Buy Fred AstAire’s FerrAri 750 MonzA
One of the year’s most hotly anticipated hotel openings occurs this month as the Mandarin Oriental, Paris welcomes guests for the first time. Once inside they’ll find a hotel designed to reflect the style and sophistication of its host city and a suite – the outsized Presidential – that’s as good as any you’ll ever stay in. mandarinoriental.com/ paris
The dancing king drove this car – one of only 35 that were made – in On the Beach, his first non-singing, non-dancing movie role. In the film Astaire played a Grand Prix driver and during filming of the movie’s racing scenes eight cars were written off in only twelve days. Thankfully, the Ferrari 750 Monza remained intact and come August 19 it will be auctioned off for an expected $3.25 million in Monterrey, California. rmauctions.com
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