Beauty to Move You

Great cars have a most special quality. In addition to helping move us from Point A to Point B, they take us to a new place inside our selves.

You can experience?this monde int?rieur Sunday at the?Concours d?Elegance of America at The Inn at St. John?s in Plymouth. One of the top classic automobile exhibitions in the world, concours is a showcase for several hundred of the finest automobiles in history.

There also will?the juried Invitational Automotive Art Exhibition opening on Friday, July 27 and?a silent auction and unique opportunities for collectors including the RM Auction on Saturday, July 26. There also are various affiliated events throughout the preceding weeks, including an auction of classic automobiles and a race of vintage cars at Michigan International Speedway.

The Concours d?Elegance of America at The Inn?at St. Johns is located at 44045 Five Mile Road, Plymouth, Mich., from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, July 29, 2012. General Admission to the event is $25 per person and includes parking, shuttle and Program Book. Children 12 years of age and under are free with paid adult admission. Get full details here.

The image above is a detail of ?Over the Falls ? The 999? by Michigan sculptor Alexander Buchan. The painted bronze work chronicles the legendary racer built by Henry Ford and driven to victory by Barney Oldfield. The auto looks as if it were ready to leap into space, echoing Ford?s words: ?Going over Niagara Falls would have been but a pasttime.? The work is among more than a dozen examples of historic automotive sculptures by Buchan on exhibit as part of the 2012 Concours d?Elegance Invitational Art Exhibit.

In the 1920s the first Concours d?Elegance was staged as an elegant marketing effort in France. The custom automobile coach builders and fashion couturiers of Paris were making luxury products of important design and wanted a new and different way to reach their markets. In an effort to create a unique way to reach the market, an idea was developed of a grand exhibition combining both automobiles and fashion.

Different than its past Concours forerunners, the aim of Concours d?Elegance of America is to exhibit prestigious collector cars as well as offer an automotive art exhibition, a vintage car auction, Mode du Concours and social events.

For its first 33 years, the Concours d?Elegance of America was held at Oakland University?s Meadow Brook Hall. Beginning in 2011 this world-class event has been held on the grounds of the Inn at St. John?s in Plymouth, Michigan.

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Source: http://www.detroitperforms.org/2012/07/beauty-to-move-you/

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