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Active Ride’s Pop-Up Container
06.03.15
Active Ride Shop is celebrating the grand opening of a pop-up in a cool recycled shipping container on Friday at University Center in Irvine. The industrial container, between Blaze Pizza and Chipotle, will offer a fun, trendy way to shop from Active Ride branded products. The roll-up door will showcase racks of t-shirts, hats, socks, sandals, sunglasses, shoes, watches, speakers and skateboards.
Renowned local street artist “Shark Toof” will paint a custom mural on the outside of the container in a live art demonstration.
A variety of events at the container pop-up are scheduled throughout the summer, including a Vinyl Record Day Swap with Burger Records on August 12, and a Spoken Word Poet’s Day with Utilize Poetry Club. You can visit activerideshop for more information.
Active Ride Shop Pop-Up will be at University Center at 4255 Campus Drive in Irvine.
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Exciting Collector Automobile Auction In Newport Beach
06.02.15
Russo and Steele’s much anticipated collector car auction will be held June 5-7 at the Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort with a preview beginning at 9 a.m. on Thursday, June 4. Each daily auction will start at 11 a.m. Friday to Sunday.
As Russo and Steele’s second event in the company’s 15th anniversary auction series, following their Scottsdale auction, with record sales of coveted vehicles like an “early” Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster with a 1957 unit selling for $1,430,000, a 1974 Porsche 911 2.7 RS which brought in $302,500, and an iconic 1953 Jaguar XK120 which sold for $143,000.
The inventory will include a rare selection of premium vehicles, many of which have not been available for sale in decade, as well as European Sports, American Muscle, Classic Customs and Hotrods.
Celebrity cars include a 1934 Ford Sedan formerly owned by Eddie Van Halen, a 1975 Ford T-Bird formerly owned by Burt Reynolds, a 1975 Pontiac Safari formerly owned by John Wayne, a 1971 Mercedes-Benz 280SE 3.5 Cabriolet (one of only 1,200 ever built), and a 1971 Maserati Ghibli (one of only 1,274 produced).
Bidder registration is currently open, and interested bidders can complete the requirements on Russo and Steele’s website at russoandsteele.com/bidder-services/.
For those who would simply like to join the collector car party, general admission is available for $20 per day.
Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort is at 1131 Back Bay Drive in Newport Beach.
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