I know you've all been wondering what happened in Paris when they auctioned Roger Baillon's cars. You remember that late last year, the world found out Roger had been keeping 60 incredible cars in various barns around his farm in western France for the past 50 years.
Now it has to be said the Bugattis, Porsches and Talbot-Lagos were in less than original condition. But that didn't stop the punters paying a total of $38 million for some dusty exotics at Artcurial's beautiful chateau on the roundabout where the Champs-Elysees hits the Avenue Matignon. There were 1600 registered bidders from 30 countries and 3500 packing the auction room.
One Ferrari, a 1961 250GT SWB, brought $25m — more than half the total for Roger's collection.