photos. I got to see the McLaren in person. That car is an absolute masterpiece!

Superamerica.

He has so many variations of the 250, I got confused.

I'll post up a couple more a little later today.

Out of everything I have seen on TS, this is one of the best problems to have (for the owner

), and those few ferraris in a row is one of the most impressive things I have seen. I love the 250s.

I love this superamerica. This color is so much better than the red (and occasional white) ones I have seen.

Jun 10, 2010 | 10:41 AM

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Mike S

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Definitely, I still struggle to fathom the amount of cars he has. I've seen not even half!

I hope he keeps bringing these rare beauties into our country.

They are starting quite a few of the cars up for father's day. Should be quite an experience.

Jun 10, 2010 | 03:37 PM

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Well, he is the CEO of most of all the luxury watch brands in the world and many more.

* Cartier - jewellery, watches, etc. French company, watches Swiss-made
* Van Cleef & Arpels - jewellery, watches, etc.
* Piaget - jewellery, watches
* Vacheron Constantin - Swiss watches
* A. Lange & Söhne - German watches
* Jaeger-LeCoultre - Swiss watches
* Officine Panerai - Swiss watches, Italian heritage
* International Watch Co - Swiss watches, American-founded
* Baume et Mercier - watches, Swiss-assembled, some outsourcing of components
* Montblanc - German writing instrument manufacturer
* Alfred Dunhill
* Lancel
* Chloé
* Roger Dubuis - Swiss watches
* James Purdey and Sons
* Montegrappa - Italian writing instrument manufacturer
* Shanghai Tang - Modern Chinese fashion store chain

All companies are fully owned subsidiaries. In addition to the above companies, Richemont has an 29.5% (as at March, 2008) investment in British American Tobacco; about 40% of the Richemont balance sheet is BAT ordinary shares.