It's not very often that you stumble across a collection of vintage cars worth millions of dollars, especially on a family-owned farm! Some 60 vintage cars, some of which are extremely rare, were found lying around and left to rust on a farm in western France. The rare collection once belonged to French transport entrepreneur, Roger Baillon.
Baillon's grandchildren were the lucky heirs. Among the prized vehicles was a Talbot-Lago that once belonging to King Farouk of Egypt. Imagine finding something like this on your property...
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A collection of rare vehicles accumulating rust... |
A closer look at the prized collection: |
A Facel Vega to the left and a Talbot-Lago to the right. |
These cars were kept hidden for 50 years! |
A grassy camouflaged treasure. |
A closer look inside the barn. |
A Talbot-Lago T26 cabriolet that once belonged to King Farouk! |
Rust eating away at this valuable antique vehicle. |
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Hardly anything left of the original paint job. |
A vintage Maserati A6G 200, one of just three in existence. |
50 years of rust! |
Some cars were auctioned off as spare parts. |
A vintage car awaits its new owner. |
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A rare Ferrari 250 GT California SWB. Only 37 remain in existence today. It sold for $18.5 million at auction. |
No-one knows exactly how much these cars fetched in total, but it the figure was around the $30 million mark. |
The (very) fortunate grandchildren. |
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(H/T: boredpanda.com) |
Watch a video of this classic car treasure collection: |
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