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Leigh Keno is the Co-CEO of the Keno Brothers Fine Automobile Auctions. Rolling Sculpture, The New York City Auction is their inaugural event that takes place on November 19 at Skylight Clarkson Square in New York City. Leigh and his brother Leslie are internationally recognized experts in their field. You’ll recognize them from their years on the TV show Antiques Road Show. These identical twins are bringing their expertise from decades of work in the arts and antiques world to the collector automobile world. They judge at events including Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and speak at classic car symposiums across the country advising collectors and institutions. Leigh has restored, raced, and collected historic cars throughout his life and served on numerous boards along with authoring books and articles.
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SUCCESS QUOTES
“If you do what you love you never have to work a day in your life.” – Henry Ford
“If you always tell the truth you never have to remember what you said.” – Leigh’s father
CAREER CHALLENGE
When a business deal abruptly ended during the dot com financial crisis Leigh was forced to quickly pivot his focus or risk losing his home.
AH-HA MOMENTS
While selling at an auction a special collection of art he and his brother had just started the historic car private equity fund and Leigh decided he wanted to spend the rest of his time in business being involved with cars.
FIRST SPECIAL CAR
A 1972 Iso Grifo
BEST AUTOMOTIVE ADVICE
Be sure the cars you are racing have been magnufluxed and well taken care of.
GREAT RESOURCES
Historic Automobile Group – www.historicautomobilegroup.com
Hemmings Motor News – www.hemmings.com
FAVORITE BOOKS
Who Move My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson MD
The Stewardship of Historically Important Automobiles by Fred Simeone
PARTING ADVICE
Think twice before you restore a car and determine instead if it can be preserved.
HOW TO LEARN MORE ABOUT LEIGH
Keno Brothers – www.kenobrothers.com
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