Start your day with a Delahaye

Kinja'd!!! "Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
02/13/2015 at 10:42 • Filed to: Rétromobile

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Lot 37 of the Baillon collection. Estimated to fetch €35 - 45,000. Actually made €69,136.

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DISCUSSION (11)


Kinja'd!!! Milky > Cé hé sin
02/13/2015 at 10:53

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Not sure if low-res or just in that bad of shape.


Kinja'd!!! kanadanmajava1 > Milky
02/13/2015 at 10:55

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Compared to the rest it was in quite decent condition.


Kinja'd!!! SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Cé hé sin
02/13/2015 at 10:57

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Yeah, I thought that the estimates for this collection seemed a little low. I mean, there are some rare cars that were presumed destroyed in there.


Kinja'd!!! Cé hé sin > Milky
02/13/2015 at 11:08

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Combination of poor light (the hall was in semi darkness), a phone and the fact that the cars were exactly as found with no cleaning done so there was dust, leaf mould and general grime everywhere. You can see how dirty the windows are, with just a small patch wiped on the left hand side so you could catch a glimpse of the interior. They had an inspection light inside each car hence the blue glow.

Here's an interior shot of another one:

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Kinja'd!!! Cé hé sin > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
02/13/2015 at 11:10

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Yes, a couple went for ten times their estimates!


Kinja'd!!! RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Cé hé sin
02/13/2015 at 11:19

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What did the Panhard Dynamics go for?


Kinja'd!!! Cé hé sin > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
02/13/2015 at 11:23

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€56,024.

Just go here and select retromobile 6th February.


Kinja'd!!! ceanderson920 > Cé hé sin
02/13/2015 at 11:46

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I wonder if the people who bought these cars will clean them up after they get the cars home. I understand people want the dust and dirt so they seem "original" but wouldn't you want to clean them up so they look better and will last longer?


Kinja'd!!! Cé hé sin > ceanderson920
02/13/2015 at 11:55

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Depends on the buyer! There's a certain to trend to keeping barn finds as they were but most people would restore them - if there's anything left to realistically restore rather than re create. Some of the cars were in a terrible state, others at least visually more or less intact.


Kinja'd!!! Milky > Cé hé sin
02/13/2015 at 12:16

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Somebody get the windex!


Kinja'd!!! ceanderson920 > Cé hé sin
02/13/2015 at 12:19

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That Delahaye you have pictured above looks like it could be restored, but who knows what is underneath all that dust.