A car abandoned in a garage for 50 years has sold at auction for 3,479,000 euros (£3,043,293).
The 1937 Bugatti Type 57S, which was left in a garage in Gosforth, Newcastle, went under the hammer at Bonhams’ Retromobile car show and sale in Paris.
It was sold on behalf of the family of its last owner, Dr Harold Carr.
The car was originally owned by racing enthusiast Earl Howe, who was the first president of the British Racing Drivers’ Club
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Speaking at the time the car was found, Dr Carr’s nephew, an engineer from Gosforth in Newcastle, told the Evening Chronicle the money raised by its sale would be shared out among the family.
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