RM Auctions Lot 170 Facel Vega HK500 The Facel Vega HK500 at RM Auctions in Paris sold for exactly its low estimate: €120,000 on Wednesday evening. This was a good looking car but it came up at 22.21 in the evening, the third last lot of the auction and in just one minute, rose from…
I was unaware that there was a third auction at Retromobile and this one by RM comes first on February 4. They have this HK500 up for sale, which means that there’s an HK500, a Facel 11, three Excellences and a Facel FV3B available at Retromobile – quite apart from all the other delectable machines.…
Rétromobile 2015 by Artcurial Motorcars, February 6, 2015, Paris Lot 122 1959 Facel Vega Excellence French title Chassis n° EX1-B052 Engine n° TY7-19846 http://www.artcurial.com/en/asp/fullcatalogue.asp?salelot=2651+++++122+&refno=10516680 – Superior car, very rare – Four owners from new – Fresh from highest level restoration – One of only 21 examples with original manual gearbox The Facel Véga Excellence occupies…
Rétromobile 2015 by Artcurial Motorcars, February 6, 2015, Paris Lot 121 1958 Facel Vega FV3B French title Chassis n° FV3B-58-357 Engine n° TY4 -317 163 http://www.artcurial.com/en/asp/fullcatalogue.asp?salelot=2651+++++121+&refno=10516742 – Ex – Maurice Trintignant ! – Superb original condition – Last example produced of the FV3B This car has the distinction of having belonged to none other than…
Rétromobile 2015 by Artcurial Motorcars, February 6, 2015, Paris Lot 15 Facel Excellence – 1960 No reserve http://www.artcurial.com/en/asp/fullCatalogue.asp?salelot=2651++++++15+&refno=10514404 Unregistered Chassis n° EX1 B086 Engine n° TY7 – 32539 – Rare preserved condition – Owned by the Baillon family since 1964 – Exceptional, rare model – No reserve – Sold new to Helen Kirby de Bagration…
Bonhams Rétromobile 2015, February 5, 2015, Paris Lot 325 Facel Vega Facel II coupé 1962 €275,000 – 375,000 £210,000 – 280,000 http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22528/lot/325/ Chassis no. HK2B113 ‘The HK500 was the most interesting car we ever made but the Facel II was the best. It was totally elegant.’ – Jean Daninos. In its relatively short life, the…
Retromobile, the famous Parisian classic car show, is coming up on February 4-8, 2015 and – amazingly, perhaps – there are five Facel Vegas consigned in two auctions in the first couple of days. Even more amazingly, three of these are rare Excellences which aren’t often seen at auction. Descriptions of all five cars follow…
Facel Vega Car Club 