Latest Acquisitions (Aug 2021)

·        Antique Automobile Magazine

The Antique Automobile Magazine is published bi-monthly and exclusively for members of the Antique Automobile Club of America.

This publication is the most comprehensive automotive history magazine and features a mixture of articles and photographs of veteran, classic and rare cars which have been available to the American market. In addition to this there is information about clubs and chapters for the club and extensive commercial advertising.

While the magazine is still in print today, our collection contains copies ranging from the 1940s to 1970s.

We now have approximately 100 copies of this rare automobile magazine. This title is part of the E. Dean Butler Collection.

 
  • Open Wheel Magazine

Open Wheel Magazine was published by Stock Car Racing magazine beginning Summer 1980 then bi-monthly from 1982. By 1988 the magazine was published on a monthly basis,  continuing to December 2001 when it became a supplement within Stock Car Racing magazine. This arrangement continued for 6 months until mid-2002.

The magazine is an excellent resource for those interested in American oval track racing with open-wheel cars, including Sprint, Midget, Mini-Sprint, Supermodified, and Indy cars.

 We have around 200 copies ranging between 1981 and 2001. This title is part of the E. Dean Butler Collection.

 

·        Road and Track Magazine

In 1947 Wilfred H. Brehaut, Jr. and Joseph S. Fennessy of Hempstead, New York founded Road & Track magazine and during these early years six copies were published.

From 1952 to 1972 ownership of the magazine changed hands to John Bond who was a regular contributor and editor. The magazine was published for a total of 20-years and we hold twenty seven copies ranging from 1950 to 1960. This title is part of the E. Dean Butler Collection.

 

·        Speed Age

Published between May 1947 and December 1959, Speed Age is an essential resource for information on NASCAR and Indianapolis during the mid-century period.

Speed Age is a former American automobile magazine, which was based in Hyattsville, Maryland. The magazine was in circulation between May 1947 and December 1959. No issues were printed from January through May, 1954. There were several "special" issues published. There were also at least two short lived attempts to resurrect Speed Age in later years.

We hold thirteen copies ranging from 1947 to 1959. This title is part of the E. Dean Butler Collection.

 

·        Supercar and Supercar Classics

This automotive magazine was first published in Autumn 1983. It was published on a quarterly basis until winter 1987. There is a gap of a couple of months then the title switched to monthly publication from June 1987 to March 1991. The magazine changed its title to Supercar and Classics with last issue being Sep 1991.

We now have 30 out of the 66 issues published. This title is part of the E. Dean Butler Collection. This title is part of the E. Dean Butler Collection.

Promotional Materials

·        MG X-Power promotional flags from Le Mans 2002

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“Hard to believe — but the flags are from LeMans 2002, 19 years ago.

I was there and asked the MG people for some flags after the race finished. They were happy not to have to carry them back home.” E. Dean Butler.

Thanks for joining me for this month’s ‘virtual finds table’.

I leave you with a little treat. Here is a promotional video of the MG X-Power team at Le Mans, 2002.

Until next time, Richard Roberts

We do not hold rights to this video – for credit or removal please contact us using the email at the bottom of this page.

Richard A Roberts.

Richard is a mechanical engineer and former information technology project manager who first became interested in advertising of all kinds in the early 2000s.

His interest turned to a passion that has led to his founding of the Richard Roberts Archive – an important collection of magazines and their advertisements from the early years of the nineteenth century to the present day. The archive has been converted from Richard’s private collection to a publicly accessible research centre.

He is a director of the Society of Automotive Historians in Britain and is its archive consultant. He has owned several Rolls-Royce Silver Shadows and a rare 1956 James Young Silver Cloud saloon.

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