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Bugatti Type 57S Atalante (57502)

Auction car

Bugatti Type 57S Atalante (57502)
Summary

Auction car

1937 [[Bugatti Type 57]]S number 57502 pictured in the garage where it was discovered (undated photograph released by [[Bonhams]])<ref name=&quot;AP2Jan08ImageCaption&quot;/>

The Bugatti Type 57S Atalante number 57502, built in 1937 by Automobiles Ettore Bugatti, is one of 43 Bugatti Type 57S made and one of only 17 Type 57S produced with the in-house Atalante coupé coachwork. The car hit the headlines in 2009 when auctioned by Bonhams, after having been rediscovered in 2008, following 48 years of storage in a private owner's garage in Gosforth, England, with few people aware of its location.

History

Chassis number 57502 was completed at the Bugatti works on 5 May 1937, with the works number plate 1127-W5; it then wore the British number plate DYK 5, finally being re-registered as EWS 73, the number which it wore on rediscovery. The car was ordered new from the factory by Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe (1884–1964), a keen motor racing enthusiast, who took delivery of it on 9 June 1937 from Sorel of London, the UK agents for Bugatti. 57502 then passed through three intermediate owners before being bought in 1955 by Dr. Harold Carr (1917–2007), from Newcastle upon Tyne. Passionate for machinery, aviation and adventuring, Carr suffered from obsessive compulsive disorder, which in his later life caused him to become a recluse and a hoarder.{{cite news In December 1960, after its last tax disc expired, Carr stored the Bugatti along with other classic cars{{cite news

Auction house Bonhams, instructed to sell the car by the eight Carr heirs, made it the centrepiece of their February 2009 sale at the Rétromobile car show in Paris.{{cite web|url=http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=EUR&screen=carsretromobilet57s |title=The 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante |publisher=Bonhams |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204184430/http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=EUR&screen=carsretromobilet57s |archivedate=4 February 2009

References

References

  1. "Bugatti Trust Photo Archive Album 19 - Type 57S 104. Type 57S, Chassis # 57502, Reg. 1127-W5, Atalante". The Bugatti Trust.
  2. (1938). "Bugatti Trust Photo Archive Album 19 - Type 57S 118. Type 57S, Chassis # 57502, Reg. DYK 5, Atalante". The Bugatti Trust.
  3. [[#GK09. Katz 2009]]: "In this undated image released by Bonhams, an extremely rare 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante, is seen in a garage in Gosforth, England, where it was revealed by relatives after the death of the owner."
  4. [[#GK09. Katz 2009]]: "Knight and a small number of Bugatti enthusiasts knew of Carr's proudest possession, but not the eight relatives who inherited Carr's estate."
  5. (7 February 2009). "Classic Bugatti makes 3.4m euros". [[BBC News online]].
  6. Newton, Andrew. (30 December 2020). "10 Highest Auction Sales of 2020". Hagerty media.
  7. Vaughn, Mark. (May 5, 2010). "Mullin museum is not Bugatti buyer". Hearst Autos, Inc..
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