Everyone has heard a story of that one person who found something truly remarkable that was thought to be lost forever; a Babe Ruth baseball card tucked away in a dusty shoebox, a Picasso in an attic, or that invaluable antique collecting cobwebs in an abandoned barn. Recently in France, a team of auction house employees made a discovery that is truly difficult to fathom.
Early in 2014, the high-end French auction house Artcurial was privy to the authentication of what is likely the most valuable barn on the planet, a discovery that has been compared in grandeur to the uncovering of Tutankhamun’s tomb. When Pierre Novikoff fielded a phone call from the representative of an estate (which included a collection of antique cars that had not been touched in nearly 50 years), he and colleague Matthieu Lamoure of Artcurial had no idea about the scope of what they were actually being sought to value.
To their surprise, the barn contained 60 rare and vintage automobiles highly sought after by collectors. The cars were manufactured by legendary makers such as Maserati, Bugatti, Ferrari, Hispano-Suiza, Talbot-Lago, Panhard-Levassor, Delahaye, and Delage.
Early in 2014, the high-end French auction house Artcurial was privy to the authentication of what is likely the most valuable barn on the planet, a discovery that has been compared in grandeur to the uncovering of Tutankhamun’s tomb. When Pierre Novikoff fielded a phone call from the representative of an estate (which included a collection of antique cars that had not been touched in nearly 50 years), he and colleague Matthieu Lamoure of Artcurial had no idea about the scope of what they were actually being sought to value.
To their surprise, the barn contained 60 rare and vintage automobiles highly sought after by collectors. The cars were manufactured by legendary makers such as Maserati, Bugatti, Ferrari, Hispano-Suiza, Talbot-Lago, Panhard-Levassor, Delahaye, and Delage.
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