A selection of Alfa Romeo 6Cs from the Cherrett Collection are among the early lots announced for the inaugural Gooding Christie’s Rétromobile 2026 sale in Paris.
It’s the first time Gooding Christie’s will be Rétromobile’s official auction partner, and its sale takes place on Thursday, January 29, 2026 at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. Aside from the Alfa Romeo 6Cs, there’s plenty to keep your broker ready in January…
Beginning with the Cherrett Alfa Romeo 6Cs (main picture), which are all offered without reserve at the Gooding Christie’s Rétromobile 2026 sale, there’s a 1929 1750 SS Le Mans that was first delivered to Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe. Driven by Earl Howe and Leslie Callingham, this 1750 SS finished fifth overall and first in class, and also competed at the Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb in Worcestershire. The car underwent a full restoration by Allan Cherrett in 1965, and it retains its matching-numbers chassis and supercharged twin-cam engine. It continues to carry its original-style fabric-covered four-seat coachwork; it’s estimated at between €600k and €700k.
There’s also a 1929 1500 Mille Miglia Speciale, first owned by Dr Joseph Dudley Benjafield of Bentley Boys fame and often seen on VSCC rallies; it’s estimated at between €300k and €400k. A 1500 Sport Zagato, meanwhile, is on offer; owned by British racing driver Ken Evans from 1930-34, it was in regular use in period, including at Brooklands, and it was Angela Cherrett’s first Alfa Romeo. It’s estimated at €250k-€350k. There’s also a 1931 1750 Saloon bodied by Martin Walter of Folkestone; it’s estimated at between €100k and €150k.
Chassis 0923 GT was the third long-wheelbase Ferrari California Spyder built and one of 23 examples originally supplied with covered headlights. First delivered in July 1958 through John von Neumann’s Ferrari Representatives of California in Hollywood, the car remained on the West Coast for much of its early life. Over subsequent decades, 0923 GT passed through several notable international collections. It was owned by Marshall Mathews, who presented the car at the 28th Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in 1978.
By the late 1990s it had moved to the UK, registered as BSL 175, and appeared at the Ferrari Owners’ Club Annual Concours at Broughton Castle and the Goodwood Revival in 1999. Further concours outings included the Louis Vuitton Concours at the Hurlingham Club in 2000 and the Cartier Style et Luxe at the 2006 Goodwood Festival of Speed. No estimate has been revealed publicly for its sale at the Gooding Christie’s Rétromobile 2026 auction.
Any thoughts that the distinctly European ‘oddness factor’ that marked out Artcurial’s long tenure as Rétromobile’s official partner might have dried up with a switch to Gooding Christie’s has been banished for the Paris 2026 sale thanks to this selection. Three hail from the Spiaggina Collection, which includes a 1965 Fiat 500 F Decathlon bodied by Sibona-Basano, a 1962 Fiat 110 T2 Spiaggetta bodied by Ghia and a 1974 Fiat 127A Holiday bodied by Francis Lombardi. Finishing this selection, but not part of that collection, is a 1983 Fiat Campagnola 1107A that competed in the Paris-Dakar.
This 1964 Shelby 289 Cobra is offered from 20-year ownership and retains its matching-numbers engine, numbered bonnet and boot latch. It’s a late-production rack-and-pinion example with painted wire wheels, Motorola radio and a hard-top, and it is finished in its original colour combination of silver over a red interior. It’s estimated at between €700k and €900k at the Gooding Christie’s Rétromobile 2026 sale.
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