60 Vintage Cars found after 50 years worth at least £ 12 million
Every dream car enthusiast is to find a classic value car hidden somewhere in what is perhaps the ultimate discovery of the barn, a whopping 60 vintage cars were recently discovered in France and will be auctioned in early next year.
Matthieu Lamoure and left Pierre Novikoff recently discovered some 60 vintage cars in western France, including the 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder Photo courtesy Artcurial Motorcars.
These sleeping beauties are dressed in the precious time slipping past said Pierre Novikoff, a specialist with Artcurial Motorcars A collection like this can t fail to arouse the passions of those who love cars, and lovers of art and history ever, anywhere in the world, will be unearthed by such a treasure.
Novikov and CEO of Artcurial, Matthieu Lamoure, found cars onn property in western France, under shelters made of cardboard and fortune in various outbuildings The pair compared the experience to discover the cars archaeologist Howard Carter and George Herbert, Count Carnarvon entering Tut's tomb in 1922.
The car collection was reached in 1950 by Roger Baillon, an entrepreneur who ran a shipping company based in France Baillon was an avid car enthusiast, bringing a car he had built for Paris Motors Show at this time, he dreamed of heritage conservation of the pre-war cars in a museum setting, but his dream ended in the 1970s, when his business took a downturn and he was forced to sell 50 cars since that time, the rest of his car collection seated until this discovery.
Lamoure and Novikov came first through one of three 1956 A6G Maserati Gran Sport with coachwork Frua Then below newspapers batteries, they found a Ferrari 250GT SWB California Spyder with covered headlights which was one 37 cars whose fate was unknown to Ferrari historians later, the pair also found brands such as Bugatti, Hispano-Suiza, Talbot-Lago, Panhard-Levassor, Delahaye and Delage most cars are extremely rare or have a history of famous owners.
The 60 cars Baillon Collection will be auctioned at the Retromobile in Paris on Feb 6, 2015.
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