David E. Davis, Jr. Automotive Collection Bound for Auction

Just the Facts:

• A 1951 Cadillac Series 62 Coupe and miscellaneous journalism awards from the estate of the late David E. Davis Jr., widely regarded as the "dean of automotive journalists," will cross the auction block this month.
• The items will go up for auction on January 19 at the Bonhams auction in Scottsdale, Arizona.
• The Cadillac is expected to fetch between $30,000 and $40,000, according to Bonhams.

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — A 1951 Cadillac Series 62 Coupe and miscellaneous journalism awards from the estate of the late David E. Davis, Jr., widely regarded as the "dean of automotive journalists," will cross the auction block this month.

The items will go up for sale on January 19 at the Bonhams auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. The Cadillac is expected to fetch between $30,000 and $40,000, according to Bonhams.

Davis, the swashbuckling founder of Automobile magazine, died in March.

"One can imagine the automotive treasures collected by a man with a motor journalism career spanning more than 50 years, a man who counted as personal friends such legendary names as Juan Manuel Fangio, Enzo Ferrari, Dan Gurney, Pedro Rodriguez, Sir Jackie Stewart and Jimmy Clark, among hundreds of others," said Bonhams in a statement posted on its Web site.

The collection includes "nearly the entire contents of the whimsically decorated Ypsilanti, Michigan, office where Davis spent his final years," said the auction house.

It includes posters, model cars and bronze sculptures.

A desk set and miscellaneous journalism awards won by Davis are expected to fetch $100-$200. A set of caricatures of the journalist are expected to fetch $100-$200. Also up for grabs is an original pennant from the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race.

Inside Line says: Fans of David E. Davis, Jr. will want to get in on this auction.