Talbot-Lago Tops RM’s Villa Erba Sale

A 1937 Talbot-Lago T150-C SS “Goutte d’Eau” Coupé by Figoni et Falaschi known as “the Teardrop car” was the top seller at last week’s Villa Erba sale by RM Sotheby’s, bringing in a winning bid of €3,360,000 / US$3,775,195. Considered by many as one of the most attractive, aerodynamically inspired automotive designs of all time and one of the most distinctive and beautiful cars ever built, the car was a crowd-pleaser over the entire weekend.

The second-highest price paid during the sale on the shores of Italy’s Lake Como was the €3,024,000 / US$3,396,617 earned by a 1937 Bugatti Type 57 Atalante Prototype, chassis no. 57254, while setting a record for a non “S” model Type 57. The car is one of just three Atalante prototypes, and was delivered new to the Bugatti Works driver Meo Costantini with a specially tuned engine. It is one of few built by Carrosserie Bugatti and shows just 26,000 kilometers from new.

The overall sales for the auction totaled €25,355,850 / US$28,480,197, a number that included several new auction records for individual models.

“We achieved some great results this weekend,” said Augustin Sabatié-Garat, car specialist for RM Sotheby’s and the Villa Erba auction manager. ”It’s great to see that the demand for special pre-war cars is stronger than ever, and we continue to see rare, low-production supercars with excellent provenance, performing very strongly. Our track record selling rare Porsches for record-setting prices continues, and to have sold eight cars for over €1,000,000 demonstrates that the market is still strong.”

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