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£247.7k

Participante au Concours d’élégance de Pebble Beach, 1929 Minerva Type AK Faux Cabriolet

Bonhams • France • 7 Feb 2013

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£247,739

Participante au Concours d’élégance de Pebble Beach, 1929 Minerva Type AK Faux Cabriolet

France • 7 Feb 2013

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AI Listing Summary

This is a rare 1929 Minerva Type AK Faux Cabriolet, with coachwork by Henri Labourdette. It was owned by several notable collectors and underwent restoration in 1986 and again between 2002-2012.

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Condition 

8

Although this car has been restored, it is a very rare model, with a coachwork by Henri Labourdette of Paris. The car has also participated in the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

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58393

1929

Auction

LHD

France

£247.7k

Participante au Concours d’élégance de Pebble Beach, 1929 Minerva Type AK Faux Cabriolet

Bonhams • France • 7 Feb 2013

Market Position:

Rare Sale

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Description

« Depuis de nombreuses années, le nom de Minerva est reconnu internationalement dans le monde de l’automobile comme représentant non seulement un haut niveau d’excellence des produits manufacturés, mais aussi comme un critère de suprématie dans l’évolution des meilleurs châssis …L’intérieur est spacieux, distingué et « confortable »… silencieux et rempli de dignité, une automobile d’un luxe de bon ton, exempte de toute ostentation d’un Sir George Midas … » Catalogue Minerva 1930.

Minerva – la « Déesse des Automobiles » - fut la plus belle marque de l’industrie automobile belge jadis si dynamique.

Fondée à Anvers en 1899 par le Hollandais Sylvain de Jong, Minerva débuta par la production de cycles avant de s’orienter très tôt vers la fabrication et la fourniture de moteurs pour d’autres constructeurs, puis de construire sa première automobile au tournant du xxe siècle.

De Jong fonda Minerva Motors SA en 1902 et la firme passa de l’automobile destinée aux pratiquants sportifs à des ty...

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