Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Rare Bugatti fetches big bucks

As I previously scribbled about in Rare “Byrd’s” different fates; the 1937 Bugatti Type 57 with Atalante coachwork was hammered away over the weekend at Bonhams' Retromobile car show in Paris for approximately $4.4m to an unnamed European collector, as the Bugatti has previously been stationary in a garage for 50 years, was 1 of 17 built and previously owned by noted racer Earl Howe...