![]() ![]() Littlefield's family donated the tanks and other equipment to the foundation after Littlefield's death in 2009. They span from World War I through the Gulf War, Hunter Chaney, a spokesman for The Collings Foundation, said. The tanks and other vehicles - part of one of the nation's most extensive, historic, military vehicle collections - were among those amassed over decades by Silicon Valley engineer Jacques Littlefield, who kept them on his family estate up a winding, forested road above Silicon Valley. The auction on Friday and Saturday in Portola Valley will also include gun parts and miscellaneous military equipment, including a nearly 42 ton surface-to-surface missile, according to Auctions America, the company handling the auction. ![]() PORTOLA VALLEY (AP) - More than 80 tanks amassed by a Stanford University-trained engineer are set to go up for sale in the San Francisco Bay Area in what is being billed as one of the largest auctions of military vehicles ever.
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