Rusty junk Sold U.S. $ 360 thousand

Rusty car broken there will be no price again, but not for cars Bugatti Type 22 Brescia made in 1925 based upon the depth of 50 meters at the bottom of Lake Maggiore after 70 years of being there. In the devastated condition and can no longer be called a car, she was sold for U.S. $ 360 thousand in the third annual auction Bonhams Retromobile on 23 January.

1925 Bugatti Brescia 70 years has become a legend of a lake called Lake Maggiore in northern Italy which half are in the area of Switzerland. The car is lifted from the lake in late July of last year were bought by fans from Europe who represents the Peter Mullin Collection, California USA, where these vehicles will be exhibited at the museum in the state as it is.

There is an interesting story that has the Legend of Lake Maggiore. Two-story luxury vehicle seats began in April 1925, when he sent in a new condition to an architect who lives in Nancy, France.

Three years later, the architect moved to Switzerland and Bugatti brought with him, but he does not pay import duties in the car illegally alias. When leaving Switzerland, the Frenchman was leaving his car to the owner of the house where he lived in Tessin, Switzerland.

In 1937, the new owner worry about the high fines due to import duties on these vehicles that have not been paid for several years. To find a safe, he threw the car into the lake.

Since the vehicle was one of the urban legend aka 'urban legend' like the stories about ghosts. Some people believe the existence of a Bugatti in the bottom of the lake is discarded by the owner, but most consider it as a mere figment.

This unique legends circulating for the past 7 decades without even one person who tried to prove it, until a member of Centro Sport Subacquei Salvataggio Ascona Switzerland, to locate 84-year-old Bugatti, and brought to the surface in July 2009.

As a result of the enveloping legend, a procession of the appointment Bugatti Type 22 Brescia 1925 was celebrated on a large scale, but with handling that very carefully. Not because the vehicle was haunted, but to remain intact. Understandably just look past the age of three-quarters of a century.

Before the auction in Paris, this car is expected to reap between 70-90 thousand Euros.