I am intrigued by how the skills learned in one profession can serve someone in one that seems so unrelated to the first.
I also love stories about people who can find a way to get paid to do what they love to do.
Jeb Gottlieb of the Boston Herald has a fun story about a former music executive who has made the transition from music mogul to classic car salesperson extraordinaire.
Don Rose opened one of the first CD only record stores (that’s a funny phrase) in Boston in the 1980s and parlayed his expertise into a very successful venture as a music producer. He reissued such classic music as Bowie, Elvis Costello, and Frank Zappa on CD.
Nurturing a special affection for Aston Martins, Rose started buying and selling classic cars around 2000.
I’ll bet he wouldn’t mind a jaunt in Ron Sturgeon’s newest Dallas Aston Martin rental, a 2007 Aston V-8 Vantage Convertible…
Anyway, Rose is now the consignment specialist for RM Auctions for the East Coast.
http://theedge.bostonherald.com/lifeNews/view.bg?articleid=1013427
