Category:1932 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza s/n 2111043

1932 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza s/n 2111043. Some notes:

• June 1932, sold new to Jean-Pierre Wimille, won Lorraine GP and La Turbie, Monaco. Also 6th in Pontedecimo-Giovi
• 1933 sold to Giovanni Battaglia,[1] who raced it at Mille Miglia 1933/4/5 and GP Tripoli same years
• sold to Italian
• 1938 seen at a race in Asmara, Eritrea (on Christmas Day, according to famous Alfa Romeo historian, Simon Moore in 2014, [2]).
• 1941 British troops occupied Eritrea, found this (and many other similar Alfas)
• 1952 raced by Gaetano Barone at Asmara as a "8C 2600" license "ER 20123"
• 1962 sold to Joel Finn, US collector
• 1980s in Germany
• 1988 sold to Ralph Lauren.
• May 2011 on display at Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.[3]

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