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Nic's Cars - he sold in auction
Nicolas Cage Brings Oscar-Caliber Cars to RM Auctions
Cage's Exceptional Cars Complement a Diverse Offering in Conjunction With the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance March 9, 2002 Beverly Hills, California, February 2, 2002 - In the motion picture industry
distribution is nearly as important as casting and content, so Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage's selection of RM Auctions to sell some fifteen of his cars at RM Auction's "Vintage Motor Cars at Amelia Island" sale on March 9, 2002 during the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance is a resounding endorsement of RM Auction's stature. Cage's 2000 remake of H.B. Halicki's classic "Gone in Sixty Seconds" with Jerry
Bruckheimer confirmed his love of, and identification with, fast and exotic cars. His fascination, however, has much earlier origins, including the 1973 Triumph Spitfire 1500 he bought after leaving Beverly Hills High to pursue a career in film. "I bought it in the early '80s when I was selling tickets at the Fairfax Theater," Cage recalled recently. "It was the one main thing in my life, but it always broke down. I was constantly broke … I had to find small acting jobs to pay for fixing it up. All my money went into that car." Now tracked down and restored to showroom condition, Nicolas Cage's Triumph is among the cars to be offered at RM's Amelia Island auction.
Nicolas Cage's other cars are far from ordinary, including a Bugatti Type 57 Atalante Coupé shown at Pebble Beach, a unique Bugatti Type 101 coupé by Van Antem, a highly original Jaguar D-type (XKD 546) with US racing history and a 1968 Chevrolet Corvette with the ultimate 500+ horsepower L88 high performance V8 engine and only 22,000 miles from new. Automobiles are more than transportation, possessions or even trophies to Nicolas Cage. "Cars are art that I can drive," he says. "It's a visceral experience, better than other artistic creations. I'm one with the car, more than just looking at a painting or sculpture.
I can hear and feel it. All my sensations become aroused in the car." Sensations are more than amply demonstrated by Cage's 1981 Porsche 935 K4, one of only two endurance racers in this series built by the Kremer brothers in Germany, with over 700 twin-turbocharged horsepower. Cage describes it as, "a pussycat…. It's very powerful, but very responsive," displaying talents and tolerance for which he is to be commended - this is one very hairy and challenging road-racer. Another consignment to RM's "Vintage Motor Cars at Amelia" auction is in tune with Nicolas Cage's criterion of "sensations," a 1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 2.6 Liter Monza Spider Corsa.
The winner of the first postwar US road race at Bridgehampton, Long Island, this outstanding supercharged Alfa Romeo is one of the most important Alfa Romeos in existence. Widely and enthusiastically used by its late owner, this highly original and correct Alfa Romeo Monza has established itself as the archetype of Alfa's legendary 8C race cars, the most significant 8C Alfa Romeo ever to be offered at auction. RM Auctions' Amelia Island sale will offer more than 100 cars including the only Scaglietti-bodied Ferrari 375 Mille Miglia (forecasting the shapes Scaglietti later would execute upon the Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa), an exquisitely-bodied Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 cabriolet by Pinin Farina displayed at the 1949 Paris Salon said once to have been owned by Prince Rainier of Monaco and a faithfully reproduced replica of the sensational 1963 Maserati Tipo 151 Le Mans coupé.
These are pictures of cars that went to action (some he may still own) belonged/belongs to Nicolas Cage. These pictures are donated to cagefactor buy the auction house selling the Collection. Thanks Ian Kelleher!
