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"A car abandoned in a garage in Britain for half a century sold at an auction in Paris for about $4.4 million Friday.
The 1937 Bugatti Type 57S went under the hammer at Bonhams' Retromobile car show and sale in Paris. It was sold on behalf of the family of its last owner, Dr Harold Carr.
After spending 50 years collecting dust in a garage in England, this rare 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante Coupe is now the prized possession of a European collector. The beauty -- one of only 17 ever made -- fetched $4.4 million at auction in Paris on Saturday.
The orthopedic surgeon drove the car for several years, but in the early 1960s it was parked in his garage in Gosforth, near Newcastle in northern England, where it remained for nearly 50 years until his death in 2007.
Bugatti once represented the height of motoring achievement. The supercar was so ahead of its time it could go up to 130 mph when most other cars topped out about 50 mph."
Talk about serious barn find eh?
The 1937 Bugatti Type 57S went under the hammer at Bonhams' Retromobile car show and sale in Paris. It was sold on behalf of the family of its last owner, Dr Harold Carr.
After spending 50 years collecting dust in a garage in England, this rare 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante Coupe is now the prized possession of a European collector. The beauty -- one of only 17 ever made -- fetched $4.4 million at auction in Paris on Saturday.
The orthopedic surgeon drove the car for several years, but in the early 1960s it was parked in his garage in Gosforth, near Newcastle in northern England, where it remained for nearly 50 years until his death in 2007.
Bugatti once represented the height of motoring achievement. The supercar was so ahead of its time it could go up to 130 mph when most other cars topped out about 50 mph."
Talk about serious barn find eh?