We’ve already showed you the cars that Jay Kay of Jamiroquai fame is charging Bonhams with selling at its season-closing Bond Street sale on 7 December, but now it’s time to take a look at the rest of the 34-lot catalogue. From traditional blue-chip classics such as the ‘missing’ Aston Martin DB4GT ‘Lightweight’ that’s been in its current ownership since 1965 (est.
Maxime Leroy is anything but your typical classic car collector. He is a visionary creator with a strong personality whose adult life has been devoted to showcasing feathers. He discovered the art of plumasserie at school thanks to two of his professors. At that time, the school was the last school in France dedicated to teaching this dying art. And thanks to Leroy, who now spends two days a week there teaching, it still is.
Jamiroquai’s lead singer Jay Kay has never made any bones about his love for exotic cars. Hell, many of his songs are either about his favourite cars or feature them in the videos – Black Devil Car, anyone? Now, the exuberant pop star has decided to part ways with three cars from his current stable, entrusting Bonhams with finding them happy new homes. Kay is a true automotive connoisseur, having owned over 100 cars including Ferrari 275s, Lamborghini Miuras and myriad Porsche 911s.
The Hôtel de Crillon on Place de la Concorde at the foot of the Champs-Élysées is a last bastion of Parisian luxury and style. That’s why back in 2017, Paris native Tristan Auer, who was among the celebrated pool of designers responsible for the refurbished palace’s lavish interiors, thought it needed a suitably luxurious and stylish courtesy car in which its guests could be chauffeured around the city and told the story of the hotel before they’d even arrived.
