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This amazing wooden crib was a gift offered to Ettore Bugatti for the birth of his son Jean and was built by the carpenters of the Bugatti factory. It was used for many years by the other children of Ettore Bugatti and eventually given to the family nurse. Her children later sold it in an auction in 2001, via the help of the Baron de Weibel, who was an antiquarian, neighbor and friend of the Bugatti family. This gentleman, who has now passed away, was a friend of the seller, a German lady and purposely decided to leave out the most interesting details when he described the crib during the auction. It is in excellent condition throughout and rests on four wheels with polychromed children in wood applied to all sides.
Price: £5000 Auction Estimate
The year says 1909, probably because Jean Bugatti was born in 1909, but he was born in Cologne, and there was no Bugatti factory at that time. Also, the crib is not for a small baby, but more for a little boy of between 1 - 6 years or so. So, the year is probably around 1911.
Though no Bugatti design, this is probably the cheapest way to acquire a 4-wheel vehicle built in the Bugatti factory!
Recreation of Rare Airplane to Take Flight following its Display in Southern California
Oxnard, Calif. (February 10, 2014) – The Mullin Automotive Museum, a Southern California institution devoted to the preservation of French art and automobiles from the Art Deco era, today announced it will debut the completed recreation of the Bugatti 100P airplane as part of its Art of Bugatti exhibition, a tribute to the Bugatti family’s enduring genius, opening March 25, 2014.
Originally designed in collaboration with Ettore Bugatti and Belgian engineer Louis de Monge, the original 1937 Bugatti 100P is considered by many to be one of the most technologically-advanced airplanes of the era. The 100P featured cutting-edge aerodynamics with forward pitched wings, a zero-drag cooling system, and computer-directed flight controls, all predating the development of the best Allied fighters of World War II. Powered by twin 450-hp engines, the plane was designed to reach speeds approaching 500mph, a feat previously only achieved by aircraft with twice the horsepower. The 100P was also much more compact than most aircraft of the era, with a wingspan of nearly 27-feet and an overall length of approximately 25.25-feet. In June 1940, Bugatti stopped work on the 100P and concealed the plane to prevent its discovery by the German military. Though the plane survived the war, it was left in a condition unfit for flight.
In 2009, Scott Wilson, John Lawson and Simon Birney of Le Reve Blue began construction on the first ever recreation of the Bugatti 100P. Handcrafted using largely the same materials and processes as the original, the recreation is dimensionally and aerodynamically identical to the original plane and includes elements of the five patents that Bugatti was originally awarded for the 100P. The recreation was teased as under construction at AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis. in 2011, but will be seen as completed for the first time at the Mullin Automotive Museum, beginning in March 2014.
“We’ve searched for years to gather the best examples of the Bugatti family’s work and couldn’t be more thrilled to host the 100P at our museum,” said Peter Mullin, Founder and Chairman of the Mullin Automotive Museum. “Bugatti has always been known for their remarkable automobiles, but the 100P is one of the missing pieces that truly shows the breadth and depth of the family’s work.”
“There isn’t a better way to finish this project than to have the 100P be a part of the Art of Bugatti before it takes to the skies,” said Scott Wilson, Le Reve Blue Managing Director. “For the first time, this incredible piece of engineering and design will receive the broad recognition it deserves, 77 years later.”
The Bugatti 100P aircraft will be on display among the largest assembled collection of Bugatti artifacts and automobiles at the Art of Bugatti exhibition, opening March 2014. For further information on the Art of Bugatti at the Mullin Automotive Museum, please log onto www.mullinautomotivemuseum.com.
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Lot 11: 2010 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport #VF9515K25241M795018, Not Sold (High Bid of €850.000)
- Bonhams Auction, Les Grandes Marques du Monde au Grand Palais Paris, France, February 6, 2014:
Lot 385: 1929 Bugatti Type 37/35B Grand Prix Chassis no. 37371, Engine no. 43239, Sold for €1,610,000
- Artcurial Auctions, Rétromobile, Paris, February 7, 2014:
Lot 342:
Circa 1926 Bugatti "Baby", Sold for €44,000 + Auction costs
Provided by Christophe Chanterault + Goy Feltes
Only
one Bugatti was present, a Veyron Nuit Bleu. The auctioneer, Max Girardo of RM Auctions,
announced the opening bid of $1,000,000- for the Veyron. Perhaps somebody has an explanation?
Walter Jamieson
Lot 25: 1930 Bugatti Type 35B Grand Prix #4948, Sold for $638,000
Barrett-Jackson, Scottsdale Auction, 12-19 January, 2014 :
Lot 1319.2: 2008 Bugatti Veyron #VF9SA25C68M795060, Sold for $1,375,000
Wolfgang Schreiber: “No SuperVeyron, no four-door Bugatti”
Bugatti president says there’ll be no production Galibier or yet-faster Veyron. But its successor will ‘redefine the benchmarks’
Bugatti will build neither a ‘SuperVeyron' to top the 1183bhp SuperSport, nor a production version of the 2009 Galibier concept, company boss Dr Wolfgang Schreiber has exclusively revealed to Top Gear.
Despite rumours of a yet-more-powerful, yet-faster Veyron to send the epochal hypercar into retirement with a bang, Dr Schreiber reckons 268mph is, quite frankly, enough.
"We will not produce a ‘SuperVeyron' or Veyron Plus, definitely," said the Bugatti president, who who was key in the development of the Veyron back in the early Noughties as Bugatti's Technical Director. "There will be no more power. 1200PS is enough for the chapter of Veyron and its derivatives."
Sounds pretty definitive to us. And Schreiber is equally clear about the fate of the opulent Galibier fastback, explaining it would dilute the Bugatti philosophy.
"We have talked many, many times about the Galibier, but this car will not come because [...] it would confuse our customers. With the Veyron, we placed Bugatti on top of all super-sportscar brands in the whole world. Everyone knows that Bugatti is the ultimate super sportscar. It's easier for current owners, and others who are interested, to understand if we do something similar to the Veyron [next]. And that is what we will do. There will not be a four-door Bugatti."
So the next Bugatti will follow firmly in the footsteps of the current Veyron. But, of course, the current hyper-thing battlefield is very different from that which greeted the original. In the last year, McLaren's P1 and the Porsche 918 have - without pitching for the Veyron's production speed crown - pushed the hypercar handling envelope, with the LaFerrari soon to join the fray, too.
So what's the brief for the next Veyron? Forget McLaren, Porsche and Ferrari, says Dr Schreiber. All the next Veyron has to worry about is... the current one. "It has to redefine the benchmarks," he states firmly, "and the benchmark today is still the current Veyron. We are already working on it."
Will the Veyron, like the McLaren, Porsche and Ferrari, utilise hybrid power in pursuit of ultimate speed?
"Maybe," smiles Dr Schreiber. "But it's too early to open the door and show you what we have planned. For now we have to keep the focus on the current Veyron, and help people to understand that this really is the last opportunity to get the car, which will have run for ten years from 2005-2015. Then we will close this chapter and open another one."
Dr Schreiber confirmed that just 43 of the Veyron's total 450-car production run remain up for grabs, including the remaining three of Bugatti's six-strong ‘Legends' series. "The 300 coupés have sold out. We announced we would only make 150 roadsters, and we only have 43 left. People are becoming increasingly conscious that their opportunity to buy a Veyron is running out..."
1935 Bugatti Type 57 Ventoux, chassis 57286: €490,200
1938 Bugatti 57 C Stelvio by Gangloff, chassis 57716: €574,200
"1932" Bugatti Type 51 Pur Sang, Chassis 51127-R: €210,200
Lifetime Achievement Award:
Murray Walker OBE
Car of the Year:
Bugatti 57SC Aerolithe recreation
Museum/Collection of the Year :
Louwman Museum, the Netherlands
More info: www.historicmotoringawards.com
I'm not sure if it is Art Déco, but there is a Bugatti T40 GS there!
More info: culturebox.francetvinfo.fr
1930 Bugatti Type 40 Roadster
More info: www.rmauctions.com
I can spoil you one of the surprises: Henrik Schou-Nielsen was last year at Retromobile with the T51 Roadster, this year he will be showing the T51 GP, which was raced by Mme Itier.
At Bugatti SAS the EB 18/4 “Veyron” design study will be on show. This is the first time that the study will be displayed at a trade fair since its unveiling at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1999.
Bugatti SAS can be found in Hall 1, at stand P43.
I have no idea yet of what other Bugattis will be on show at Retromobile this year...
February 12, 2014
FOR SALE BY AUCTION BY OSENAT OF FONTAINEBLEAU ON MARCH 16TH 2014
February 11, 2014
Exact Reproduction of Ground-Breaking Aircraft
The Mullin Automotive Museum is a facility that pays homage to the art deco and machine age design eras (1918-1941) that produced exquisite art and magnificent automobiles. It officially opened its doors for the first time in the beach community of Oxnard, Calif., in spring 2010. For more information, please log onto .
www.mullinautomotivemuseum.com
February 9, 2014
- RM Auctions, Rétromobile, Paris, February 5, 2014:
Lot 20: 1930 Bugatti Type 40 Roadster Chassis no. 40868, Engine no. 774, Sold for €252.000
I heard at Retromobile that the T37/35B was sold to a man from Japan, who had never even seen, let alone driven, a Bugatti before in his life! He bought it just because he liked how it looked!
February 9, 2014
On Thursday, November 21, RM Auctions and Sotheby's combined their considerable
resources to present "Art of the Automobile" at Sotheby's headquarters in New York.
Four
early 20th Century automotive posters, one bronze sculpture, two motorcycles, a child-size
Ferrari TR250, a spectacular horse drawn carriage called a Brewster Park Drag, and 31 cars
were offered for sale, all of them on view since the preceding Monday. Most of the cars
were newly over-restored, even those said to have been in excellent original condition prior
to the restorations. Several records were set, resulting in a total of more than $63 million.
Someone immediately bid $2.1
million, ignoring any rational incremental bids in between, and the car sold at that price. The
room was hushed. Girardo was speechless.
What had happened? A wild and effective jump bid?
A "plant" instructed not to let the car go for less than $2.1 who had misunderstood his instructions
and bid too soon?
January 25, 2014
RM Auctions, Arizona, January 16-17, 2014 :
Lot 50: 1938 Bugatti Type 57 Stelvio Cabriolet by Gangloff #57569, Sold for $962,500
January 25, 2014
January 21, 2014
The Karl Ritter Museum Collection auction, 13th October 2013
December 28, 2013
Late in 2013, leading lights from the international historic motoring industry gathered together at London's spectacular St Pancras Renaissance Hotel for the announcement of the results of the third annual International Historic Motoring Awards (IHMA). The winners were (amongst others):
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Until February 17, 2014 1925. Quand l'Art déco séduit le monde Cité de l'architecture, Paris, France
February 5, 2014 RM Auctions Paris, France
Chassis no. 40868
February 5 - 9, 2014 Retromobile Paris, France
February 6, 2014 Bonhams Auction, Les Grandes Marques du Monde au Grand Palais Paris, France
1929 Bugatti 37/35B
Chassis no. 37371, Engine no. 43239
BUGATTI 37A/35B RETURNS TO FRANCE AFTER 84 YEARS EX-JACK LEMON BURTON AND LADY MARY GROSVENOR GRAND PRIX BUGATTI COMES TO AUCTION AT THE GRAND PALAIS WITH AN ESTIMATE OF €1.5-1.8M
Built in France in 1929, the Bugatti 37A started life as a four-cylinder Grand Prix model used exclusively for competition.
It was first owned by Briton Jack Lemon Burton – founder member of the Bugatti Owners' Club – whose father gave it to him as a 21st birthday present in 1932 and, having subsequently tuned the engine, he towed the car to races around the country.
Three years later it was bought by solicitor Alan Bainton who left the engine beyond repair at a race in Brooklands in 1935. As a result his mechanic, Louis Giron, installed the engine of Bainton's Type 43 into the Type 37A, producing what was effectively a Type 35B Bugatti.
Bainton was later gaoled for fraud and Lady Mary Grosvenor, daughter of the Duke of Westminster, puchased the car from Blake Brothers of Liverpool, adding to the car's colourful history.
A keen racing driver, she set the ladies' Bugatti race record at Prescott in June 1947 driving Chassis 37371 with a time of 52.79 seconds - a record that stood for 35 years.
In 1948, the Bugatti was acquired once again by the Blake Brothers, who were forced to sell it four years later to Robert Estes of California when its director, Peter Reece Blake, was killed in a car crash. His death caused the British company to go out of business.
Following the tragedy of the Blake Brothers, Chassis 37371, which has an estimate of €1,500,000-1,800,000, was destined to spend the next five decades in America.
There it competed in West Coast events after display at the Briggs Cunningham museum for 15 years during the 1950s and 60s and is thought to have made its last race appearance in 1977 under the ownership of the Estes family.
In 2007 the car was given a complete rebuild by Gentry restorations and is now in superb condition.
Philip Kantor, Head of Bonhams Motor Cars Europe, said: "This Bugatti has a history that is comprehensive and fascinating but, most importantly, continuous and fully documented. Owned by Jack Lemon Burton and subsequent well-known car enthusiasts, we look forward to being able to offer it at auction back on home soil in France."
February 16 - March 4, 2014 International Bugatti Rally New Zealand
Visiting a lot of different locations in this wonderful country! Start in Auckland, finish in Christchurch.
Contact the New Zealand Bugatti club: nzbugc@vodafone.co.nz
1928 Bugatti Type 37A Grand Prix
Chassis no. 37343, Engine no. 218CP
March 20 until ??, 2014 The art of Bugatti exposition Oxnard, California, USA
A Comprehensive Retrospective of the Bugatti Family of Artists
The Mullin Automotive Museum houses over 50 pieces of furniture by Carlo Bugatti, numerous sculptures by Rembrandt Bugatti, paintings by Carlo, and the largest private collection of Ettore and Jean Bugatti automobiles in the world.
This exhibition brings together dozens of Bugatti models including carriages; the early Brescia race car; the race winning Types 35, 37 and 51; Jean Bugatti’s Type 64 Papillon and Atlantic Coupé; Types 57 Aravis and Atalante, and the incomparable Type 41 Bugatti Royale. The collection will also display the unrestored Schlumpf Reserve Collection and the new generation of Bugatti automobiles culminating with the breathtaking, record-breaking Veyron.
The design and engineering breakthroughs incorporated over the course of the Bugatti marque’s existence will be exposed and explored through drawings and factory artifacts, many unseen by the public prior to this time. The retrospective will also include an extensive overview of the Bugatti family’s influence on the automobile as art.
More info: www.mullinautomotivemuseum.com
Still a few places left!
Now the New Zealand Bugatti Club is organising an International Rally from Sunday, 16 February to Tuesday, 4 March 2014, the Bugatti Club Australia has been requested by a number of entrants from Europe to run an event in Australia as a follow on from this.
The event will start in Sydney, and tour generally north from Sydney to cover both the beautiful beach areas and the scenic mountainous and agricultural areas inland, to finish near Brisbane from where cars can be shipped home. We plan that this will be a less formal event than the usual international rallies, and that entrants will pay their way as they go, rather than paying a large entry fee which includes everything. Mechanical back-up and luggage transport will be at a low level and will depend on the number of entries.
Cars will need to be shipped from Christchurch, in the South Island of New Zealand, to Sydney for the start of this event. There is no regular drive on/ drive off passenger ferry between New Zealand and Australia, and it is necessary for the cars to be packed into shipping containers in Christchurch and unloaded from those containers in Sydney, where they will need customs and import clearance. Our reliable shipping advisers and customs agents tell us that we must allow 21 days from the finish of the rally in Christchurch New Zealand to the start in Sydney, to allow for all possible delays.
Please contact John Shellard if you are interested! John@shellard.com.au
March 28 - July 27, 2014 Rembrandt Bugatti exhibition Berlin, GermanyREMBRANDT BUGATTI (1884–1916) was one of the most remarkable and artistically independent sculptors of the first decade of the 20th century. In his short life he produced more than 300 bronze sculptures, an oeuvre which is unparalleled for descriptive intensity and diversity of form and subject. Bugatti had an extraordinary sense for the ‘right’ moment, and his accurate observation and profound intuition lend great immediacy and authenticity to his works. From the start, Bugatti focused on the representation of animals. While he depicted domestic animals such as cows, horses or dogs at the beginning, he later modelled more exotic subjects like panthers, yaks, tapirs, anteaters or marabous. After his tragic death his brother Ettore posthumously chose an elephant sculpture as the hood ornament of his legendary Bugatti Royale model.
In the first solo exhibition of Bugatti’s work in Germany from March 28 – July 27, 2014, the Alte Nationalgalerie (Old National Gallery) Berlin will present around 80 of Bugatti’s sculptures throughout its entire building, vividly demonstrating how Bugatti’s work is embedded in the art of the 19th and early 20th century. This will be an one time opportunity to rediscover one of Europes most remarkable artists.
Please click here for a small pdf presentation on the life and work of Rembrandt Bugatti.
For more information and images, please visit the exhibition website www.rembrandtbugattiinberlin.de
March 29, 2014- March 29, 2015Around 1914: Design in a New Age Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada Opening March 29th at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto is a centennial exhibit looking back at the ROM’s decorative arts collections from the time of the museum’s opening. Works by artists Jensen, Tiffany, Lloyd Wright, Bugatti, Knox, Dresser, Emile Gallé, Hoffman and more will be on display.
Over 100 objects of European origin will be available for the public to view until the end of the centennial celebrations in March of 2015.
“The exhibition’s timing is no coincidence. With all areas of the ROM wishing to acknowledge the ROM’s Centennial, the European arts section is among the best positioned to make a statement! This exhibition establishes that the year of the ROM’s opening saw the era’s leading designers working in new ways. Given that the exhibition includes many of their innovative creations, we anticipate great interest in this timely display.”, says Robert Little, the Mona Campbell Curator for European Decorative Arts in the ROM’s World Cultures department and curator of the Around 1914 exhibit.
More info: www.rom.on.ca
May 29 - June 1, 2014 90ème anniversaire du Grand Prix Bugatti en Baie de Somme, France
The Club Bugatti France is organising, in collaboration with Album (Alfa Bugatti Meeting) a rallye in Baie de Somme . This meeting will take place from 29th May to 1st June 2014 and will be dedicated to Bugatti Type 35, 37 and 51. Depending on the number of entrants, we will be able to accept Type 45, 54 and 59 which represents the lastest GP Bugatti before WWII.
June 3 - 8, 2014 International Bugatti Meeting Bamberg, Germany
As many friends of the Bugatti scene already know, the International Bugatti Meeting in Germany 201 will be held from June 3 to 8, 2014 in Bavaria.
On the magnificent background of the UNESCO world heritage site of the 1000 year-old imperial cathedral city of Bamberg the Bugatti will start to extensive trips around the historic region of Upper Franconia. Because of its forests, ranges of hills and valleys laced with its castles, chateaus, churches and monasteries and picturesque rows of houses this landscape is especially appealing.
The International Bugatti Meeting in Germany will be framed by a varied cultural program that leaves time for friendly, relaxed get-togethers with like-minded people.
The Bugatti Club Deutschland is pleased with the already obvious great interest and is looking forward to a good attendance.
Info and registration only on the webpage of the BCD: www.bugatti-club-deutschland.de
More info from Ralph Reinold: Ralph.Reinold@gmx.net
I can be reached by email at J.J.Horst@BugattiPage.com.
