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Let's get past the fact that today is April 15th, the most hated day of the year for all of the obvious reasons. Well, warm weather is finally threatening to break through and make it that much more tempting to drive something fun to work or get ready for a proper weekend blast. Spring in New England? Maybe, just maybe.....Let's focus on that, the start of baseball and perhaps the occasional round of golf, instead of what the IRS just fleeced you out of! Time to move on.

And while fresh on the mind, I'd like to thank all of our friends and clients who joined us last night for an evening of opera with "the maestro" Placido Domingo. Aston Martin is sponsoring his worldwide tour and last night was the only scheduled performance in the USA at the Wang Center in Boston. I apologize for not providing hand towels for those of you seated in the two front rows, you all know what I'm talking about. Nonetheless, it was a fantastic evening for all, thank you again for joining us and making it a great night.

Please pick up a copy of this month's Sports Car Market Letter and read my two cents about the Aston Martin DB4 Coupe that was auctioned of in February at the Artcurial Auction House in Paris. This car is the epitome of how educated mature collectors are now valuing original cars above restored examples. Of course, finding a truly original example of anything is next to impossible but there you go. Keith Martin has done a nice job of growing that magazine into quite a staple for those who enjoy a great classic car mag.

And along the lines of further obvious self promotion, our friends at ClassicDriver.com (Thank you Steve & Charis) have featured us in this week's dealer profile. Follow the link, http://www.classicdriver.com/uk/magazine/3200.asp?id=13740, and check out Steve Wakefield's site. If you like up to the minute enthusiast news and thousands of classifieds every month, this is the place, book-mark it as a favorite. It's also the spot to check out the far flung pricing for cars in Europe. Every wonder why a great many cars are leaving the country for ports abroad? Just do the math....(And Kurt, that's a Fiat Jolly that I'm sitting on, or don't you have "them types of fur-un u-rup-peen cars in Texas?")

As I mention on our site, occasionally the "for sale" inventory never makes it that far to that section, last week was no exception.  A partially restored RHD Aston Martin DB5 Coupe was sold before it even got to our premises, let alone the website. It is now in the hands of an international collector who will finish what someone else started 30 years ago. If something like this is of interest, please let me know ahead of time. In the "potentially" for sale section, I'm currently chasing a very low mileage original Ferrari Daytona Coupe, another 1950s Aston project and a very rare Porsche 356 Coupe. Pass the word along of cars on your wish list, if you can, and you won't be disappointed to hear that something was just sold that would have been just right for you. How about a rare Fiat Abarth 600 Coupe? See, it's never the same from month to month......

Lastly, our first Aston Martin DBS Coupe is "on the water." If you didn't have a chance to attend the NY Autoshow last month please contact Patrick Roussel to sechedule a visit and see what all the fuss is all about, again, you simply won't be the least bit disappointed.

Be back at you before long...

Steve Serio