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Built in 1939, this 6C 2500 Sport was clothed with a Touring Berlinetta body and ordered new by Italy's dictator Benito Mussolini for his mistress, Claretta Petacci. She used the car during the War years, chauffeur-driven by a Mr. Franz Spogler. He later recounted Petacci's thwarted attempt to flee across the border from the Italian partisans in 1945. They were stopped close to Lake Como, and like her infamous lover, Petacci was captured. After the War, the Touring Berlinetta was acquired by an American service man and shipped to the United States. It re-discovered in a barn in upstate New York during the 1970s but it was not restored until many years later when it was entrusted to Italian expert Francesco Bonfanti. Fittingly, the car was shown on the shore of Lake Como, during the 2007 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este where it won first in class. In 2011, it also won best of show in the annual Salon Privé show. The owner has now consigned the car to the 2015 RM Auctions Paris Sale. The estimate is for the ex-Mussolini 6C 2500 Sport is Euro 1.9 - 2.4 million.
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