Sold for $814,000 at 2013 Gooding and Company - Pebble Beach.
Sold for $880,000 at 2017 RM Auctions : Amelia Island.
Chassis Number 915758
This example was constructed in 1950 and was sold that year to Signor Silvio Carlo Tricini of Corano (PV), Italy. By the end of the decade, the car had found its way to Southern California where it passed through several owners. During that time, the engine was rebuilt and it was converted to left-hand drive. In 1989, the car was placed into storage in the San Francisco Bay Area, until it was purchased in May of 2009 by Lawrence Klein.

The car has been treated to a restoration. In 2012 it won First in Class and the Honorary Judges Trophy at the Palo Alto Concours. It won the Vitesse Elegance Award and Second in Class the Pebble Beach Concours, and First in Class and recipient of the Most Elegant Post-War Closed Car trophy at the Hillsborough Concours.

The car is finished in dark green with a pebble grain, tan leather interior. There is an original Aster multiband shortwave radio with a 'Vaticano' dial setting and Lucite fascia, a floor-mounted gear level, and a three-spoke, engraved aluminum steering wheel with abachi wood trim. Silver-plated chain door pulls and rear window roll-up curtains are also nice finishing touches. The car rides on Dunlop Fort tires.

By Daniel Vaughan | Nov 2017