1936 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic fetches a record $30+ million at auction - worlds most valuable car
1936 Bugatti 57SC Atlantic, Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, California, 2003, 1600, 06.05.2010
A 1936 Bugatti 57SC Atlantic has eclipsed all previous known records for the most expensive car to ever exchange hands. The classic is one of only two that survive in original condition out of the three made and is said to have fetched between US$30 million (€23.4 million) and US$40 million (€31.2 million) at last week's Gooding & Company-brokered auction. It belonged to the late Dr. Peter D. Williamson of New Hampshire, who passed away in 2008. The other is in the hands of fashion designer Ralph Lauren
(black and blue model pictured)
Gooding & Company, the internationally celebrated auction house that offers a wide range of services, including private and estate sales, is proud to announce that it has sold the unparalleled 1936 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic to an undisclosed buyer. As the official broker for the Trust that formerly owned the Atlantic, Gooding & Company found a devoted connoisseur who will become the guardian of this treasured piece of automotive history.
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1936 Bugatti 57SC Atlantic, Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, California, 2003, 1600, 06.05.2010
A 1936 Bugatti 57SC Atlantic has eclipsed all previous known records for the most expensive car to ever exchange hands. The classic is one of only two that survive in original condition out of the three made and is said to have fetched between US$30 million (€23.4 million) and US$40 million (€31.2 million) at last week's Gooding & Company-brokered auction. It belonged to the late Dr. Peter D. Williamson of New Hampshire, who passed away in 2008. The other is in the hands of fashion designer Ralph Lauren
(black and blue model pictured)
Gooding & Company, the internationally celebrated auction house that offers a wide range of services, including private and estate sales, is proud to announce that it has sold the unparalleled 1936 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic to an undisclosed buyer. As the official broker for the Trust that formerly owned the Atlantic, Gooding & Company found a devoted connoisseur who will become the guardian of this treasured piece of automotive history.
