A Grand Sale at the Grand Palais: Lord Raglan’s Bugattis Realise Over £1.2 Million

PARIS.- The 1933 Bugatti Type 51 Grand Prix Two-Seater owned by the late Fitzroy John Somerset, the 5th Baron Raglan (1927-2010), Patron and former Chairman of the Bugatti Owners’ Club and trustee of the Bugatti Trust, sold for a remarkable €943,000 yesterday afternoon at Bonhams’ sale of Motor Cars in Paris. A packed saleroom in one of the French capital’s most prestigious venues, the Grand Palais, saw competitive bidding from within the room and on the telephones. The car, which was restored lovingly in 1979 over the course of two and a half years by Lord Raglan himself, was eventually bought by a French private collector. Also from the Estate of Lord Raglan was a 1930 Bugatti Type 46 Cabriolet, with coachwork by Figoni, which sold for €333,500. Another sale highlight was King Baudouin of Belgium’s 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 Sports Saloon, which made €333,500, a world record price

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