Since the beginning of the year, a Mercedes collection shrouded in mystery has been making the rounds in Mercedes circles. We are talking regarding the collection of the Patina Collective from Florida, USA. Behind them are three Mercedes fans who have now probably bought up to 300 Mercedes models and put them away.
The focus of their interest are AMG models from the so-called pre-merger era, i.e. the time when AMG was still independent and worked for Mercedes-Benz as a service provider. Also part of this collection are rare one-offs from the Mercedes tuners SGS, Gemballa, Brabus, König Special and others.
One of the three brand enthusiasts behind the collection is the German-American Anthony Boettcher, who will travel all the way from Florida to the SCHÖNE STERNE Mercedes Festival to look around and possibly buy more vehicles.
Strictly speaking, Anthony Boettcher is in Germany a little earlier to present the work of the Patina Collective at the SCHÖNE STERNE press conference.
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While some complain that the market for Mercedes one-offs and special models is being bought practically empty, others are happy that the vehicles are now going back into the hands of enthusiasts and are not rusting towards their end in some barn and storage hall. Because no matter how ingenious the retrofitters used to be with the tin snips, rust prevention was not one of their strengths. Therefore, many of the purchased vehicles are to be restored to a respectable condition. “Rust never sleeps! If we don’t invest accordingly in one or the other model, there won’t be much left of it in a few years. So, where necessary, we bring them back to the condition in which they were handed over to the original buyer,” says Anthony Boettcher.
What exactly is to happen with this enormous collection – there was also talk of a museum – we may find out at the press conference for the Mercedes Festival SCHÖNE STERNE. In any case, it is very interesting to observe the appreciation that the models and tuning of the eighties and nineties are currently experiencing.
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