by John McCulloch These are a few of the highlights at the 2015 edition of Rétromobile. For the first time at the fortieth anniversary of Rétromobile, the Citroën Héritage presented two very different faces. The white part of the village (at one end of the rectangular space) was made up …
While Artcurial took the spotlight at this year’s Retromobile netting record prices for auctioning off the Roger Baillon collection, RM Classics and Bonhams also conducted auctions the annual classic Paris event. RM offered no Citroëns but Bonhams had a few double chevron badged vehicles on the block including: • Citroënvie …
The auction results at Retromobile this year were nothing short of astounding. The main focus was in the neglected car collection of Roger Baillon, who owned a transport business in France. Baillon’s business did well after the Second World War, allowing him buy a farm property and classic cars, hoping …
This 1972 Citroën DS21 is fresh from a restoration in which 2,500 hours are said to have been spent converting it to a Chapron découvrable replica, a rare coachbuilt model distinguished by the landaulet folding roof mechanism. For sale in Froges, France for 55.000 euros (~$65,300 US) see the listing …
A treasure trove of 60 rusting classic cars worth £12million has been found rotting in a French farm garage for 50 years The cars were collected from the 1950s to the 1970s by entrepreneur Roger Baillon, who dreamt of restoring them to their former glory and displaying them in a …
