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The Concours d’Elegance at Copshaholm Marks 5th Anniversary

The Concours d’Elegance at Copshaholm Marks 5th Anniversary

The JBS Collection is pleased to announce – in collaboration with co-presenter LaVine Restorations, Inc., of Nappanee, Indiana – that the 5th Annual Concours d’Elegance at Copshaholm will be held Saturday, July 8, 2023, on the grounds of the historic Copshaholm House...

The Marvelous Engines of The JBS Collection

The Marvelous Engines of The JBS Collection

The engines that drive the cars of The JBS Collection are as exceptional as their exteriors. Each incorporates industry innovations of the time and provided outsized performance for their class. With greater capacity and increased efficiencies, these engines offered...

The JBS Collection: The Lalique Crystal Hood Ornaments

The JBS Collection: The Lalique Crystal Hood Ornaments

French glassmaker René-Jules Lalique produced 30 types of pressed-glass hood ornaments – or mascots – to adorn radiator caps of the wealthy and affluent in the ’20s and ’30s. A jeweler by trade, Lalique opened his first workshop in Paris in 1885,...

Count Credited with Art Deco ‘Streamlining’ Ideal Designed Cars of The JBS Collection

Count Credited with Art Deco ‘Streamlining’ Ideal Designed Cars of The JBS Collection

Count Alexis de Sakhnoffsky’s imagining of a sleek, space-age future shaped the cars of the Art Deco era and the look of much of the world of consumer goods. The JBS Collection’s 1934 Packard Eight 1100 Series Sedan, 1934 Packard Twelve 1107 Formal Sedan,...

The JBS Collection Shares Six Magnificent Packards on London Stage at Hampton Court Concours

The JBS Collection Shares Six Magnificent Packards on London Stage at Hampton Court Concours

The ‘Magnificent Six’ A half dozen immaculately restored Packard Twelves from The JBS Collection received a reception befitting royalty at London’s Hampton Court Palace Concours of Elegance, September 2-4, 2022. The event marked the first occasion...

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