1939 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 SS Berlinetta Aerodinamica

This famous Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 SS, known as the 'Mussolini Mistress,' is believed to be the car Mussolini gave to his mistress Clara Petacci and the car in which the pair later tried to escape from Italy in 1945. The distinctive body by Touring of Milan includes unusual flashes cut into the rear wheel spats. The car retains its original engine with Super Sport-specification triple carburetors believed to have been included when built. When the pair were captured on their escape to Switzerland, the car was confiscated. It was eventually acquired by an American Army Air Corps officer, Major Charles Pettit, who shipped it to his farm in New York State in 1949, where it was left to deteriorate in his barn. The Alfa was given a new lease on life in 1970 when it was purchased by Leslie and Leigh Keno's father, Ronald, for $300. He restored the car before selling it to collector Donnie Morton of Connecticut, who passed it to the Imperial Palace Auto Collection, where it remained for two decades before being sold to another long-term owner in 1999.