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Artcurial Retromobile 2013 Highlights

Posted on the 16 February 2013 by Classiccarweekly @classiccarweek

Artcurial’s sale at Retromobile in Paris had way too many interesting cars to be able to feature them all here on this site. We covered some of them – the Talbot-Lago T150C we featured was the stop sale at $1,861,738. The second-highest selling car was the Duesenberg we featured from this sale at $1,319,888. The oldest car in the sale, our featured 1898 Fisson, sold for $311,050. The second-oldest car in the sale was this 1908 Hispano-Suiza 12/15HP Double Phaeton for $72,831.

1908 Hispano-Suiza 12/15HP Double Phaeton 1908HISPANO-SUIZA12-15HPDOUBLEPHAETON_zps85a1a5f3.jpg

The other Hispano-Suiza in the sale, our featured H6C by Saoutchik, sold for $424,849. The only other million-dollar car was this 1962 Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet for $1,077,481.

1962 Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet 1962Ferrari250GTCabriolet_zpsdb3c4480.jpg

One exceptionally rare car was this 1975 Bentley Corniche Convertible. While the Rolls-Royce Corniche is well-known, the sister Bentley version is very rare, with only 77 convertibles built. It sold for $133,524.

1975 Bentley Corniche 1975BentleyCorniche_zpse754572a.jpg

Other interesting cars included two wonderful French cars from the 1940s. First, a 1949 Citroen 15-Six Traction Avant Cabriolet by Worblaufen (below). It sold for $242,771. Then there was the 1946 Talbot-Lago T26 Record Cabriolet (second below) for $455,195.

1949 Citroen 15-Six Traction Avant Cabriolet by Worblaufen 1949Citroen15-SixTractionAvantCabrioletbyWorblaufen_zpsd9026514.jpg

1946 Talbot-Lago T26 Record Cabriolet 1946Talbot-LagoT26RecordCabriolet_zps65d60c36.jpg

The coolest American car in this sale (of the few that were offered) was a 1955 Chrysler ST Special Coupe by Ghia. It sold for $273,117.

1957 Chrysler ST Special by Ghia 1957ChryslerSTSpecialbyGhia_zpsb17e54b7.jpg

The rest of our highlights are French cars (French auction house + French auction location = lots of French rarity). Our feature C.G. 548 failed to sell. This 1928 Voisin  C11 (below) did sell – for $103,177. And finally, this 1935 Bugatti Type 57 Cabriolet by Vanvooren (second below) brought $746,472. Check out complete results here.

1928 Voisin C11 1928VoisinC11_zps9086ca0f.jpg

1935 Bugatti Type 57 Cabriolet by Vanvooren 1935BugattiType57CabrioletbyVanvooren_zpsb052bc90.jpg



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