![]() That unique Sherman is, however, matched by an equally rare Littlefield bird, a German Panzerkampfwagen tank that would have been a target for its American counterpart. They’re intimidating weapons of mass destruction, but they’re also a piece of history.” You just can’t ignore the presence of a SCUD or Russian ICBM missile. “The sheer size alone of these things is just amazing, really humbling. Littlefield had amassed at his home I was blown away,” says Ian Kelleher, whose specialist role sees him toggling between Auctions America and its renowned collector-car sister company RM Auctions. “I specialize in cars and have seen my share of amazing collections, but when I saw what Mr. 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.Īfter all, moving an M1 tank anywhere was out of the question. ![]() 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. And a few other related things, including SCUD missiles, amphibious personnel carriers and anti-tank guns. 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. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jacques Mequet Littlefied did not live an exceptionally long life, dying of cancer in 2009 at age 59. ![]()
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