Aguttes Tour Auto Optic 2000 Sale - preview
17 August, 2021
French auction house Aguttes heads to the Grand Palais Éphémère in Paris for the opening day of this year’s Tour Auto Optic 2000 on 30 August, where it will host a seven-car sale among a catalogue that also features works of art and wine. Star attraction is a 1962 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Recreation which carries a pre-sale estimate of €750,000 – 950,000. Built over a three-year period from 2013-2016 by specialists in Italy using a Ferrari 250 GTE as a base, its aluminium Competizione bodywork was the work of renowned marque experts Bacchelli & Villa, while the interior was entrusted to the equally legendary Luppi.
Also set to cross the block is an 89,000-km 1959 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster, guided at €950,000 – 1,150,000. Originally delivered new to the US, it was imported into Belgium in 2006 and emerged from a meticulous restoration in 2010 when owned by Deman Brussels.
With only 1,331 built, Porsche’s 356A Convertible D stands out as being one the rarest versions and Aguttes’ European-spec 356 is also notable for having the more powerful 1600 S engine, producing 75bhp. Purchased new by a GI stationed in Germany, it was ordered painted in Ivory but underwent a colour change to black during its most recent restoration in the early 2000’s (estimate €220,000 – 280,000).
The sale also includes a 1922 Bentley 3 Litre with tourer bodywork fitted in the mid-1950s (estimate €220,000 – 280,000), a three-owner 47,186-km 2007 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren (estimate €185,000 – 225,000), a 1986 Renault 5 Turbo 2 Gr. B "Cevennes", recently restored by Ferry Développement (estimate €75,000 – 105,000); and a time-warp 1990 Citroën 2CV Charleston, unregistered and with only 9km on the clock (estimate €50,000 – 70,000).
[ Aguttes Tour Auto Optic 2000 Sale – auction catalogue here ]
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