That tank belongs to the Veluzat brothers, Andre and Renaud and is located in Newhall California, and they are indeed the owners of the Melody Ranch motion picture studio where many Hollywood movies, especially westerns were filmed. They sold the sister to that tank early last year, that one was priced at 195k. The brothers have a pretty extensive collection of military hardware, including several ersatz German panzers and US halftracks masquerading as Sdkfz's. The ranch is also home to Hollywood heavyweight Arnold Schwarzenegger's M47 Patton. I recommend anyone traveling through the Santa Clarita area north of LA to pay them a visit, they are great guys and have stories for days about the film business, not to mention the collection of cool military stuff.
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