Penned by a prodigy

RM Sotheby’s, New York, USA 10 December

COMPILED BY CHR IS BIETZK

examples built were nonetheless very handy. Chassis DB4GT/0186/R, set to be sold by RM Sotheby’s in New York and expected to make over $16 million, was campaigned with success in Australia by its first owner, winning its first two races and topping its class o en during the 1962 season. Sold the following year, it remained in Oz and mostly in storage for the next three decades before being exhumed and eventually restored to its current, exemplary condition. It would surely be welcome at all of the world’s major historic racing meetings, but if its recent, glittering past is any indication, you’re more likely to spot DB4GT/0186/R on the grassy catwalks of the finest concours events – arguably just where a supermodel belongs. www.resothebys.coe YOU DON’T NEED to know anything about cars –…

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