Artcurial Managing Director of Motorcars Matthieu Lamoure
said the discovery of the Baillon collection is “one of the most exciting
things I have ever been a part of in this business. It is an unbelievable
opportunity for true collectors to find untouched cars of the highest quality
and interest.”
Other notable cars in the collection include a Bugatti Type
57 Ventoux, a number of Delahaye 135s, a Talbot Lago T26 Saoutchik cabriolet
delivered to King Farouk of Egypt and an incredibly rare Maserati A6G 2000 Frua
Berlinetta which, like the Ferrari 250, was housed in a separate enclosed
garage and is in substantially better condition than the cars found in the
corrugated iron shelters, which allowed the cars to be exposed to the elements.
Have a look at the included gallery to take in the sheer scale of this incredible
discovery, and be sure to check out the video below as well as the press
release for more information on this historic find.
BREAKING NEWS: ARTCURIAL DISCOVERS
A FORGOTTEN TREASURE IN FRANCE
- SALE FRIDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2015 -
1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider • Chassis 2935 • Ex Alain Delon • Baillon Collection
Estimate : 9 500 000 – 12 000 000 €
1956 Maserati A6G Gran Sport Frua • Chassis 2140 • Baillon Collection
Estimate : 800 0000 – 1 200 000 €
Paris – The Collectors’ Car Department at Artcurial has discovered 60 collectors’ automobiles, all major marques dating from the early days of the motor car through to the 1970s. Found following fifty years of lying dormant, the Baillon collection will be sold by Artcurial Motorcars in the first part of the traditional sale at Retromobile Salon, on 6 February 2015, in Paris.
These motor cars have been tucked away in a property in the West of France, under makeshift corrugated iron shelters and in various outbuildings.
A FORGOTTEN TREASURE IN FRANCE
- SALE FRIDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2015 -
1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider • Chassis 2935 • Ex Alain Delon • Baillon Collection
Estimate : 9 500 000 – 12 000 000 €
1956 Maserati A6G Gran Sport Frua • Chassis 2140 • Baillon Collection
Estimate : 800 0000 – 1 200 000 €
Paris – The Collectors’ Car Department at Artcurial has discovered 60 collectors’ automobiles, all major marques dating from the early days of the motor car through to the 1970s. Found following fifty years of lying dormant, the Baillon collection will be sold by Artcurial Motorcars in the first part of the traditional sale at Retromobile Salon, on 6 February 2015, in Paris.
These motor cars have been tucked away in a property in the West of France, under makeshift corrugated iron shelters and in various outbuildings.
Matthieu Lamoure, Managing Director at Artcurial Motorcars, declared: « Not since the revelation of the Schlumpf Collection in Mulhouse, of which Maître Hervé Poulain was the expert, has such a group of emblematic automobiles been disclosed and what is more, in such original condition! Visitors to the Retromobile Salon will be able to share in our emotion, much like that experienced by Lord Carrington and Howard Carter entering Tutankhamun’s tomb. Artcurial will put on show the magic of these sixty mysterious mechanical creatures, like a giant work of art: the unrealised dream of its owner brought back to life…» Pierre Novikoff, motor car specialist declared : « These sleeping Beauties are clothed in the precious patina of time gone by.
A collection like this can’t fail to arouse the passions of
those who love automobiles, as well as art and history enthusiasts.
Never again, anywhere in the world, will such a treasure be unearthed! Bugatti, Hispano-Suiza, Talbot-Lago, Panhard-Levassor, Maserati, Ferrari, Delahaye, Delage…these legendary marques
make up the extraordinary cache discovered by the Artcurial car department team, Matthieu Lamoure and Pierre Novikoff.
Many of these cars were built by highly celebrated coachbuilders such as Million-Guiet, Chapron and Saoutchik, with a number of Talbot Lago T26s including a very rare Grand Sport Aérodynamique and a rather extravagant Cabriolet once owned by King Farouk.
Never again, anywhere in the world, will such a treasure be unearthed! Bugatti, Hispano-Suiza, Talbot-Lago, Panhard-Levassor, Maserati, Ferrari, Delahaye, Delage…these legendary marques
make up the extraordinary cache discovered by the Artcurial car department team, Matthieu Lamoure and Pierre Novikoff.
Many of these cars were built by highly celebrated coachbuilders such as Million-Guiet, Chapron and Saoutchik, with a number of Talbot Lago T26s including a very rare Grand Sport Aérodynamique and a rather extravagant Cabriolet once owned by King Farouk.
Sheltering in a garage, conserved in good condition, the two
specialists came across one of just three Maserati A6G Gran Sports with coachwork by Frua, dating from 1956. Beneath piles of newspapers,
they discovered a Ferrari 250GT SWB California Spider, with covered headlights. It had been bought new by the actor
Gérard Blain, then sold to fellow actor Alain Delon, who was photographed several times at the wheel of this machine,
including in 1964 with Jane Fonda during the filming of ‘Les Félins’ and on the Côte d’Azur with Shirley MacLaine. One of 37
examples, this Pininfarina-designed cabriolet, its
whereabouts unknown to marque historians until now, is bound to attract the attention of collectors of important historic Ferrari.
whereabouts unknown to marque historians until now, is bound to attract the attention of collectors of important historic Ferrari.
This collection was assembled during the 1950s by Roger
Baillon, an entrepreneur who ran a transport company based in the west of France. As enthusiast from the early days, he exhibited, at the Paris
Motor Show during the 1950s, a roadster that he had built. His dream was to conserve the heritage of pre-war automobiles in
museum surroundings. During the 1970s, before he could carry out the necessary restoration work, his dream was shattered when
his business suffered a setback. He was forced to sell some fifty cars, and since that time, the rest of the collection
did not move until this discovery.
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