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1938 Bugatti Type 57C Navigation
This Bugatti Type 57 is one of six similar Bugattis designed and built by the exclusive Parisian carrosserie Letourneur & Marchand, which was founded by Jean-Marie Letourneur and Jean-Arthur Marchand. It was specified that the body be painted light and dark green with a green top and interior which were unusual colors for a French automobile of elegant design of that period.
The car accompanied its second owner, wealthy young Dutchman Rudi Van Daalen Wetters, to Los Angeles when he lived there in the 1950s, then returned with him to Holland when he became the attache to Prince Bernhard of The Netherlands. By the 1990s, Wetters and the car were back in Los Angeles, where the car was stored in a garage for almost 30 years. Jim Hull was introduced to the car and its owner by Phil Hill in 1985, and that began a 30-year friendship that lasted until Rudi passed in 2015. Fittingly, the car was sold by Rudi's family to Jim, who has now restored the car in its original two-tone green paintwork.
The car is powered by a 3257 cc 8-cylinder engine developing 235 horsepower.
The car accompanied its second owner, wealthy young Dutchman Rudi Van Daalen Wetters, to Los Angeles when he lived there in the 1950s, then returned with him to Holland when he became the attache to Prince Bernhard of The Netherlands. By the 1990s, Wetters and the car were back in Los Angeles, where the car was stored in a garage for almost 30 years. Jim Hull was introduced to the car and its owner by Phil Hill in 1985, and that began a 30-year friendship that lasted until Rudi passed in 2015. Fittingly, the car was sold by Rudi's family to Jim, who has now restored the car in its original two-tone green paintwork.
The car is powered by a 3257 cc 8-cylinder engine developing 235 horsepower.
2025 RM Sothebys : The Arizona Auction
Pre-Auction Estimates :
USD $750,000-USD $1,000,000
Sale Price :
USD $800,000
2020 Gooding & Company : Geared Online
Pre-Auction Estimates :
USD $1,300,000-USD $1,600,000
Lot was not sold
1938 Bugatti Type 57C Auction Sales
Recent Sales of the Bugatti Type 57C
(Data based on Model Year 1938 sales)
| 1938 Bugatti Type 57 Cabriolet by Letourneur et Marchand Chassis#: 57644 Sold for USD$800,000 2025 RM Sothebys : The Arizona Auction |   |
| 1938 BUGATTI TYPE 57C STELVIO Coachwork by Gangloff Chassis#: 57606/57699 Sold for USD$472,500 2024 Gooding : Amelia Island |   |
| 1938 BUGATTI TYPE 57C ATALANTE Chassis#: 57767 Sold for USD$2,260,000 2024 Gooding : Amelia Island |   |
| 1938 Bugatti Type 57 Roadster in the style of Gangloff Chassis#: 57661 Sold for USD$841,000 2023 RM Sothebys : Monterey |   |
| 1938 Bugatti Type 57C Stelvio Chassis#: 57597 Sold for USD$786,000 2019 Gooding & Company : Pebble Beach |   |
| 1938 Bugatti Type 57 C cabriolet Gangloff Chassis#: 57596 Sold for USD$1,112,232 2019 Artcurial : Retroobile | |
| 1938 Bugatti Type 57C Atalante Chassis#: 57766 Sold for USD$2,805,000 2018 Gooding & Company : Pebble Beach |   |
| 1938 Bugatti Type 57C Stelvio Convertible Chassis#: 57748 Sold for USD$1,595,000 2015 Bonhams : Greenwich Concours |   |
| 1938 Bugatti Type 57C Aravis Cabriolet by Gangloff Chassis#: 57710 Sold for USD$2,337,500 2015 RM Sotheby's : Amelia Island |   |
| 1938 Bugatti Type 57C Stelvio by Gangloff Chassis#: 57597 Sold for USD$770,000 2014 RM Auctions at Monterey | |
| 1938 Bugatti Type 57C Special Coupé Chassis#: 57335 Sold for USD$923,287 2013 Bonhams - Les Grandes Marques du Monde au Grand Palais |   |
| 1938 Bugatti Type 57C Atalante Chassis#: 57766 Sold for USD$2,035,000 2013 Gooding and Company - The Scottsdale Auction | |
| 1938 Bugatti Type 57C Stelvio Chassis#: 57677 Sold for USD$1,292,500 2012 Gooding and Company - Pebble Beach Auction |   |
| 1938 Bugatti Type 57C Stelvio Drophead Coupé by Gangloff Chassis#: 57716 Sold for USD$665,819 2012 Aalholm Automobile Collection | |
| 1938 Bugatti Type 57C Roadster Chassis#: 57584 Sold for USD$429,000 2010 Gooding and Company - Scottsdale Auction |   |
| 1938 Bugatti Type 57C Stelvio Chassis#: 57715 Sold for USD$719,444 2009 RM Auctions - Automobiles of London | |
| 1938 Bugatti Type 57C Coupe Chassis#: 57335 Sold for USD$1,375,000 2009 Pebble Beach Auction : Gooding & Company | |
| 1938 Bugatti Type 57C Gangloff Sold for USD$1,375,000 2006 Gooding & Company Pebble Beach Auction | |
| 1938 Bugatti T57C Aravis Drophead Coupe Chassis#: 57736 Sold for USD$1,045,000 2006 Vintage Motor Cars in Arizona | |
| 1938 Bugatti T57C Atalante Coupe Sold for USD$533,500 2004 Vintage Motor Cars in Arizona |
Bugatti Type 57Cs That Failed To Sell At Auction
1938 Bugatti Type 57C's that have appeared at auction but did not sell.
| Vehicle | Chassis | Event | High Bid | Est. Low | Est. High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 Bugatti Type 57C Atalante | 57767 | 2022 Bonhams : The Quail Auction | $2,800,000 | $3,400,000 | |
| 1938 Bugatti Type 57C Stelvio Convertible | 57748 | 2022 Bonhams : Amelia Island Concours | $1,300,000 | $1,700,000 | |
| 1938 BUGATTI TYPE 57C SPECIAL COUPÉ | 57335 | 2022 Bonhams : Les Grandes Marques du Monde à Paris | $1,600,000 | $2,000,000 | |
| 1938 BUGATTI TYPE 57 C STELVIO CABRIOLET | 57678 | 2022 Bonhams : Les Grandes Marques du Monde à Paris | $800,000 | $1,200,000 | |
| 1938 Bugatti Type 57 Cabriolet | 57644 | 2020 Gooding & Company : Geared Online | $1,300,000 | $1,600,000 | |
| 1938 Bugatti Type 57C Stelvio by Gangloff | 57737 | 2020 RM Sothebys : Paris | $1,000,000 | $1,200,000 | |
| 1938 Bugatti Type 57C Atalante | 57766 | 2015 RM Sotheby's NY Auction : Driven By Distruption | $2,200,000 | $2,500,000 | |
| 1938 Bugatti Type 57C Special Coupe | 57335 | 2012 Bonhams Collectors' Motor cars and Automobilia at Goodwood | |||
| 1938 Bugatti Type 57C Cäsar Schaffner Special Roadster | 57.584/57.577 | 2012 Bonhams The Monaco Sale 'Les Grandes Marques à Monaco' | $320,000 | $440,000 | |
| 1938 Bugatti Type 57C Atalante | 57766 | 2008 Automobiles of London | $660,000 | $600,000 | $800,000 |
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