Harry Yeaggy
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Harry Yeaggy (born 1946) is an American banker and car collector. He and Louis Beck co-own the Cincinnati-based Union Savings Bank and Guardian Savings Bank, a subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp;[1][2] the pair became business partners in the 1980s.[2] In 2008 Yeaggy was a director of Janus Hotels & Resorts following their merger with Beck Hospitality.[2] Yeaggy has held a major stake in Beck Hospitality, and served as chief operating officer.[2]
His car collection is displayed at a private museum in Ohio.[2] Yeaggy has 25 cars in his collection and sells a car before he acquires a new one.[3] His family could not afford a car when he was a child. He started to collect cars after acquiring a 1937 Packard and restoring it; he then bought Dusenbergs.[3] His garage was profiled by Phil Berg in Autoweek magazine in April 2008.[3] In 2022 Yeaggy lost a legal case against the Ohio Board of Tax Appeals regarding sales tax and was ordered to pay $950,000 in use tax, plus penalties and interest.[4]
Notable automobiles owned by Yeaggy have included:
- The Mormon Meteor.[3][5]
- The Aston Martin DB5 that was driven by Sean Connery in Goldfinger and Thunderball, which he bought in 2010 at RM Auctions in London for £2.6 million.[6][7]
- A 1956 Cadillac parade car used by the American presidents Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson and believed to have been travelling directly behind Kennedy's car during his assassination; he bought this in 2006 at auction for $400,000.[8]
- A 1962 "bubbletop" Lincoln that Kennedy used when president.[8]
- The 1956 Chevrolet Corvette C1 SR that came ninth at the 1956 12 Hours of Sebring,[3] which he sold around 2011.[9]
- The No. 1076 Ford GT40
- The 001 chassis Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport with a 427 "big block" engine, which he bought in 2002 for $4.2 million.[3][10]
- A Ferrari F40, F50 and Ferrari Enzo.[3]
- A 1967 Ferrari 412 P which was once displayed at the Cincinnati Art Museum.[2]
- A 1929 Duesenberg J/SJ Convertible that won the Best in Show Concours d'Elegance Trophy at the 23rd Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance in 2018.[11]