“The energetic “tour de force” is quick to recognize the power of “show”… now, he is on top of his czar-like world, with burgeoning empire of luxury classic cars and the movies… ” – The LA Times

“Mr. Cuker is the most exotic and mysterious creature in the Mayor’s circle… everything that Elliot touches turns to gold.” – The New York Times One of 43 prominent citizens featured in The New York Observer’s Millennium Edition, “8 Days in the Life of the City”: “Captured in our pages [are] the lives of the extraordinary people we will always associate with the life of the city..” “Cooper Classics Collection, which has been in business for 25 years as a dealer in vintage cars, [has] recently branched out to sell art, too. Its headquarters, on Perry Street, looks exactly like a small Chelsea gallery… Elliot Cuker, president of Cooper Classics, explains that he like to display models appropriate to the paintings on view. In this case, this includes a 1966 Rolls Silver Cloud III convertible, and a 1964 Jaguar XKE. Not bad… “I’d say that this Randy Bloom Exhibit is one of the top five painting shows of the year.” – Piri Halasz, NY Arts In the interest of space, locale and industrial chic, plenty of artists get to show their work in galleries that used to be garages. ..Twenty years ago, Elliot Cuker started the Cooper Classics Collection to show and sell vintage automobiles. As a result, his ample headquarters on a leafy block in the West Village has long had the feel of a sleek museum. “Cars are sculpture”, he says. [The artists are] the beneficiaries of a shift into an even higher gear – Cuker’s idea of having his car collectors” Mecca double as an art gallery.” – New York Daily News Unable to visit LA because of the devastating fires, Gary finds himself landed in New York. However, he still brings you some beautiful rare classic cars including the first ever Ferrari Dino 246, with a visit to meet Elliot Cuker at Cooper Classics. – Classic Obsession: View Video Here! What Cooper Classic Cars does is not sell you the car that you think you want. It’s selling you the car that you need. You might not even be aware of it yet. It might only be on the radar of someone in the know, someone who can sniff out a smart buy before anyone else, someone with an eye for style. That’s something Cuker has better than anyone else. – Robb Report: Read More Here