MULLIN MUSEUM TO PRESENT $30 MILLION 1936 BUGATTI

A 1936 BUGATTI THAT RECENTLY SOLD FOR MORE THAN $30 MILLION WENT ON DISPLAY AT THE MULLIN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM IN OXNARD. THE MUSEUM SAY THE 1936 BUGATTI TYPE 57SC ATLANTIC IS ONE OF ONLY THREE EVER MADE AND WAS FIRST PURCHASED BY LORD VICTOR ROTHSCHILD OF LONDON. IN 1939, IT WAS SENT BACK TO THE FACTORY TO BE SUPERCHARGED. THE OWNERS HAVE INCLUDED DR PETER WILLIAMSON, WHO BOUGHT THE CAR IN 1971 FOR $59,000 AND RESTORED IT. THE CAR SOLD IN MAY IN A DEAL BROKERED BY GOODING & CO. IT SAYS THE UNIDENTIFIED BUYER PAID BETWEEN $30 AND $40 MILLION. THE MUSEUM SAYS IT IS NOT SURE HOW LONG IT WILL BE DISPLAYED. THE MULLIN MUSEUM IS AN HOMAGE TO THE ART DECO AND MACHINE AGE, ERAS THAT PRODUCED EXQUISITE ART AND MAGNIFICENT AUTOMOBILES. THE MUSEUM IS HOME TO EXAMPLES OF THE FINEST OF HISTORIC FRENCH AUTOMOBILES FROM THE BUGATTI TO THE VOISIN AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT AND REPRESENTATIVE DECORATIVE ART.
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