Antique Automobile Club of America Museum to Benefit From Multi-Million-Dollar Vintage and Classic Automobile Auction

HERSHEY, Pa., Oct. 3 -- While national and international coverage in recent months regarding the possible bittersweet sale of iconic Hershey Foods has now waned, a sale of another type in the same community has been in the making -- one that is proving to be very sweet to the coffers of a new museum being built near the nationally known HersheyPark. Blackhawk Auctions, owned by Donald Williams and Richie Clyne of California and Nevada respectively, are gathering more than eighty rare, vintage and classic collectible automobiles from world-class collectors to auction in the Great American Ballroom at the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center on Friday, October 11, 2002 beginning at 6:00 PM. The NO RESERVE auction, now in its second year, grossed nearly $5,000,000 in 2001 and raised $235,000 for the new AACA Museum, affiliated with the Antique Automobile Club of America. An 80,000 SF facility, the museum will tell the story of America's automobile and bus history. Williams and Clyne, avid auto enthusiasts, support the Museum because it will become "an institution of America's oldest automobile club, which in great part, has been the epicenter of motoring history." The auction attracts an audience of nearly 1,000 persons from across the United States, Europe and Pacific rim countries. The unique cars being sold can be previewed on Wednesday and Thursday after 3:00 PM and on Friday from 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM. The auction is only open to registered bidders. The rare vehicles can be viewed via the Internet by visiting the auction page at www.aacamuseum.org.