1951 Cadillac Limousine that was the official state limousine for Eva Peron, affectionately remembered as Evita, and the Argentine President Juan Peron, is being sold by Silverstone Auctions at its sale during Salon Privé on September 4.
Estimated to fetch between £200,000 and £260,000, the Cadillac recently arrived in the UK following a number of years on display at the Museo Evita in Buenos Aires. Accompanying the sale are many images of Juan and Eva with the car including them as passengers en route to a state function.
The car will be displayed on the concours lawn of Salon Privé before going under the hammer in Silverstone Auctions’ sale. Eva’s life story was most famously told in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Evita, as well as the 1996 film of the same name starring Madonna and Antonio Banderas. During the couple's time in office, Eva became a champion of the working class and women in Argentina but she died of cancer at the age of 33 on July 26, 1952. More than three million people lined the streets of Buenos Aires at her funeral, proving her significance and popularity.
The car will be displayed on the concours lawn of Salon Privé before going under the hammer in Silverstone Auctions’ sale. Eva’s life story was most famously told in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Evita, as well as the 1996 film of the same name starring Madonna and Antonio Banderas. During the couple's time in office, Eva became a champion of the working class and women in Argentina but she died of cancer at the age of 33 on July 26, 1952. More than three million people lined the streets of Buenos Aires at her funeral, proving her significance and popularity.
Source- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/classiccars/10991529/Eva-Peron-car-to-be-sold-at-auction.html
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