Ettore Bugatti's personal Type 57C and the Corgi Rolls Royce Pullman Silver Ghost to go to auction
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Bugatti's Bugatti
Ettore Bugatti's personal Type 57C
This picture of one of the Corgi models comes from Chezbois - there are many more images of the model car on the site
The Corgi Rolls Royce - 1912 Silver Ghost Pullman Limousine
The Bugati Type 57C will be auctioned by Bonhams during the 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed
The Corgi Rolls Royce - 1912 Silver Ghost Pullman Limousine
The Corgi Rolls Royce - 1912 Silver Ghost Pullman Limousine
The Corgi Rolls Royce - 1912 Silver Ghost Pullman Limousine
The Bugatti Atlantic
Grand Prix motor racing events became big business in the 1920's
Grand Prix motor racing events became big business in the 1920's
Bugatti became a household name in the World Grand Prix Championship
Bugatti became a household name in the World Grand Prix Championship
Ettore Bugatti in his youth
Ettore Bugatti in his later years
The Bugatti T53 in 1932 had four-wheel drive and won several important races before the project was shelved
Bugatti T57 Galibier
Bugatti T57S Gangloff Cabriolet
Bugatti T57S Atalante
Bugatti knew that aerodynamics held secrets and his T32 was tried in the 1923 Lyon Grand Prix but the car handled poorly and development was abandoned - Ernest Friedrich took third place with the T32 in its only start
The prototype of the Type 35 - the design would win more than a thousand races and make the car the most successful in motor racing history
Jean Bugatti with a T41 Royale
The carpark in the Bugatti headquarters at Molsheim prior to WWII
The outrageous Bugatti Atlantic
Bugatti won the inaugural Monte Carlo Grand Prix in 1929 with a one-two victory and six of the first seven cars home
Two iconic automobiles will go under the hammer in June - a 1912 Rolls-Royce Double Pullman Limousine, and the personal 1938 Type 57C of the Ettore Bugatti
The Lake Maggiore Bugatti - after 75 years underwater
A Bugatti dealer promotes Bugatti's triumph in providing the engine that set a speed record for trains.
The Type 35 won just about every major race there was to win
Article Summary
Each year the Goodwood Festival of Speed hosts an auction by Bonhams, and due to the importance of the event and the unique crowd it draws, the best come out to play. This year there are two stand-outs going under the hammer: the first is the 1912 Rolls-Royce Double Pullman Limousine (estimated GBP2,000,000/US$3,147,000) which was reproduced in the popular Corgi Classics series of widely circulated die-cast toy cars, the second being the personal 1938 Type 57C of the Ettore Bugatti, lovingly built for Le Patron by his staff.
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