This 1938 Lancia Astura is one of 423 fourth-series examples built and left the factory as a rolling chassis on November 17, 1938, en route to Carrozzeria Pinin Farina.

Chassis 41-3195 reportedly began as a special order for Italian diplomat Count Galeazzo Ciano, but completion of the bodywork was precluded by the outbreak of World War II and Ciano’s 1944 execution.

In 1947 Pinin Farina outfitted the car with two-door cabriolet coachwork, after which it is said to have been displayed on Lancia’s stand at the Turin Motor Show.

After residing in a Paris collection, it was purchased in 1971 by industrial designer Philippe Charbonneaux and his son and displayed in their Saint-Dizier museum until the late 1970s.

The car received a refurbishment in Italy in 1993 and was again freshened following acquisition by its current owner in 2018.

It was shown at the 2019 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este and won first in the Pinin Farina Prewar class at the 2021 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.

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