Photo courtesy of the Weguelin Collection
You sort of expect an auction house named Bonham and Butterfields to be "delighted to offer for auction nothing less than one of the most charismatic Grand Prix racing cars ever built."
All delightfulness aside, this is a well-preserved racecar with a rich history. Powered by a rear-mounted 3.0-liter supercharged V12 and driven by the likes of Hans Stuck, "chassis 19" as it's known competed in the last pre-war season of grand prix racing, finishing sixth at the final race at Reims.
Bonhams says it expects bids in the $8M range when it goes to auction at the Quail Lodge on Aug. 14th.
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