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Collection of a lifetime: Chevy dealer to sell 500 old cars, dozens of them new
- Peter Salter
- Sep 1, 2013
- Sep 1, 2013 Updated Jul 11, 2019
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Nearly 500 cars and pickups -- many of them traded to Lambrecht Chevrolet during its 50 years -- have been lined up in a farm field near the Pierce Community Golf Course and will be auctioned in September.
- TED KIRK/Lincoln Journal Star

Auctioneer Yvette VanDerBrink has spent much of her summer preparing the Lambrecht Collection for this month’s auction, including cleaning out the dealership building that holds the most valuable new-but-old cars and trucks. She’s not willing to predict how much bidders will pay. “We don’t want to put numbers in people’s heads,” she said.
- NATI HARNIK/The Associated Press
Ray Lambrecht married Mildred Heckman in 1946, the year he returned to Pierce from the Army and the year he started working at Lambrecht Chevrolet.
- Courtesy photo
Ray Lambrecht works the counter at the Chevrolet dealership he built in Pierce. Later this month, he’ll sell the 500 cars he's collected during a half-century in business.
- Courtesy photo
News of the upcoming auction has drawn a steady stream of auto enthusiasts to Pierce, about 20 minutes northwest of Norfolk.
- TED KIRK/Lincoln Journal Star
Ray Lambrecht and his wife, Mildred, ran Lambrecht Chevrolet for more than a 50 years, retiring in 1996.
- Courtesy photo
Like a parking lot from an earlier time, hundreds of Lambrecht Chevrolet’s decades-old used and new cars are awaiting auction in a field near the Pierce Community Golf Course.
- DANA TOMPKINS/Courtesy photo
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PIERCE -- The most valuable farm in Pierce County now has 24-hour security, possibly armed, camping where the soybeans used to be.
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Auctioneer Yvette VanDerBrink spent much of her summer preparing the Lambrecht Chevrolet collection for last week's sale. "The sheer number of people was just unbelievable."
NATI HARNIK/The Associated Press
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Nearly 500 cars and pickups -- many of them traded to Lambrecht Chevrolet during its 50 years -- have been lined up in a farm field near the Pierce Community Golf Course and will be auctioned in September.
- TED KIRK/Lincoln Journal Star
Auctioneer Yvette VanDerBrink has spent much of her summer preparing the Lambrecht Collection for this month’s auction, including cleaning out the dealership building that holds the most valuable new-but-old cars and trucks. She’s not willing to predict how much bidders will pay. “We don’t want to put numbers in people’s heads,” she said.
- NATI HARNIK/The Associated Press
Ray Lambrecht married Mildred Heckman in 1946, the year he returned to Pierce from the Army and the year he started working at Lambrecht Chevrolet.
- Courtesy photo
Ray Lambrecht works the counter at the Chevrolet dealership he built in Pierce. Later this month, he’ll sell the 500 cars he's collected during a half-century in business.
- Courtesy photo
News of the upcoming auction has drawn a steady stream of auto enthusiasts to Pierce, about 20 minutes northwest of Norfolk.
- TED KIRK/Lincoln Journal Star
Ray Lambrecht and his wife, Mildred, ran Lambrecht Chevrolet for more than a 50 years, retiring in 1996.
- Courtesy photo
Like a parking lot from an earlier time, hundreds of Lambrecht Chevrolet’s decades-old used and new cars are awaiting auction in a field near the Pierce Community Golf Course.
- DANA TOMPKINS/Courtesy photo
Auctioneer Yvette VanDerBrink spent much of her summer preparing the Lambrecht Chevrolet collection for last week's sale. "The sheer number of people was just unbelievable."
- NATI HARNIK/The Associated Press
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