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  • Bertone Museum Cars Another Highlight at RM’s Villa d’Este Sale
  • Bertone Museum Cars Another Highlight at RM’s Villa d’Este Sale
  • Bertone Museum Cars Another Highlight at RM’s Villa d’Este Sale
  • Bertone Museum Cars Another Highlight at RM’s Villa d’Este Sale
  • Bertone Museum Cars Another Highlight at RM’s Villa d’Este Sale
  • Bertone Museum Cars Another Highlight at RM’s Villa d’Este Sale
  • Bertone Museum Cars Another Highlight at RM’s Villa d’Este Sale
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Bertone Museum Cars Another Highlight at RM’s Villa d’Este Sale

Classic Driver

Bertone Museum Cars Another Highlight at RM’s Villa d’Este Sale

Six prototypes from the Bertone Museum are the latest entries in RM’s inaugural sale at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, on 21 May.

The Museum – now in the hands of liquidators – has been the repository for some of the great Italian styling house’s most well-known projects. Six examples have been selected for inclusion in the Ontario-based auction house’s ‘by invitation only’ event, to be held on the weekend of the Concorso d’Eleganza at Villa d’Este.

A fitting location, surely, for cars such as the 1967 Lamborghini Marzal prototype (1,000,000 - 1,800,000 euros) driven by Prince Rainier and Princess Grace at the start of the 1967 Monaco Grand Prix. There are two other Lamborghinis, the 1974 Bravo, a wedge-shaped supercar with a hint of 308 GT4 Ferrari meeting Countach, for 150,000 – 220,000 euros and a 1980 Athon. The 150,000 – 220,000 euros Athon is a space-age roadster, seemingly fresh from the set of ‘Star Wars’.

Bertone Museum Cars Another Highlight at RM’s Villa d’Este Sale Bertone Museum Cars Another Highlight at RM’s Villa d’Este Sale

In addition to the Marzal, one of the main Collection cars is the first prototype of the mid-engined Lancia Stratos production supercar. Carrying an estimate of 1,000,000 – 1,800,000 euros, the 1970 Lancia Stratos HF Zero is another super-futuristic design, resplendent in metallic bronze paintwork.

The other Lancia, a 1978 Sibilo described as ‘outlandish' in RM’s press material, was unveiled at the Turin Motor Show in April 1978. It’s estimated at 60,000 - 100,000 euros.

Bertone Museum Cars Another Highlight at RM’s Villa d’Este Sale
Bertone Museum Cars Another Highlight at RM’s Villa d’Este Sale Bertone Museum Cars Another Highlight at RM’s Villa d’Este Sale

Finally, just for something a little different and non-Italian, there’s a 1963 Chevrolet Testudo (‘tortoise’ in Italian) that carries a one-off, transparent one-piece windscreen and roof cover. Hence the name, one assumes. 500,000 - 800,000 euros will buy it, so RM states.

The auction will be held on 21 May, 2011 at 20:00, at the Spazio Villa Erba, Largo Luchino Visconti 4, Cernobbio, Como 22012, Italy.

You can see the latest entries in the Classic Driver car database.

For further information, see www.rmauctions.com

Text: Steve Wakefield
Photos: Tom Wood ©2011 Courtesy of RM Auctions

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