Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.

mikeC · Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 7:12 pm Post subject: Barn Find of the decade?

The recently discovered Baillon Collection in France:

http://www.artcurial.com/en/departments/classic_and_racing_cars/

Everything from a Bugatti T57 to a Renault Dauphine,even a Singer Roadster!

JC T ONE · Joined: 30 Oct 2008 Posts: 1139 Location: Denmark

That is an amazing Collection Cool

in some way i think its a shame they get removed & restored.
The way they are parked now is awesome, but I fully understand that such rare cars cant be left like this.

A few years ago I found a place here in Denmark, where cars had been left in small outhouses, and under roofs that were falling down.
The guy collected special bodied limousines.

It was amazing to walk around between the cars, that had been sitting for decades.
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Peter_L · Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2015 12:01 pm Post subject:

The 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider fetched between £10.5 and £11.5 million, depending who did the maths. What's an odd million here or there.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11396783/Treasure-trove-of-classic-cars-sells-for-20-million.html

traction39 · Joined: 19 May 2009 Posts: 399 Location: South Wales

If anyone is interested, the results of the sale:

http://lautomobileancienne.com/resultat-vente-artcurial-collection-roger-baillon/

Should have tagged my rusty Traction on the end....!
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mikeC · Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 11:17 pm Post subject:

I think it was predictable that all the lots would exceed their estimates, but those prices are just ridiculous!
The 1927 Amilcar CGSS with the wrong engine fetched more than a correct mint car would have done; you could buy three nice early twenties Citroen C3s for the price this one fetched; and even the Singer Roadster which hardly has a market overseas fetched more than a nice example is worth.
£18,500 for a 3.4 Jaguar S-Type restoration project, anyone?
The more valuable cars may well have raised a few eyebrows at the prices they made, but there is still probably money to be made in a total reconstruction, but some of the more mundane cars will be a real labour of love, with no prospect of recovering even the purchase price...