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THE MAGAZINE AUCTION RESULTS<br />
€27,6M<br />
Power and elegance<br />
Two sales of collectors' and automobilia totalled the<br />
trifling sum of €27.6 M at the very moment the keenest<br />
fans of the speciality converged on Paris for the Rétromobile<br />
exhibition.<br />
Bentley, Bugatti, Mercedes-Benz<br />
Forty-eight Motor Shows took place at the Grand Palais<br />
between 1901 and 1961. So on 7 February, Bonhams<br />
was touching base with history when it staged a sale<br />
totalling €13 M (80% by lot, 64.4% by value). Total estimates<br />
had been between €15 and €16 M. At €828,000,<br />
the most expensive car did not reach its estimate: a<br />
1929 Bentley 6½-Litre Speed Six tourer. It originally<br />
featured a saloon Gurney Nutting coachwork, but this<br />
was damaged during the Second World War, and it<br />
was rebodied as a tourer by Vanden Plas in around<br />
1971. However, the chassis and engine numbers<br />
match. As we know, the legendary model initially<br />
designed to rival the New Phantom Rolls-Royce turned<br />
out to be ideal for competitions. A Bugatti that once<br />
belonged to Ettore Bugatti also remained below its<br />
estimate at €690,000. This was a 1938 type 57 C Special<br />
€828,000 1929 Bentley 6½-<br />
Litre Speed Six Tourer<br />
Chassis no. BA2580,<br />
Engine no. BA2584
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