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Legendary Rush drummer Neil Peart passed away January 7, 2020, leaving behind not only an incredible music catalog, but an incredible car collection.
Neil had dreamed of having a car collection since he was a boy, and once the rock star money started rolling in he slowly built his dream collection. He even came up with a name for his prized possessions as he drove up the Pacific Coast Highway in California, which is spectacular!
"I had moved from Toronto to Los Angeles in 2000 (cherchez la femme), and in search of natural peace I often drove out that way and up into the Santa Monica Mountains. Out past Malibu to Ventura County, I'd weave along barren ridges of rock and vegetation, the ocean always on one big side. Some days would be misted by the marine layer, while other days the sun blared through a clear sky. The waves were slow and gentle, or churned out a powerful, rolling rhythm… It was during one of these drives when out of nowhere, it just occurred to me that the color of the ocean had influenced the silver palette of the collection. What other color looks as good in a blue photo? Not black, not white — silver. And a fortunate risk for the framers' art, too: silver frames."
A 1964 Aston Martin DB5, a 1964 Shelby Cobra 289, and more, these spectacular cars are going up for auction August 13 and 14, 2021 through Gooding and Company.
To get a closeup look at these beautiful cars and all the details on the auction, in case you want to get in on the action, click here at Goodingco.com.