ns 1959 Facel Vega HK 500 Lot No.: 348, up for auction, at Silverstone auctions at the NEC on  March 6, 2016 Registration: not registered at the moment. It was 4PPF but this is now on a Mercedes Sprinter Chassis Number: HK1 BN2 Engine Number: TY7-1124-1 Number of cylinders: 8…

I got an e-mail recently from Charles-Henry Couvrat, the Amicale Facel Vega’s internet man who tracks down every Facel that appears on the worldwide web. Nothing, but nothing, escapes his eagle eyes. (I went to a test at Goodwood last August in the Facel 11 and within a couple of days there was a pic…

Artcurial’s marathon auction on the Friday of Retromobile saw the prototype Facel sell for €420k. This was halfway up the estimate – which was pretty broad at €350-550,000 – but Artcurial’s prices were strong, particularly in comparison to  Bonham’s the day before. However, what you had to endure first of all was a long afternoon…

To my considerable surprise, my wife and I spent yesterday evening watching RM/Sotheby’s auction from Paris on my laptop, huddled around the kitchen table. This was the first of the three auctions taking place during Retromobile, each one offering at least one Facel Vega. That, then, was my reasoning for watching the auction, to see…