It was $3,100, and the house was only worth $18,000. A big one. John Staluppi also owns the Yacht Quantum of Solace. Car dealership magnate John Staluppi was in the market for a sport fisher at the time. https://yachtharbour.com/news/heesen-reveals-secrets-of-building-world-s-fastest-yacht-octopussy-3835 His father, Francis, was a hard working electrician who worked two jobs to make ends meet and his mother Millie was a homemaker. https://azure.barrett-jackson.com/Media/Home/Reader/classic-cars-sales-records-set-at-2018-palm-beach-auction/, http://www.jacksonville.com/special/20180420/barrett-jackson-palm-beach-auction-hits-394-million-in-sales, http://www.automobilemag.com/news/staluppi-collection-brings-13-96-million-barrett-jacksons-2018-palm-beach-sale/, http://www.corvetteblogger.com/2018/04/24/corvette-auction-results-2018-barrett-jackson-palm-beach/, http://www.automobilemag.com/news/top-ten-expensive-cars-sold-barrett-jacksons-2018-palm-beach-sale/, https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180416005906/en/Barrett-Jackson-Palm-Beach-Auction-Hits-39.4-Million, https://www.wptv.com/lifestyle/taste-and-see/how-you-can-drive-really-fast-this-weekend, http://www.hotrod.com/articles/interview-john-staluppi-owner-cars-dreams-collection-sold-barrett-jackson-april-2018/, https://azure.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Home/PalmBeach-2018/fda861c1-a373-4fa5-9a85-7259e44f5aa3, http://cbs12.com/news/local/photos-john-staluppi-cars-of-dreams-museum-parade, http://testdrivenow.com/john-staluppi-cars-of-dreams-collection-to-be-auctioned-off-at-barrett-jackson-palm-beach/, https://southfloridareporter.com/check-out-the-john-staluppi-cars-of-dreams-collection-to-be-auctioned-off/, https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Home/PalmBeach-2018/fda861c1-a373-4fa5-9a85-7259e44f5aa3, https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Media/Home/Video, https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Media/Home/Reader/restored-and-ready-to-roll-gm-muscle-cars-headed-to-2018-barrett-jackson-palm-beach-auction/, https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Media/Home/Reader/microcars-for-sale-florida-auction-fiat-bianchina-fiat-jolly-american-bantam-john-staluppi-cars-of-dreams/, https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Media/Home/Reader/john-staluppi-cars-of-dream-collection-for-sale-no-reserve-florida-auction/, https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Media/Home/Reader/john-staluppi-cars-of-dreams-superbird-firebird-trans-am-pontiac-gto-judge-for-sale-car-auction-specs/, https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Media/Home/Reader/john-staluppi-cars-of-dreams-collection-cadillacs-for-sale-car-auction-specs/, https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Media/Home/Reader/big-block-chevrolet-corvettes-for-sale-john-staluppi-cars-of-dreams-florida/, https://dolcemag.com/auto-trend/john-staluppi-cars-of-dreams-barrett-jackson-auction/27942. As he wanders the rows of vehicles, checking in with Barrett-Jacksons team on its progress, its apparent this is a big life event. He was so happy because he got a $400,000 bonus. March 2020 Launched in 2010 by Trinity Yachts, John Staluppi's 57.91 metre motor yacht Skyfall is currently listed for sale. Or rather, he wont sell it again. Born in 1947 in Brooklyn, native New Yorker, John Staluppi started his life from humble beginnings. Were intending to charter that boat three to four months a year. We decided to build yachts for luxury, and the new boats were building for charter more than for resale. August 2019 He built a new race boat and this one caught fire on Lake Pontchartrain, near New Orleans. His mother, Millie, was a stay-at-home mom, while his father, Francis, was an electrician. Staluppi paid $2.1 million for the fifth-generation Supra in January at the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. We got wind HH the Aga Khan was building a boat that was supposed to do 65 knots, and naturally I wanted to go faster. John Staluppie's car collection is estimated to be worth over $15 million and resides in Palm Beach County. I see a nice business in the charter market.. Business, Economics, and Finance. In the late 1970s, he bought his own franchise and later expanded to 40 dealerships between New York and Florida. https://www.latinapress.it/latina/milionario-americano-sbarca-al-lido-di-latina-con-il-suo-mega-yacht-ecco-chi-e-video/ Tumblr.com- Miami Boat Show He has two partners to help him run Atlantic Auto Group, which occupies about 50 per cent of his time, with the boats taking up the rest of a 14-hour day, six day a week routine. . First up on the auction block was the Corvette Carbon 65 Edition coupe signed by President George W. Bush was bought by John Staluppi, owner of Atlantic Automotive Group, for $1.4 million. Staluppi took it and ran. https://www.luxuo.com/motoring/yachting/benetti-spectre-yacht-style-review.html This Indy Pace Car edition (Z11 package) includes the rear spoiler, rally wheels, and a ducted hood. Even though my family were electrical contractors, I had no interest in putting my hand in a plug and getting a shock, recalls Staluppi. The list of charities and fundraisers that John is involved with is long. His father took out a loan so his son could run a Sunoco station. Sportscardigest.com - Barrett-Jackson-Palm-Beach-2015-auction-results, Torquenews.com - Copo-camaro-1-raises-400k-charity. The design features bumper cars, a beachfront boardwalk with a Carvel ice-cream store, Nathan's . Photography: Ginny Dixon I got the Corvette, and it was the first really new Corvette I had. By the end of the 60s, Staluppi sold the Corvette, but more recently, his then-99-year-old father told him, Johnny, when your mother died, I was cleaning out some stuff, and I found the registration for your first Corvette.. That was near and dear to his heart, because he saw how much value it had in his life.. I had a 10-car garage, but I said, This is not working, and built an 18-car garage for my house, Staluppi says. On Saturday, WWE Hall of Fame member Hulk Hogan took center stage and, in true Hulkamania fashion, ripped the shirt off his back to help Barrett-Jackson raise much-needed funds for U.S. veterans, children, cancer patients and others across the country. John Staluppi also expanded his interest into the yachting industry, since he had always enjoyed boating and sportfishing in the 70's and 80's on Long Island. We were excited and happy and emotional all at the same time, Breanna said. https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/yacht-design/superyacht-elevators--30893/frame-3 Episode 2 of "Revved and Ready: John Staluppis Cars of Dreams features a Chrysler 300 - one of the classic and exotic vehicles from Johns much-loved Cars of Dreams Museum. https://www.hemmings.com/events/detail?listing_id=57925 0:42. I really wanted to have something different. Were grateful for their kindness and that of our other bidders who purchased charity vehicles. Taste for speed In 2015, he was on the host committee for a retirement party Staluppi threw for a Palm Beach County administrator: "John Staluppi, whose firm bought the site for a controversial Double D Ranch and Saloon strip club on Southern Boulevard, is throwing a retirement party Friday for former Palm Beach County Administrator Bob Weisman" Thats how I progressed. But I dont want to just have 300 cars in a warehouse. Our guests have made the Palm Beach Auction such an electrifying event year after year, said Craig Jackson, chairman and CEO of Barrett-Jackson. This one wont escape his possession again. John Staluppi Sr. founded the New York Auto Giant in 1972 as the Atlantic Auto Group. Building the business came first, however, and even his beloved 1962 Corvette was sold to that end. We're walking through an enthusiast's paradise that Staluppi, born in 1947, calls his Cars of Dreams, built into roughly half of a nondescript West Palm Beach, Florida, strip mall he purchased. https://www.barrons.com/articles/a-dream-collection-of-114-classic-cars-to-be-offered-in-arizona-01578611652 Yes, thats a merry-go-round. I dont like any pieces of s***, excuse my language, John Staluppi, a reasonable approximation of a sturdier Robert De Niro, says in his Brooklyn accent. https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Home/LasVegas-2019/c299e90d-6ce4-4f14-a3f4-4805b7509421 You couldnt restore this Cadillac to this level for the price paid. The club then sold to a firm managed by. . But I got it back, he says, describing how he found and repurchased the car, now in the museum. In total, 692 vehicles sold, nearly all at No Reserve, for more than $38.3 million, while 380 pieces of automobilia brought in over $702,000, and $450,000 was raised through the sale of charity vehicles, bringing the total auction sales to more than $39.4 million. PALM BEACH, Florida Were very selective on the cars here. His father, Francis, was a hard working electrician who worked two jobs to make ends meet and his mother Millie was a homemaker. RM AUCTIONS CONCLUDES RECORD 2012 CALENDAR WITH $11.5 MILLION JOHN STALUPPI 'CARS OF DREAMS' MUSEUM SALE. 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Atlantic Auto Group Staluppi is the founder of the Atlantic Auto Group. https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/heesen-octopussy-yacht--43275 Staluppis dream was born of necessity. The powerboat racing came to a fairly swift end after a couple of high-speed crashes. By: John Mahon Lithia Motors Inc. said Tuesday that it has entered the Las Vegas market as it acquired four Hyundai and Genesis dealerships that are expected to add $225 million in annual revenue. https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/editorial-features/licence-to-thrill-john-staluppis-fastest-superyachts--40727 I bought a radar gun, and we were on the boat for the first sea trial, says Staluppi. I was happy because now I owned the fastest yacht in the world. In an ultimate show of generosity, John and Jeanette announced they would re-auction the Mustang at our Northeast Auction to spur additional donations for the Jordan students, said Jackson. John Staluppie has an estimated net worth of over $500 million dollars. We were floating around out there in the middle of the ocean for about 20 minutes, and all I could think about was the shark coming to bite my leg, he recalls. He is a car magnate, yacht maker, and philanthropist. So he created magnificent Millennium Super Yachts, a line of custom yachts that is unsurpassed in . New Cars of Dreams Museum website launched carsofdreams.com When we pulled in there (to ports) everybody said, Thats Octopussy., The Staluppis cruised the Atlantic in her for a year and a half before selling the competition was heating up again. Staluppi had an interest in the water right from the beginning. Crypto Octopussy was subject of a wager with builder Frans Heesen as to how fast they could make it go. The World Is Not Enough was Staluppis last fast superyacht. He had already bought a power plant of three MTUs at 3,500hp each, before he even had a shipyard, but it wasnt easy to find an engineer or a yard that thought it was enough power. In the below section you will more & more information. Staluppi is the founder of the Atlantic Auto Group. Vincenzo Poerio - Benetti CEO reports: "We are delighted of John coming back, especially with such a request, we can define as a very exciting "new challenge . He is the former automotive writer and editor for The Arizona Republic and SPEED.com, the website for the SPEED motorsports channel. Other celebrity guests included actor Alfie Wise, North Carolina Panthers head coach Ron Rivera, NASCAR legend Rick Hendrick and former NFL wide receiver Reggie Wayne. Episode 1 of Revved and Ready: John Staluppis Cars of Dreams looks into the background of world-renowned car collector John Staluppi. Were intending to charter that boat three to four months a year. A big one. I enjoy finding the cars, bidding on the cars, buying the cars and working on the cars. Episode 1 of Revved and Ready: John Staluppis Cars of Dreams looks into the background of world-renowned car collector John Staluppi. Since The World Is Not Enough there has been Casino Royale, a 49m Christensen, and Quantum of Solace, a 52m Benetti. Nevertheless, he has a clear favourite, the aptly named The World Is Not Enough. His latest project is a 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz convertible he plans to modify. John Staluppi biography and news. I always loved cars and I was a very good mechanic, and always wanted to open my own shop. Tweet. Maybe I would buy some old Rolls-Royces or the old Bentleys. https://virtualboatshow.boatinternational.com/cassetta So why exactly is Staluppi putting them up for auction?Dolceput the question to him in a recent interview. Two times is a warning, three times youre out. There wasnt going to be a third time.. Sport-fishing boats had started doing 42 knots, 44 knots, and some of the smaller boats did 50 miles an hour We would go by those boats, I would have a cocktail in my hand, a nice martini and give the people a how you doing? Nobody could believe it. We all know from the Disney Love Bug movies that Herbie can drive himself, and did he ever this past Saturday. https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2020/01/24/virgil-exners-forward-look-cars-rocket-upward For Staluppi, 30 knots was never going to be enough. Staluppi has been a car collector for decades. The shopping mall on US Highway 1 looks innocuous from the outside, but once youre buzzed in through the front door you enter a dreamscape. https://rickcarey.com/leake-auctions-salt-river-fields-scottsdale-january-16-19-2020/ This was fair market value for a nicely restored car. The newest boat is another Benetti, the widely profiled 61m Diamonds Are Forever. Staluppi will receive $375 million in cash and a note for the remaining $50 million. If you look at these old cars, with the big bumpers and the chrome, they still have that sentimental value.. Said to have appeared in Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus events, the wagon has been treated to a better-than-original restoration with gold-plated trim, solid brass cage bars, and Amish-made wooden spoke wheels. So my family took out a mortgage on the home and helped me open my first gas station. If the boat does 51 knots or more, for every knot over 51 knots we would pay a $200,000 bonus. He grew up with an intimate knowledge of people who have a tough life - and now he feels an obligation to help needy people have an easier life in some way. His father, Francis, was a hard working electrician who worked two jobs to make ends meet and his mother Millie was a homemaker. 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Staluppi is the founder of Millennium Super Yachts and a successful car dealer. Subjected to a full frame-off restoration and powertrain rebuild, this documented, factory-produced Judge is one of just 549 built with the desirable Ram Air IV engine and Muncie M21 four-speed, short-ratio manual gearbox. John Staluppi Jr.'s ABC JS Auto Imports II LLC paid $10 million for the seven parcels on the east . Staluppi, one of the nation's largest private car dealers, has owned 18 yachts over the course of his life. But Staluppi isnt finished tinkering with cars. https://www.superyachttimes.com/yacht-news/fastest-yacht-octopussy With the King of Spain and the Aga Khan looking to go faster, Staluppi wanted to do 50 knots in a much bigger boat originally planned at 39m. When its all said and done, Staluppis cars will generate $13.96 million at auction, including buyers premium, typically around 10 percent. That is why, despite selling nearly every car from his collection with its focus on American convertibles primarily from the 1940s to 1960s, this space will no doubt be packed with cars again in the not too distant future. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-8236353/The-story-Octopussy-broke-50-knot-barrier-worlds-fastest-superyacht.html The windfall enabled him to expand into Oldsmobile and Nissan dealerships. He has two partners to help him run Atlantic Auto Group, which occupies about 50 per cent of his time, with the boats taking up the rest of a 14-hour day, six day a week routine. I wanted to build one more yacht which would set the standard, and make the (speed record) bar very high, very hard to achieve for someone.. These days, the collector has branched out from automotive ventures into commissioning some of the fastest luxury yachts in the world. May 25, 2021 12:19 PM. I kept packing cars in, and every time I wanted to go for a ride in a car, Id have to move five cars just to get to it.. I was really getting melancholy the other night, Staluppi admits. I see a nice business in the charter market. UPDATE: Since this interview was first published Staluppis car collection was sold off, the vehicles going to different homes. My guys do not say, Can I help you? They say, Good afternoon, how are you? He owns yachts and automobile factories, and that's the reason he can pull such a determine of earnings. John Staluppi, who was born on January 10th, 1947, is 76 years old as of 2023. Moreover, he is the founder of Millennium Super Yachts. When we pulled in there (to ports) everybody said, Thats Octopussy. Sold for: $57,200. 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