拍品 66
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FERNAND GABRIEL
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… 顯示更多 THE FOLLOWING THREE LOTS ARE OFFERED BY DIRECT DESCENT FROM THE ESTATE OF THE LATE FERNAND GABRIEL, PIONEER RACING MOTORIST AND WINNER OF THE 1903 PARIS-MADRID ROAD-RACE. Gabriel commenced his motor-sporting activities as early as 1898 where he competed in the first 'Tour de France Automobile' event in 1898 driving a Decauville voiturette. In 1901 and during early 1902 he drove for Darracq winning the 'Course D'Ostende-Voitures Legeres' and the 'La Turbie Hill-Climb'. Later that year he switched to Mors for whom he won the 'Meeting de Deauville' and 'Course de Chateau-Thierry' and finished second in the 'Circuit des Ardennes'. In 1903 still driving for Mors, he won the infamous 'Paris-Madrid' race as well as the second 'Chateau-Thierry' event. He was one of Europe's finest drivers in this pioneering era, with a great many successes, continuing racing activities after the Great War into the mid-1920s. Having survived the First, he was tragically killed in a bombing raid on the outskirts of Paris during the Second World War.
FERNAND GABRIEL

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FERNAND GABRIEL
A group of personal mementos including a white-metal glazed pendant; having a small photograph portrait of the driver and his mechanic at the wheel of an early racing automobile to front, and containing a small lock of hair to reverse (lacking front glass lens); together with an original postcard photograph of the driver during the Paris-Madrid race in the Mors, press-cuttings describing events Including the Vanderbilt Cup Race featuring Gabriel on a de Dietrich c1905; a promotional postcard photograph depicting Gabriel on a Lorraine Dietrich before the Circuit des Ardennes race in 1906; a personal carte-de-visite for Fernand Gabriel inscribed 'Inspecteur - Societe des Automobiles Aries' c1930 and with his membership card for the "Vieux du Volant" for 1936-37, autographed in blue ink signature 'F. Gabriel'
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis
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Please note this lot also includes the subject's early driving licence dated 1899 and signed in ink by Fernand Gabriel. (Rubbed & worn condition)