Chandler Vintage Museum of Transportation and Wildlife

Summary

The Chandler Vintage Museum of Transportation and Wildlife, more commonly referred to as the Vintage Museum, was the primary showcase for the collections of Otis Chandler since its foundation in 1987. The museum was located in Oxnard, California, designed by architect Vincent Dyer and home to Otis Chandler's extensive collection of vintage and rare automobiles, motorcycles, and trains as well as fine art and wildlife game. After its founder died, the collection was auctioned off in late 2006. The museum reopened in 2010 as the Mullin Automotive Museum,[1] displaying the Peter W. Mullin collection, including 12 Bugattis from the former Schlumpf Collection.[2]

The collection edit

 
The Otis Chandler Museum shortly before it closed

Automobiles edit

The museum's automobile inventory included extremely rare classic, antique, and sports cars. At various points in the museum's history, there was also an Ahrens-Fox pumper fire truck; a Mack truck and an 1894 Baldwin steam locomotive.

Motorcycles edit

The museum's sizeable motorcycle collection covered two floors of the museum. Over 50 makers were represented including Ace, Crocker, Iver Johnson, Indian, Vincent and Brough and over 80 years of the most important Harley-Davidson models ever built.

Auction edit

On 21 October 2006, the collection was auctioned off by Gooding & Company. The auction fetched over $36 million, and set a record for a single day automotive auction.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Mike Harris (April 15, 2010), "Auto museum to open Saturday in Oxnard", Ventura County Star, retrieved 2013-10-21
  2. ^ [dubious ]jesse (2009-03-25). "Just a Car Guy: The Schlumph collection, also known as the Malmerspach collection". Justacarguy.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
  3. ^ Canada. "Top Stories - The Globe and Mail". Globeinvestor.com. Retrieved 2010-03-24.[permanent dead link]

External links edit

  • Mullin Automotive Museum
  • Archived website of Chandler Museum