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1937 Type 57S Bugatti

Newcastle doctor Harold Carr drove his 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante for a little while and then stashed it in his garage, where it sat waiting for 50 years alone and unused before being put on a Paris auction block after Dr. Carr’s recent death. Only 17 of the rare automobiles were ever made, making it one of the hottest and most valuable collectible cars in existence. The Bugatti was discovered by Dr. Carr’s relatives who put it up for auction, where it sold for $6.5 million this week.

Harold Carr drove the rare Bugatti for about five years before parking it in his garage and forgetting about it, and he drove it lightly even when it was in use. The odometer on the vehicle at auction was still at only 26,284. Coveted greatly by collectors, the Bugatti 57S is a prize possession – at least four out of the seventeen similar cars are believed to be the property of the Musee Nationale de L’Automobile in Mulhouse, France.