This is one of the unexpected effects of our world struck by the coronavirus epidemic: vintage car enthusiasts have not given up on the backfiring objects of their teenage dreams.
New enthusiasts have even come to light.
Despite the confinement, postponement or cancellation of a number of demonstrations and events dedicated to vintage cars but also the most important auctions of the year, the collection market continues to hold its rank.
It is even a safe haven.
The year 2020 ends with a bang with the sale in a single lot, at a contemporary art sale in New York, of the three Alfa Romeo BATs (BAT 5, BAT 7 and BAT 9) bodied by Bertone in the years 1950. In the midst of works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, Alexander Calder, Mark Rothko and Jasper Johns, the house RM Sotheby's sold the Italian triplet for 14.84 million dollars, or more than 12.76 million dollars. 'euros.
This sale concludes
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