In recent years, we have come to expect a car from the Mullins Collection to be on display and winning awards at the most prestigious Concours d'Elegance events in the world.  Soon folks can experience Peter Mullin's lifetime of collecting exquisite art and magnificent automobiles in a 50,000 sq ft exhibit space in the beach community of Oxnard, Calif.

According to a press release, "the Mullin Automotive Museum, scheduled to open on April 15, 2010, will pay homage to the art deco and machine age design eras of 1918 to 1941 with a display of more than 100 historic French cars  that  include examples from Delahaye, Delage, Talbot-Lago, Voisin, Hispano-Suiza and  Bugatti.

Next to the Mullin's Pebble Beach Concours winning automobile restorations, the museum will house  30 unrestored cars and a whole roster of Grand Prix and Le Mans cars.

Some of our favorite cars from the Mullin collection we've had the pleasure to ooh and awe over have been their:

1908 Niclausse Type D Tourer

1938 Talbot-Lago T150 C SS

1939 Delahaye 165

1951 Delahaye 235 Saoutchik Cabriolet

1937 Wanderer W25K Sports Roadster

More information about the Mullin Automotive Museum can be found on their website.

Recommended reading: Bugatti - Is it an Auto or is it Art?

The online auctioneer, charitybuzz, is well known for the celebrity experiences and luxury goods it auctions in order to help raise millions for nonprofits around the globe.  As we write, there is a 1983 Rolls-Royce Corniche II Convertible with only 19K original miles in pristine condition up for bid exclusively at charitybuzz, with the proceeds going to the Greenwich Village School in Greenwich Village, NYC.

For those of you feeling especially generous and would like to bid more than the $85,000 estimated value, the Internal Revenue Service websites states that "donors who purchase items at a charity auction may claim a charitable contribution deduction for the excess of the purchase price paid for an item over its fair market value"- not to be misconstrued as tax advice.

You can find out more about charitybuzz and the Roller on the auctioneers website.

Since 1996 the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance has attracted some of the world's most significant cars to compete for the coveted "Best in Show Honors", and for twelve years RM's Automobiles of Amelia Island Auction has complimented that event with its sale of rare and historic cars.  This year was no exception.

The Amelia Island event is not for those looking for an affordable classic.  It took only 98 cars to bring RM's total sales to $19,100,000 with a 1930 Duesenberg Model J Sport Berline taking the high bid at $1,705,000.

Gooding & Company made an impressive inaugural debut with their Amelia auction selling 58 cars for $16,100,000 and made the highest sale of the weekend at $2.750,000 for the 2009 Amelia Island Concours Best of Show winner, a 1931 Avions Voisin C20 Mylord Demi-Berline.

The 2010 Amelia Island Concours Best of Show award went to a 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster owned by Sam and Emily Mann. Another top honor, the Concours de Sport Best of Show, went to a 1961 Maserati Tipo 61 Birdcage.

Recommended Reading: The Avions Voisin - French Aerodynamics on Four Wheels

The BBC reported today that an auctioneer brought in to assess a deceased millionaire's property in Suffolk, England, made an "extraordinary" discovery of seven collectible vehicles including some of the finest marques produced in Italy and Britain from the 1970s to the 1990s.

The wealthy businessman who had not been named, had left the collection, some with less than 1000 miles on the odometer, to just gather dust on his rambling estate and used a Nissan 4x4 as his daily transportation. The barn find includes a rare Bentley Continental R Mulliner, one of only 46 made during four years of production, a 200-mph De Tomaso Longchamp GTSE,  and a Maserati Quattroporte III.

The cars will be auctioned at Lacy, Scott & Knight on Saturday, March 13, 2010.  The full story can be found on the BBC's website.