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Jackie Kennedy Tribute Cadillac Up for Grabs

Bonhams announced today further highlights of its first sale at the Grand Palais, Paris on February 5, 2011, revealing that a one-off 1961 Cadillac ‘Jacqueline’ coupe, which was created by the Italian coachbuilder Pininfarina in honour of America's First Lady, Jackie Kennedy, is also included among the lots.

The car was created the year that her husband, John F Kennedy, was elected President of the United States, and was first displayed at the same venue as this sale, the Grand Palais, during the 1961 Paris Salon.

The vehicle in question has enjoyed time on the show circuit in the early 1960s, before being consigned to the Pinnfarina Museum where it remained for the next thirty years. In the mid 1990s, it was bought by the President
of Cartier and noted car collector, Alain Dominique Perrin, who sent it to the US to be made roadworthy on a 1960 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz chassis.

“The car, which would be welcome at the world's most prestigious concours d'elegance events, is now fully driveable and has only covered delivery mileage since its mechanical restorations. Most of the interior is exactly as it was originally conceived by Pininfarina,” the statement from Bonhams reads.

Moreover, most of the interior, including the one-piece bucket seats, is exactly as originally conceived by Pininfarina, albeit with many items now fully functional.

There have been only a few Cadillac-based styling exercises by Pininfarina, the 'Jacqueline' being one of four made between 1958 and 1961. These comprised the 'Skylight' coupe and convertible (1958), the 'Starlight' coupe (1959) and the 'Jacqueline'. Only the 'Skylight' and 'Jacqueline' coupes are known to have survived.

The car has attracted a pre-sale estimate of €200,000 – 300,000 (US$270,100 - 405,150).
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