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‘Bugatti’ dumped in a garage under bags of rubbish for a decade sells for £270,000
By Tony Whitfield 13:03 BST twenty seven Sep 2012, updated 17:12 BST twenty seven Sep two thousand twelve
- Replica of 1930s Grand Prix winner lay forgotten for nine years
- Late holder believed car was genuine article once driven by champ Count Stanislas Czaykowski
- Car ‘skilfully executed’ copy made in 1980s with some original parts
- Original Type 51s fetch over £2million – eight times sum paid by English duo at auction for replica
A ‘Bugatti’ which lay forgotten in a dilapidated garage for nine years has been sold for £270,000 – almost three times the amount it had been expected to fetch.
The car had been abandoned in a garage in Worcestershire, unused and unloved, covered with bags of rubbish and become blocked in by trees and other debris.
It had been possessed by engineer Alan Riley who bought the car in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven and was persuaded it was a real Grand Prix-winning Bugatti Type fifty one worth up to £2million.
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He believed the car was the Bugatti that won the one thousand nine hundred thirty one Casablanca Grand Prix, driven by Count Stanislas Czaykowski.
But when he died earlier this year after a long illness the UK’s leading Bugatti accomplished David Sewell was brought in to establish the car’s true provenance.
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He determined it is almost certainly a very skilfully executed replica, albeit it may contain parts of the Czaykowski car.
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It was most likely made in the early 1980s by a character called Keith Butti of Upminster who has since become legendary for making a number of very wooing replica Bugattis using a combination of genuine and reproduction parts.
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James Dennison of Brightwells Auctioneers said: ‘It sold to an English duo. They were very pleased – I think they’re going to go racing in it. But it will need some rebuilding very first.
‘The lower estimate was £100,000 so we’re absolutely delighted with the price. There was lots of interest on the phones and in the room. It exceeded expectations.
‘Prices for classic cars have been going up fairly steadily over the last five years. Anything very uncommon or with good history seems to keep on going up in value.
‘I would say it’s an investment chance – if they can add some more original parts to the car they could increase its value even more.’
Beauty: Car shows off its gorgeous kinks
