Haul of classic cars worth £ 12 million ...
Collection barn incredible discovery unearthed in France.
In just a few months, a menagerie breathtaking barn finds that constitutes Baillon collection will go to auction at Retromobile sale Artcurial The collection of 60 cars was discovered three months ago in France or elsewhere and it contains cars who even discovered one will faint collectors We speak of rides like a Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder, a Bugatti Type 57 Ventoux, a Maserati A6G 2000 by Frua, and Talbot Lago T26 convertible Saoutchik who had at one time been the property of King Farouk of Egypt the gallery is above just a simple taste of what will be offered on 6 February in the flagship sales at Artcurial Paris.
According to The Telegraph quoted Pierre Novikoff of Artcurial, the collection was owned by a French shipping magnate who had a passion for pre-war cars.
The discovery of these cars is actually due to a friend of the family selling What's crazy is that the collection was unknown by auto automobile specialists, Novikov told the Telegraph.
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60 cars barn state of discovery and another 40 spare parts will be offered for sale Rétromobile Photo Artcurial Artcurial auctions.
Just a few years the Baillon collection consisted of about 200 rare cars that the French owner collected in 1953 and 1966 Situated between, with the oldest car in the collection dates back to 1912 - a four-cylinder Renault's most modern car the collection as it is today is a Ferrari, which could have been his driver every day, and we suspect will be offered with the remaining lots the owner collection would be installed on larger vehicles later like trains, but setbacks in business forced him to sell about a hundred cars at one time a bankruptcy in 1978 saw the reduced collection of 100 other cars, leaving intact the 60 cars that will Artcurial in February .
California is a very important car as it was unknown Some people knew a rare Ferrari existed, but nobody knew it was a California Novikov told The Telegraph The collector bought it in 1971 and it was actually the car that french actor Alain Delon bought in 1963. There are pictures of him in the car with Jane Fonda and Shirley Maclaine.
Sales to Lambrecht Chevrolet auction ended after two eventful days that saw 15,000 spectators descend esteemed city of Pierce, Neb in a scene reminiscent field.
A total of 60 own cars to the preservation or restoration will be offered, and 40 will be offered for spare parts.
Some cars of the 1920s and 30 still have the original painting A lot of the most interesting cars of the 1930s, 40s and 50s, most are nasturtium by French companies, Novikov told the Telegraph.
Artcurial has not finished putting together a detailed list of lots with individual photos - we expect it shortly - but they produced a video preview of the collection we like to recommend to a cinematic prices somehow in the category of foreign short films.
We will update you as information and photos of individual lots emerge in the coming weeks.
Jay Ramey - Jay Ramey is Associate Editor Autoweek, and has been with the magazine since 2013 Jay also like to kayak and bike More by this author.
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