June 2017 - European auction previews
31 May, 2017
Osenat is due to host its inaugural sale at the Grand Garage Napoléon, Fontainebleu on 18 June with a varied inventory which includes cars from the Jacques Liscourt Collection. Headlining the sale are a 1939 Bugatti Type 57C Cabriolet with coachwork by Gangloff (estimate €500,000 – 700,000); a 1927 Tracta Type A-Gephy which competed in the 1928 and 1929 24 Hours of Le Mans (estimate €500,000 – 700,000); and a 1930 Bugatti Type 44 (estimate €180,000 – 230,000).
Other highlights include a 1967 Fiat Dino Spider (estimate €80,000 – 120,000); a 1927 Turcat-Méry VG (estimate €80,000 – 100,000); a 1954 Jaguar XK 120 SE Roadster (estimate €75,000 – 85,000); and a 1963 Rolls-Royce Phantom V Limousine (estimate €60,000 – 80,000).
Star attractions at the Aguttes Summer Sale in Lyon on 10 June include a 2004 Ferrari 575M HGTE (estimate €120,000 – 160,000); a 1982 Renault 5 Turbo – one of the original 1690 ‘Turbo 1’ examples built (estimate €90,000 – 120,000); a 1970 Alpine A110 1600 S GR. IV, with period rally success in the hands of its first owner Jean Saurel (estimate €100,000 – 120,000); and a 1996 Venturi 260 LM showing less than 27,000km (estimate €50,000 – 60,000).
Highlights among the German machinery on offer include a 1993 Mercedes-Benz E60 AMG (estimate €90,000 – 120,000); a 1969 Mercedes-Benz 280 SL (estimate €55,000 – 75,000); a 1987 BMW M3 (estimate €45,000 – 65,000); and a 1969 Porsche 912 Targa (estimate €40,000 – 60,000).
Notable Porsches entered for Classicbid’s 10 June sale in Grolsheim include a 1971 Porsche 911 E Targa (estimate €95,000 – 105,000); a 1997 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S (estimate €100,000 – 110,000); and a 1987 Porsche 928 S4 which spent its life in California until it returned to Germany in 2016 (estimate €20,000 – 22,000).
A 1972 Ferrari Dino 246 GTS heads the early entries for Oldtimer Galerie’s Zurich sale on 17 June. The car has remained with the same owner since 1980 and currently shows some 113,000km.
Other significant cars include a two-owner 46,000-km 1971 Alfa Romeo Montreal (estimate CHF60,000 – 75,000); a two-owner 1964 BMW 3200 CS, one of just 603 examples produced (estimate CHF115,000 – 125,000); a 1963 Lagonda Rapide (estimate CHF225,000 – 245,000); and a 1970 Lamborghini Espada 400 GT (estimate CHF145,000 – 165,000).
Automobilia and motorcars from the Alexis Dreye Collection go under the hammer at Stanislas Machoïr on 28 June in Cambrai. Jewel in the collection is a Voisin C18 V12 Coupe, one of three known Voisin V12s (estimate €500,000 – 800,000). Chassis 40033 is a two-owner car – acquired by Alexis Dreye in 1958 – and now shows 2,700km on the odometer which may be original, given its minimal use and years spent in storage.
Classic car auction price estimates for: Bugatti | Tracta | Fiat | Turcat-Méry | Jaguar | Rolls-Royce | Ferrari | Renault | Alpine | Venturi | Mercedes-Benz | BMW | Porsche | Alfa Romeo | Lagonda | Lamborghini | Voisin
From leading auction houses: Osenat | Aguttes | Classicbid | Oldtimer Galerie | Stanislas Machoïr
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