Tag: Locust Valley
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Jul 15 2014
More Insight into the Bird Cars, the Farnesworth Garage and the 1962 “Car Auction of the Century”
VanderbiltCupRaces.com viewers continue to share stories and information on the unique car collection of Wallis Bird, his Farnesworth garage and the 1962 "Car Auction of the Century".
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Jul 01 2014
The 1962 “Car Auction of the Century” at the Farnesworth Garage
Continuing yesterday's story of the "Farnesworth" garage, around 1924, the estate was purchased by a Standard Oil heir Wallis Clinton Bird and his wife Marjorie Winifred Kendall. Wallis kept a spectacular collection of cars in the garage.
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Jun 30 2014
Mystery Foto #74 Solved: The C.K.G. Billings “Farnesworth” Garage in Locust Valley
Steve Babinsky provided this week's Mystery Foto of an estate garage located in Nassau County which is still standing today.
