September 1-3, 2023 Concours of Elegance, Hampton Court Palace East Molesey, UK
Alfa Romeo and Bugatti Grand Prix racers join Concours of Elegance stars From Classic & Sportscar Two Bugattis and a Grand Prix-winning Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 Monza will be among the vehicles from a prolific private collection displayed at this year’s Concours of Elegance, on 1-3 September. The Switzerland-based Pearl Collection is owned by enthusiast Fritz Burkard. These are the latest additions to the line-up for September’s event at Hampton Court Palace. They will join a double Le Mans-winning Ferrari, a Frua-bodied Maserati and a unique Hoffman X-8 in a display of around 60 concours cars. The one-of-six 1934 Bugatti Type 59 Grand Prix racer is one of the Pearl Collection’s star cars – and it featured in the November 2008 issue of Classic & Sports Car. It was later rebuilt with sports-car racing in mind and passed through several owners, including King Leopold III of Belgium. It will line up with a 1936 Bugatti T57S Atalante, while both will be joined at Concours of Elegance by an 1897 Prinetti & Stucchi tricycle, which represents another key moment in Bugatti’s history. A young Ettore Bugatti developed the racing version of the modest three-wheeler early in his career. “From Ettore Bugatti’s first-ever racing machine to its 2022 Centodieci spiritual successor, the selection of vehicles Fritz has chosen to exhibit at the Concours of Elegance embodies British and European automotive history both on-road and on-track,” added James Brooks-Ward, Concours of Elegance CEO. The collection will join almost 1000 other vehicles on display across the weekend when the event returns to Hampton Court Palace on 1-3 September 2023.
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September 2, 2023 Bonhams' The Beaulieu Motor cars & Automobilia Auction Beaulieu, National Motor Museum, UK
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present - Until ? Type 64 chassis at Autovision museum Altlussheim, Germany
Press release NEW FRAMEWORK FOR THE BUGATTI EXHIBITION Last French Bugatti development exhibited for the first time in Europe Altlussheim (D) / Mulhouse (F)
Thanks to the synergy of two museums, which are already known for their rare Bugatti exhibition vehicles, Jean Bugatti's last French development has now been made accessible to the public. The "Open Chassis" with an all-aluminum frame of the Bugatti Type 64 was previously stored in the depot of the Musée National de l'Automobile in Mulhouse, Alsace. This is why there has not yet been an opportunity in Europe to examine this model in an exhibition.
Light frame for hard times Unfortunately, however, series production never took place, as the economic situation continued to deteriorate shortly before the Second World War, so that the Bugatti factories also lacked the necessary funds - and probably also the necessary customers - to bring a new vehicle series onto the market. In addition, Jean Bugatti had a fatal accident in 1939 while testing a Bugatti T57C. The then thirty-year-old son of the company founder Ettore was the most important Bugatti family member at the time and left a gap in these already very difficult times that could not be closed again.
Prototype survived to this day
Open technology in the AUTOVISION museum
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May 30, 2023 - Spring 1924 Bugatti Trust exhibition Prescott, UK
July 23, 2023 Opening of the Nationales Automuseum Dietzhölztal, Germany
August 17-18, 2023 Broad Arrow auction "Radius" Monterey Jet Center, California, USA
August 17-19, 2023 RM / Sotheby's Monterey auction Monterey Conference Center, Monterey, California, USA
August 18-19, 2023 Gooding & Company Pebble Beach auctions Portola Road, Pebble Beach, California, USA
"Le Mans" artwork by "RZ".
Depicting the Type 57G. Not at speed though, as there is no driver.
July 23, 2023 Donington auctions - THE BUGATTI AUCTION Timed Online Auction, Australia
March 24, 2023 The Sydney Harbour Concours d'Elegance took place on 2nd – 4th March. The event was blessed with glorious weather and the 50 vehicles on display shone in the beautiful sun which burst forth after the tropical storm on Friday lunchtime which necessitated the opening of the Ampol brollies. The amazing parade of classic cars and motorbikes at the UNESCO World Heritage site, Hyde Park Barracks, built in 1819, was much appreciated by the invited guests who dutifully supped Pommery Brut Apanage Champagne, and Chateau La Gordonne rosé from Provence.
Amongst other delights the exquisitely dressed guests were able to view a 1927 Bugatti Type 51 once owned by the Fauvist artist André Derain; a most rare jewel, showcased exclusively for the fifth edition of the Concours.
Some more searching leads us to 4847; which was in fact owned by Derain, was a 1927 T35B, and was converted to T51 specification. As far as I know, it is still owned by Andrew M. Cannon from Australia. Winner Class 1 – Racing from War to War presented by Paradise Garage: 1927 Bugatti Type 51 Best in Show Prix d’Honneur – 1962 Ferrari SP 196 Top photo: 4847 at the Monaco Historic GP in 2014, from ultimatecarpage.com |
March 24, 2023 H&H Auction Duxford, UK, March 15, 2023
RM Sotheby's, Amelia Island Auction, 4 March, 2023
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March 5, 2023 Bonhams' the Amelia Island Auction, March 2, 2023
Broad Arrow Auction - the Amelia Island Auction, March 4, 2023
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February 25, 2023 Henderson Motor Series Auction, Birmingham, USA, October 29, 2022
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January 28, 2023 RM - Sotheby's Arizona Auction, January 26, 2023
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January 22, 2023 Mecum Kissimmee Auction, USA, January 4 - 15, 2023
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January 5, 2023 RM Sotheby's Miami auction, December 10, 2022
Bonhams' The Bond Street Sale, London, December 16, 2022
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June 30, 2023 Artcurial auction: Le Mans Classic 2023 Circuit des 24 Heures, Le Mans, France
Dutch registration
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July 14, 2023 Bonhams' Goodwood Festival of Speed auction UK
![]() The photo below is from that race. I'm sure you have heard of our local citizen, Alfred Hielle, who was based in a small town Schönelinde and had a very prosperous textile business (Hielle & Dittrich) and who invested in Ettore Bugatti's business at his very early days. In today's terms you could say that Alfred was a start-up investor! Nordböhmischer Kraftfahrerbund / Severočeský Klub Motoristů, founded 1914 Pavel Bulejko, chairman Here is a full web page dedicated just the Bugatti T32 #6 which the Juneks brought from Molsheim incl technical certs from Prague vehicle office: sebr.cz/bugatti-t32-tank-c-4059/
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May 20, 2023 RM / Sotheby's Villa Erba auction Italy
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Days of Elegance made its debut in 2022 and we’re already looking forward to 2023’s instalment. Held in the impressive grounds of Château St Gerlach, 2022’s concours classes included Elegant Tourers, Racing Legends, and Future Classics & Supercars – and they featured some real treats such as a coachbuilt Delage D6 and a stunning Lancia Astura Roadster. Visitors can expect a gala evening, classic rally, daytime picnics and plenty of charming classics.
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June 5, 2023 Finarte Online Auction Italy
June 18, 2023 Bonhams' The Bonmont Sale Cheserex, Switzerland
1929 Bugatti Type 44 Gangloff Roadster, Chassis no. 44380,
Engine no. 121
This 3-litre Bugatti Type 44 with engine number '121' (equipped with a pressurised crankshaft) was assembled on 2nd February 1928. On the 15th of the same month, chassis '44380/121' was ordered by the Omnia agent in Munich and invoiced for 42,639 ff. It seems that this purchase was either not completed or put on hold until the spring of 1929.
On 31st May 1929, the dealer Krakowska Spolka delivered Vetterli's Bugatti '44380', described on the invoice as 'Carrosserie Gangloff Torpédo' for the sum of 62,500 ff dated 7th May, then reduced to 55,280 ff on 4th June 1929. In 1932, Vetterli was appointed secretary of the 'Joint Committee' and lived at 10 Reymonta in Katowice. In the spring of 1935, he placed an order with the Bugatti factory for a Stelvio cabriolet, chassis '57257', which was delivered on 6th April for 61,619 ff. Vetterli returned to Switzerland when the Commission closed in 1937, and kept the Stelvio until the mid-1950s when he worked as a lawyer in Zurich.
Gebala's Bugatti Type 44 Torpedo served as the race director's vehicle during the Polish TT motorcycle race in Wisla in August 1935. The car was registered in Krakow as 'KR 98013'. In 1937, the registration system changed and Gebala had to obtain a new plate ('A 30 245'). According to a report in a Polish sports magazine, Gebala won an all-day rally and gymkana around Krakow on 13th October 1935, at the wheel of the Bugatti, scoring 270 points. From 1936 to 1939, Gebala's Gangloff Torpedo took part in numerous races. Among the pre-war photographic archives of Bugattis raced in Poland are several images of a car in a snow-covered event at Zapokane. Polish historians believe that car to be '44380', albeit with a different windscreen and no underbody fairing, and with the apron and hood missing the additional air vents. Either this is another vehicle, probably a Type 38, or the car was updated before 1935 in Poland. Gebala used his Bugatti at the annual hill climb at Ojkow, a small village some 20 kilometres north of Krakow, competing in June 1937, June 1938, and June 1939. The following September, Hitler invaded Poland. By an extraordinary stroke of luck, the Type 44 Gangloff Torpedo was preserved, probably hidden by Gebala, only resurfacing 20 years later in a classified advertisement.
Dutch collector Guy Huet was interested and contacted Godfrey Eaton. Huet lived in Brussels and worked for the American City Bank. The car's actual owner was one Kazimierz Urban, who had a leather goods store in Warsaw and owned several Mercedes 170Vs. He was an acquaintance of the collector Tadeusz Tabencki, who negotiated the car's sale of. Thanks to a German friend, Karl Mohr de Duren, Huet bought an Opel Rekord for DM 3,400, which he shipped by train to Poland.
After a week's work, the car was running! It was soon repainted in the original colours. At the time of purchase, the yellow paint was very pale, so a deeper shade of yellow was chosen.
The car, as rediscovered in Poland, had a completely original red leather interior, and all the seat leather, door interiors, carpets, wood and bodywork remain original, which is exceptional. It is possible to compare Guy Huet made no changes to the Bugatti, apart from fitting a large windscreen, adding a temperature gauge to the dashboard, refurbishing the radiator plumbing, and repainting the car in its original colours, which were close to those when it was first discovered. Huet, not knowing the coachbuilder's name for lack of information, affixed a 'Bugatti coachwork' plate to the car, and Piet Blok, the Dutch restorer, changed the firewall.
The Type 44 has taken part in numerous rallies since 1969, and came out of restoration for the 40th anniversary The mechanical components have benefited from careful maintenance: in 1989, the engine and gearbox were overhauled by the renowned Jabbo and Simon Klopper workshop prior to a rally, and the car then returned to the workshop for a complete overhaul. The current rear axle is numbered '1044' and obviously comes from the now-defunct chassis '441307/1043', delivered to Alfred Bergman in Warsaw in June 1930. As for the gearbox, its lid is numbered '116'. It may be original to the 121-engined car, but the 394-engraved gearbox casing comes from another example. Intensive use in pre-war rallies may have occasioned these changes. The chassis frame has an assembly number which is exactly in the expected series, and is undoubtedly the original. In 1995, a new Type 40 rev counter was fitted.
Sold with Swiss carte grise and an important history file including some very nice and interesting archives photos.
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June 19 - 24, 2023 International Bugatti Meeting Engelberg, Switzerland
The IBM 2023 will take place in Engelberg from
19.06. - 24.06.2023. Participants will arrive Sunday, June 18th. We look forward to welcome around 80 Bugatti teams in central Switzerland. The registration forms will be available in the beginning of November.
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From Bugatti enthousiast Lars Carlsson I received the photo above (a genuine photograph by mail, not a scan).
In 1982, the International Bugatti Rally was organized in Sweden, and past through Lars' home town Vänersborg, a bit less than 100 km north of Göteborg.
The local Newspaper took this photo when the Bugatti's drove through the main street.
April 7, 2023 Gooding & Company, Estate of Mark Smith Auction Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
April 16, 2023 Osenat Auction Fontainebleau, France
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From chassis 57477 Excerpt from Osenat catalog, French and English
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April 16, 2023 Bonhams Goodwood Members' Meeting Auction Goodwood, UK
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Bugatti Royale, by Paul Bracq, 1970's.
Part of a vintage 8 poster set "Prestigious Automobiles" or "Prestigieuses Voitures du passe".
March 15, 2023 H&H Auction Duxford, Cambridgeshire, UK
March 27, 2023 Osenat Auction Fontainebleau, France
The first Stelvio convertibles by Bugatti.
In the sun of the white city.
Second life in New Aquitaine and on the banks of the Loire. A year later, on August 3, 1948, the convertible was sold to a doctor by the name of Pierre MARIE residing in the small village of Saint Romain sur Vienne near Dangé.
Pierre MARIE (1910-1983)
He married in Poitiers in October 1944 and took over Marcelle Tessier’s dental practice at 17 rue Charles Gide. Divorced for the first time in 1958, he was soon divorced for a second time in 1968. J. Chevalier practised until 1975. He died in Poitiers in May 1999.
On 24 June 1952, the car left the South West for the Orléans
region.
Georges METZ (1907-1973) In 1922, his father wanted to move away from the family business and found a similar job in Orléans. He bought a wax whitening factory called «La Fougère» in a forest near the village of Olivet. The company was called «Ets CHALON- DESFORGES». Georges Metz left the factory. He went to run a garage in the Paris suburb of Saint Ouen before returning to Olivet to get married in December 1933 shortly before his father’s death. He became the factory manager until his death in February 1973. Georges Metz owned many Bugattis, from his Brescia acquired in 1929 to the Atalante 57570, including a 55 roadster, a Type 46 and two Type 49s, one of which he kept until the 1960s. According to the memories of his brother Pierre, all were second-hand cars. G.Metz kept his 57 cabriolet for six years, and sold it on 27 March 1958 to Robert HABIB, living in Aire sur Adour. The Bugatti was given the plate 250 BM 40.
Robert HABIB (1924-1968) His childhood took place between Neuilly and 12 Avenue d’Eylau, where the two Habib brothers had set up their families of three children and a dozen servants. Robert was close to his cousin, the filmmaker Ralph Habib (1912-1969), who ran the Aéroclub du Cinéma in Paris from 1946 onwards, and in 1947 Robert continued his training with the club. They then moved on to the André Ager Club, where Robert became the head of the motor flight committee. In 1952, he became a pilot at the Beynes gliding centre in the Yvelines. In 1954, from this flying club, R.Habib flew 500 km to Portets in Gironde. He took part in the eight days of Angers reserved for this discipline in 1959 on a Breguet 901. He was then already a member of the Aire sur Adour Aero Club. He wrote many articles on aviation in general in the magazine «Les Ailes» in the early sixties. In 1967, he was part of the Georges Payre study group which was studying a wide-body glider. He started the study but died in a car accident in Saint Cloud on 21 March 1968. We were able to find the person who bought the car from Habib around 1960.
The second was a Ventoux first series, bought from a doctor in Haubourget in the Hautes Pyrénées. It was not working well, the local mechanic had revised it without success. The timing had to be revised again. I did not keep it and did not put it in my name. I saw it again at the Hotel du Commerce in Aire sur Adour, run by Mr Habib. There had been a flood and the Bugatti had water up to the running boards. The body was grey-green metallic. The third was the 57 cabriolet. I didn’t find it, it was brought to me! One Saturday night, around midnight, a guy who could still be Habib, sank a connecting rod on his Bugatti while driving through Mont de Marsan. Only the dance hall «le Midou» was open at such a late hour. The guy was going to work in Paris at Dassault. I was phoned from the nightclub because they knew of my interest and skills in this type of vehicle. The deal was concluded in the bar. I bought him the car for the substantial sum of 30,000 ff. In exchange I also provided him with another car to drive to the capital. I took care of the mechanical restoration. The engine was rebuilt, I found in Paris a set of new pistons of the time. The rectifier in Mont de Marsan advised me against reworking the cylinders. I changed the valves and the timing gears. I revised the clutch and the gearbox. The axle was in good condition. The body with black wings and burgundy cut-out was very well preserved. The leather interior was changed because it was damaged. The Connolly leather upholstery was entrusted to the Dargelos workshop in Mont de Marsan. The bonnet was black, and the metal grey wheels were never chromed. At that time, nobody wanted a Bugatti because it consumed too much fuel and had the reputation of a « beast of burden ». But my ‘57 cabriolet never broke down and I didn’t use it for long journeys. I didn’t use it for long journeys, just a few hundred kilometres to the seaside. The car caused crowds at stops and some onlookers even allowed themselves to sit in it. I bought all the cars I wanted, and expanded my garage several times. A Mr Lucas, who was very nice, wanted me to sell him my Bugatti. I had him try it out, «I am a former racing driver,» he said, «I have tried all the ‘57 Bugattis that are for sale and none of them are as well tuned as yours, I need it. He came back two or three times, and the last time he told me he would stay with me until I sold it to him. He arrived with his wife in a camper van and settled on the edge of my little pine forest, where they stayed for a week and I invited them for lunch. Finally, I agreed to give him the convertible.
The Bugatti Register published by H.G. Conway in 1962 lists
Bugatti 57109 as a 2-door, 4-seat convertible, with registration
numbers 659 AF 45 and 250 BM 40 in the name of: «Gilbert
(mistake, it should read Gérard, his brother) Le Breton, 1
bis Avenue du 34 ème R.I à Mont de Marsan. The vehicle is
mentioned as having previously belonged to Habib from Aire
sur Adour.
Jacques LUCAS (1921-2005) J.Lucas had the paintwork and interior redone. The bodywork was entrusted to a workshop in Poitiers who did the bodywork before repainting it in the previous colours. Lucas installs large chrome horns and long-range headlights. The upholstery was also entrusted to a local craftsman to be redone as well as the carpets. The Bugatti is only used for local rallies and outings, and after the death of its owner in November 2005, the car is stored in good condition.
Analysis of the vehicle: The bodywork is in very good original condition and the woodwork does not appear to have suffered any damage. The front wings are more wraparound than the original design seen on the car at the Algiers Fair in 1934, but it was fashionable to modernise the lines of vehicles in the late 1930s. The original chassis plate is engraved «57109 19 hp Bas Rhin» and riveted to the apron. The original frame has the number 7. The front axle does not appear to be numbered, but it is of the rare first model in two sleeved sections. Many 57s of the first series were returned to the factory to receive a new one-piece axle. Convertible 57109 has retained this rare 1934 model specificity. The rear left-hand leg of the engine casing bears the number 11. The gearbox body is numbered 11. The rear axle with engraved gear 12X50 is numbered 11. The dashboard is as per the first model with a large blackbacked Jaeger speedometer graduated up to 170 km/h and with four small indicators for tank capacity, water temperature, oil pressure and ammeter. Of the 25 Stelvio cabriolets built by the Bugatti coachbuilders in 1934, the first year of production, only 9 have survived. Cabriolet 57109 is the oldest surviving car, and probably one of the few that still has all its original mechanical parts, woodwork and bodywork.
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Type 51
Toby Nippel for Road and Track, 1970's.
March 2, 2023 Bonhams' the Amelia Island Auction Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA
March 4, 2023 Broad Arrow Auction - the Amelia Island Auction Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA
January 26, 2023 RM - Sotheby's Arizona Auction USA
Benefitting from a short ownership chain of a handful of doting collectors, and attention from some of the world’s most respected EB110 specialists, this Bugatti is a particularly noteworthy example of the celebrated Campogalliano supercar. According to the research of Johann Petit’s Bugatti EB110 Registry, chassis number 068 is approximately the 51st of 85 examples built to GT specifications, and it was completed as a second-series car equipped with a revised cooling system and a modified rear bumper. Ordered in May 1994 by the dealer Zdenek-Auto on behalf of a client in the Czech Republic, the Bugatti was finished in Bugatti Blue paint and appointed with an interior upholstered in dual-tone gray leather in a non-standard special-order configuration. After being delivered to the first owner in August 1994, the EB110 was frequently enjoyed on the open road while being consistently maintained. In 2001 the Bugatti was sold to its second owner, another enthusiast residing in the Czech Republic, and he immediately submitted the car to the specialists at Dauer Sportwagen in Nuremberg, Germany—the company responsible for the Le Mans-winning Dauer 962, and the officially licensed continuation builder and servicer of EB110 examples following Bugatti Automobili’s receivership. At this time the original engine number 090 was replaced by the motor currently installed, engine number 063, a correct GT-specification motor. The car was also fitted with the revised rear fascia panel it now wears, featuring a centrally-placed Bugatti logo. The EB110 GT remained in the Czech Republic through 2012, at which point the car was exported to Italy and exhibited at the Auto e Moto d’Epoca concours d’elegance in Padua. Sold to a noted Italian collector, 068 enjoyed the company of numerous flagship supercars until the collection’s offering by RM Sotheby’s in late 2016. After being presented at the London Concours d’Elegance in June 2017, the Bugatti was sold in 2018 to an enthusiast based in Denmark before more recently passing to the consignor, who soon submitted the car for servicing to B Engineering in Emilia-Romagna, the current rightsholder to EB110 production and official marque-endorsed maintenance; over $12,000 was invested in the maintenance of the Bugatti at this time. Accompanied by an owner’s manual and warranty booklet and documented with service invoices from Dauer and B Engineering, this mildly used Bugatti displays 31,930 kilometers (~19,840 miles) at cataloguing. The beautifully presented EB110 GT should steal the heart of any supercar enthusiast or Bugatti collector. Ideal for presentation at concours d’elegance or enjoyment of its groundbreaking high-performance engineering and design envelope, it is sure to deliver visceral thrills at speed. It ably epitomizes the undeniable success of Romano Artioli’s short-lived dream, a muscular thoroughbred emitting the panache and style for which Le Pur Sang has become a thing of legend.
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February 1, 2023 RM - Sotheby's Paris Auction Paris, France
February 2, 2023 Bonhams' Auction - LES GRANDES MARQUES DU MONDE À PARIS Paris, France
February 3, 2023 Artcurial Retromobile Auction Paris, France
February 5, 2023 Artcurial Retromobile Auction: Sale Racing, Flying & Yachting Paris, France
Many of the Bart Rosman collection will be sold in this auction, not the cars which will be sold on February 3, but many lots of spare parts, mostly type 35 and type 37 Bugatti. Apart from the items from the Rosman collection, there will be many more interesting things for sale, like the drawing above. Seems to be a waterpump?
All parts are sold as is, without reserves. Estimates seem to be quite low, though of course the condition is unknown. Please note that the lots in this collection will not be exhibited at Rétromobile but will be visible by appointment only Wednesday 25 January 2023 in Tremblay-en-France (93290).
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February 1-5, 2023 Retromobile Paris, France
As usual, there will be stands like those of Ivan Dutton, William I'Anson, the French Bugatti Club with Bugatti's. However, this year Jaap Braam Ruben of Fineautomobiles will host a large stand with Bugatti's only!
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Drawing by Mark Lacey, with T57 Ventoux.
January 4 - 15, 2023 MECUM KISSIMMEE Auction USA
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