Alan Olee Book Report

Remember this post?  https://gregole.com/2014/12/16/amazing-old-cars/

Well, they were all auctioned off last Friday (02-06-15) for $28.5 million – one car, a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spider fetched $18.45 million to become one of the top five most expensive cars ever to sell at auction.

H/T Gizmag:  http://www.gizmag.com/baillon-collection-ferrari-250-gt-california-spider-sells-for-us18-million/35973/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=d917924820-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-d917924820-91342409

And here’s a nice video tour of the site and it has a handy list of all the cars:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7IXn731Njw

Paging through images of those old vehicles is addicting!  I just love this hybrid cycle-car three-wheeler: 

Sandford Type S cyclecar  patrimoineautomobile.com

Fixed up I think it looks something like this:

Sandford Type S rmc-cars.over-blog.com

I remember going to an artshow at the Phoenix art museum some years back – the theme was car as art and featured cars mostly from the years between the world wars.  There was something about the design aesthetic that really grabbed me.  When I left the show and looked at the cars on the road, they all looked so drab and plain.  The styling on those old cars was awesome.  Here’s an example of what I’m talking about:

Before:

Panhard-Levassor Dynamic coupe X76, Collection Baillon  www.sportscardigest.com

And after:

La Panhard & Levassor Dynamic 1936-1939 www.lecaav.com

More amazing styling:

1949 Talbot Lago T26 Grand Sport – in this condition it fetched $1,924,264.  Soon it will look like this:

Fun stuff!