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Baroness Gisela Josephine von Krieger's long abandoned MB languished in a dusty Connecticut warehouse for 30 years!
"This was no ordinary Mercedes. It turned out to be an exceedingly rare 1936 540K Special Roadster. Fewer than 10 such cars are said to survive in comparable condition, and Gooding, who is now the president of his own auction house, Gooding and Company, believes the completely restored roadster might set the record for the most expensive car ever sold at auction when his firm offloads it in August during the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance."
Full Article Link: http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/12/the-baroness-and-her-lost-mercedes/
"This was no ordinary Mercedes. It turned out to be an exceedingly rare 1936 540K Special Roadster. Fewer than 10 such cars are said to survive in comparable condition, and Gooding, who is now the president of his own auction house, Gooding and Company, believes the completely restored roadster might set the record for the most expensive car ever sold at auction when his firm offloads it in August during the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance."
Full Article Link: http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/12/the-baroness-and-her-lost-mercedes/
