General Motors Grants Classic Collector Designs License for Limited Edition Prints of Historic Design Art

Nashville, June 14, 2010: Select images consisting of conceptual sketches, vintage drawings, engineering studies, and color renderings are now available to automotive enthusiasts and collectors, interior designers and corporate art programs.

Detroit/Nashville June 8, 2010: Classic Collector Designs presents images of historic and aesthetic value from GM’s archive. Initial selections are works created by the designers of America’s Sports Car – the Corvette®. The Corvette collection includes both concept and pre-production design art from 1952-2005 – many seen outside of GM for the first time. An extensive range of framing and matting choices are selectable from within an innovative online framing engine. The Bledsoe Design Series provides pre-selected frame and mat choices tailored to exquisitely exhibit each work.

"For those passionate about the art and engineering of automobiles, the portfolio of GM design development, spanning more than a century, serves as an international treasure filled with milestones and masterpieces. We are excited to share elements of the rich GM design history with collectors and enthusiasts." said Scott D. Edwards, President, Classic Collector Designs.

Classic Collector Designs specializes in fine art derived from original, design development works. These treasures allow enthusiasts insight and emotional connection to their object of passion's origin and evolution. Select limited editions will be presented to collectors for purchase through the ecommerce site Route427.com and through distribution partners such as the NationalCorvetteMuseum.