Jacques Mequet Littlefied did
not live an exceptionally long life, dying of cancer in 2009 at age 59.
But the independently wealthy San Francisco Bay Area collector did live a
wonderfully eclectic life, amassing over some four decades one of the
world’s biggest collections of rolling armor. Yup, tanks. And a few
other related things, including SCUD missiles, amphibious personnel
carriers and anti-tank guns.
It is safe to say that not
outside of an actual war is one likely to find anything quite like The
Littlefield Collection, 280 largely restored relics from a range of
armed conflicts. While 80 of Littlefield’s prized items are destined for
The Collings Foundation in Stow, Mass., a museum dedicated to the
preservation of such fare, 200 lots go under Auctions America’s hammer July 11-12 at Littlefield’s former home-cum-museum in Portola Valley, Calif., just south of San Francisco.
After all, moving an M1 tank anywhere was out of the question.
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How could you pass up the chance to have your very own SCUD missile? Every home should have one.
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DeleteThe only problem I see with this Auction is ; The prices. They seem to think that most of this deactivated "armor" is worth between 100% to 1000% more than the current re-sale market for WW-2 armor. The Tank in the photo above is a Korean war era M-4 "easy 8" NOT a Sherman "jumbo" and will fetch at BEST 175000$ NOT millions. The PzKw Mk4 ( Nazi export variant) is an incomplete hulk that need hundreds of thousands of dollars in work to make a good static display ,and not worth 10 cents on the dollar of the "ask price". I see a crap ton of greed in this one. Unless the "armor comes with working main guns and ammo, this is as overpriced as anything I have seen in 40 years collecting---Ray
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info and what do you have?
DeleteAfter two go rounds with cancer--- not much. I managed to hang on to some of my collector rifles and some .45's but the only other "stuff" I have left is field gear. Cancer treatment is expensive---Ray
DeleteI've had it twice. Where was yours?
DeleteHead and neck . Fast growing and highly invasive. I got blessed with an aggressive radio-therapy team who said; "we are gonna' nuke you till we can use you teeth for a flashlight" It worked. 4 years cancer free last week.---Ray
DeleteGreat!
DeleteHow cool would it be to have an armored vehicle or two to run around in the back forty.
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Or to greet a no-knock raid.
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