The 42nd annual Palo Alto Concours d’Elegance will be held Sunday, June 22, 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at the Stanford University Sand Hill Athletic Field.
The Concours is sponsored by the Palo Alto Host Lions Club, with proceeds going to local charities and nonprofits, including Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital.
Corvettes and Alfa Romeos will be featured, along with vintage classic cars, including an Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Meet. The 350 cars on the field will include a display of historic race cars, vintage trailers and fiberglass cars of the 1950s. There will also be a display of extra-low emission automobiles sponsored by the California Air Resources Board.
Among local residents showing cars are Joan Peterson of Menlo Park, who will display a 1963 Alfa Romeo Giulia, Phil and Cindy White of Atherton with a 1954 Chevrolet Corvette, and Larry and Jane Solomon with a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing Coupe.
Car collector Martin Swig will give a “walk through the classics” in one segment of the Concours, during which he will comment on different cars on display.
Admission is $25. Children 12 and under are admitted free. The athletic field is located at the corner of Sand Hill Road and Pasteur Drive on the Stanford University campus. For more information, go to www.paconcours.com.
Appraisal Fair at Little House
In its own version of “Antique Roadshow,” Peninsula Volunteers is presenting its first Appraisal Fair from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 18, at Little House, 800 Middle Ave. in Menlo Park.
The fair is hosted by the 2007-08 provisional class of Peninsula Volunteers.
Visitors may bring decorative arts, Asian arts, paintings, books, silver and jewelry. As to furniture, don’t bring the writing desk you inherited from Aunt Millie, just a photo and one drawer.
Bonhams & Butterfields of San Francisco will make the appraisals at $10 each, or three items for $25. Box lunches will be available for purchase. Proceeds from the event will benefit Peninsula Volunteers programs. For more information, call 326-0665, ext. 238.
Steve Poizner dinner
The South Peninsula Area Republican Coalition and Palo Alto Republican Women Federated invite the public to an evening with Steve Poizner, California insurance commissioner, on Thursday, June 19, at Ming’s, 1700 Embarcadero Road in Palo Alto.
A 5:30 p.m. social hour and registration will be followed by a 6 p.m. program and dinner at 7. Cost is $30 for members and $35 for others. Thursday, June 12, is the deadline for registration. For reservations, call 917-9125.
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