Rocky Mountain peaks and golden-leafed aspens — it only seems fitting — will provide backdrop for the first classic car auction in Aspen/Snowmass, Colorado, and Bradley Farrell, founder of The Finest Automobile Auctions, thinks he’s assembled a sales docket that fits the local environment.

“For the demographic here, while it’s a very wealthy community and could afford multi-million-dollar cars, it’s not the right thing to do for your first auction here, for the first auction ever here,” Farrell said of the sale taking place Saturday.

“So we carefully have curated some entry-level classics for the demographic,” he said, listing cars such as a 1952 Jaguar XK120 coupe, a Porsche 356, a Mercedes-Benz 280SEL and also a 190SL, plus a Land Rover 110

“Those are the cars that I think are going to speak to the community here, and I see them driving around anyway,” he added.

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