Barn Find

Artcurial Unveils Huge Barn-Find Collection for Rétromobile 2015 Auction

Posted on by Donald Osborne
Artcurial

Includes Long-Lost Ferrari California Spyder

A huge automotive archeological treasure trove — including a Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder — will star at Artcurial’s Rétromobile auction on February 6, 2015.

Likened by some to the famed “reserve collection” of the brothers Schlumpf, this barn-find hoard includes cars ranging from humble Amilcars, Citroëns and an Innocenti to grand routiers such as a Bugatti Type 57 Ventoux, a number of Delahaye 135s, a Talbot Lago T26 Saoutchik cabriolet delivered to King Read More

Portuguese Barn Find: Fact or Fiction?

Posted on by Auction News

Portuguese barn houses 180 cars, all covered with decades of dust

Huge collections like the one in Portugal don’t just happen. Cars are accumulated by someone with a purpose

By Tom Cotter

One day this January, I received at least ten forwarded email attachments to a web site that featured photos of an eclectic collection of old cars in a decaying building. For the next week it seemed the web was literally blanketed with these images, each giving a similar Read More