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With apologies to The Vapors . . . “Turning Japanese, I’m really turning Japanese, I really think so . . .”
During the last weekend of January, hundreds of thousands of classic and vintage-car enthusiasts will descend on the Valley of the Sun for a series of auctions from Barrett-Jackson, RM/Sotheby’s, Russo and Steele, Gooding, Bonhams and Silver.