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Photos by Alessandro Gerelli
As everyone knows by now, the Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 B Touring was sold at 16.7 million euro by Artcurial. (1 Euro equals 1.13 United States Dollar) So we asked Alessandro Gerelli to shed some light on other Italian cars, sold or unsold, at Artcurial, Bonhams and RM/Sotheby’s.
Alfa Romeo Tipo B P3 1934, estimate 3.8-5 million euro, sold 3.9 million euro.
Photos and captions by Alessandro Gerelli
The first Retro related auction was the RM Sotheby’s held at the Place Vauban on Wednesday, February 8, 2017. The 1934 Alfa Romeo Tipo B P3, chassis 50006, sold for €3,920,000 and was the highest sale price of the day. Thirteen Porsches from one collection sold well and was a major feature of the RM auction. Below, Gerelli presents the Italian and French cars: an Alfa Montreal, and a Lancia B20 GT coupe and a Giulietta Spider that sold for 476000 euros, plus much more.
Exchange rate, 2-28-2017: 1 US Dollar=.94 Euro
Simca 1000 coupè Bertone 1967, estimate 10-15000 euro, sold at 11500 euro.
Photos and captions by Alessandro Gerelli
The Bonhams Retromobile event took place at the Grand Palais on Thursday, February 9. Many of the Italian/French items did not sell, but this is not an indication of the overall sales percentage.