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1948 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500

Sport Cabriolet
RM Sotheby's Hershey 2021
Thursday, 7 October - Friday, 8 October 2021
$265,000
Sale Price
$275,000 - $325,000
Est. Range
Yes
Reserve
7 October 2021
Sold Date
159
Lot Number
#3+
Older restoration
RM Sotheby's
Auction House
Chassis no. 915251. Blue, with dark blue cloth top over dark red leather. RHD. 2,443/90hp, single 2-barrel Weber carburetor, column shift 4-speed, chrome wire wheels, Silvertown tires, radio, side outlet exhaust, Carello headlight covers, semaphore signals behind the doors, banjo steering steering wheel.

Evaluation: Quick, old repaint with some overspray in the wheel wells. Good upholstery and interior wood trim. Orderly, but aged and somewhat grimy engine compartment. Superficially restored some time ago but claimed to have $176,000 in mechanical work since 2017.

Bottom Line: Sold post-block. Stylish, competently presented with a superficial repaint, though aged and used. That it needed $176,000 in mechanical work over a four-year period is not reassuring, either for the mechanical condition or for the caliber of work done earlier. A bidder’s willingness to pony up even this much is a tribute to RM’s persuasiveness after it passed the auction block. This is full retail for this Alfa’s condition.

by Rick Carey
8 November 2021
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