Believed to be one of only two built, this Avions Voisin C14 “Chartre” will cross the auction block through RM Sotheby’s on November 4.
must be regarded as the marque for connoisseurs with a taste for the unusual. Or the utterly fantastic, as those with a penchant for the automaker’s inimitable design would insist. In association with the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, the RM Sotheby’s auction at London’s Marlborough House, on November 4, promises an assortment of prewar finery, including a rare 1931 Avions Voisin C14 “Chartre.
To appreciate Avions Voisin is to appreciate everything that French cars do so well, which is to be contrarian. And artistic. Like so many automotive manufacturers from the early years, Avions Voisin, founded by Gabriel Voisin in 1905, had its roots in aviation. An aircraft engineer and also an alumnus of the National School of Fine Arts in Lyon, Voisin was destined to create automobiles informed by both engineering and art.Simon Clay, courtesy of RM Sotheby’s.
Yet as austere as they appear on the exterior, cars from Avions Voisin present interiors that are often the most vibrant and delightfully cacophonous cabins of any automobile, of any era. Chassis No. 28599 is believed to be one of just two C14 “Chartre” examples built. Little of this car’s early history is known before 1965, when it was discovered in an elderly lady’s barn by Voisin expert and restorer Yves Dalmier.
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