GOODING & CO

AUCTION PREVIEW

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1960 FERRARI 250GT SWB BERLINETTA COMPETIZIONE

1932 BUGATTI TYPE 55 SUPERSPORT CABRIOLET

1952 FRAZER-NASH LE MANS REPLICA

1965 ASTON MARTIN DB5 VANTAGE CONVERTIBLE

GOODING & CO / MATT HOWELL, MATHIEU HEURTAULT

Coming soon from Gooding & Co

FERRARI AND BUGATTI TO STAR AT LONDON CONCOURS AHEAD OF SEPTEMBER’S CONCOURS OF ELEGANCE AUCTION

A Ferrari 250GT SWB Berlinetta Competizione and a 1932 Bugatti Type 55 Cabriolet are set to star at the London Concours ahead of being auctioned by Gooding and Co later this year.

The Ferrari is chassis no. 2021 GT, as first owned by Garage Francorchamps. Driven by Pierre Noblet alongside ‘Elde’, it finished third in class at the 1960 Le Mans 24 Hours, and sixth overall. The car was then entered into the Trophée d’Auvergne Six Heures. After finishing fifth in the first race and third overall in the second, it crashed out of the third.

Ownership passed to Pierre Dumay, who had the car rebuilt for the 1960 Goodwood TT, where it retired after 45 laps with rear-axle failure. Its next outing was the GP de Spa in 1961, where Noblet finished fourth overall.

Its next long-term owner was Parisian Guy Rivillon, who in 1965 entered it into six events. The car then passed to an American living in Paris, and in the 1970s ownership changed again; during a spell in Rome, a 250GTE 2+2 engine was installed. In 1985 Lindsay Owen-Jones, chairman and CEO of L’Oréal and three-time Le Mans entrant, bought the car. He kept it for 15 years, using it in Historic racing.

The current vendor bought the car in 2001, and continued its racing presence. It’s been subject to a collaborative restoration between Ferrari Classiche and Lanzante Limited, and is estimated at £6m-£7m.

The Bugatti is a Type 55 Supersport Cabriolet. Chassis no. 55230 was first delivered to Paris in 1932 with Gangloff coachwork, and then exported to the US in the early 1960s. One of 38 Type 55s, it retains its original engine following a recent restoration. It’s estimated at £3.75m-£4.75m.

Both cars are up for grabs at Gooding and Co’s Concours of Elegance sale, at Hampton Court on September 2-4. Experts will be on hand to guide you through each model’s history, and provide more details on other lots such as a 1952 Frazer-Nash Le Mans Replica and an Aston Martin DB5 Vantage Convertible once owned by actress Beryl Reid.