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Sealed Bid Auction Running June 23-30, 2026
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Kruse Auctions presents this 1906 Locomobile ‘Vanderbilt Cup’ Racer in an exclusive Sealed Bid Auction.
Auction Preview is open now. Bidding opens Tuesday, June 23 at 11:00 AM ET and concludes Tuesday, June 30 at 3:00 PM ET.
Don’t miss the opportunity to own a remarkable piece of automotive and racing history. Register to bid today.
1906 Locomobile ‘Vanderbilt Cup’ Racer
- A significant pre-WWI brass-era American race-bred automobile
- Reassembled from original Locomobile Vanderbilt Cup factory team components that were stored with “Old 16” at the Riker Farm
- Acquired by the current collector in 1997 along with the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup race winner, “Old 16”
- Documented provenance of the surviving Locomobile Vanderbilt Cup Team components
- Accompanied by letters from the Helck Memorial Trust and Eleanor Riker addressed to the current owner detailing the Locomobile parts that were included in the historic transaction
- Thunderous Locomobile 990-cubic-inch F-head four-cylinder racing engine
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Represents one of the most significant surviving links to America’s breakthrough international racing success during the Brass Era and famed two-car 1908 Vanderbilt Cup winning race team
