To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION at RM Sothebys' The Monterey Auction event, 13 - 15 August 2026.

$2,500,000 - $3,000,000 USD Best of Show at the 2002 Pebble Beach Concours d’EleganceBest of Show at the 2004 Amelia Island Concours d’EleganceA one-off creation by Parisian Avions Voisin impresario Raymond SaliotMeticulous concours restoration by the noted firm of Stone BarnAmong the most memorable concours entrants of the past three decadesSimply put, a machine utterly unrivaled for its beauty and presence She walks in beauty, like the nightOf cloudless climes and starry skies;And all that’s best of dark and brightMeet in her aspect and her eyes.Sam Mann forgives the substitution of Lord Byron’s words—likely for the first time ever in an automobile auction catalogue description—for his own, as his fellow creative in many ways echoes his own thoughts about this particular car.The Avions Voisin by Saliot is an automobile that defines his own collecting philosophy: that the formula for the most be...