Solved - NEH 4606: Pinin Farina Lancia Astura - 1938

[Carnut]

What's this, by whom, from when - for 1 point?:

Remember - solving puzzles using 'Google Search by Image' is BANNED on AutoPuzzles!

[Carnut]

Experts?

[jimjarron]

1938 Lancia Astura by Pinin Farina built for Count Ciano?

[Carnut]

1938 Lancia Astura by Pinin Farina built for Count Ciano?

That's what the car is, yes, though I have to confess I didn't know who it was built for!
The car has a UK registration, so maybe he was UK-based?
Well done anyway.

[Bill Murray]

Yes, the car was commissioned For Count Ciano.
He was based in Italy and was the Foreign Minister from 1936 until 1944 when he was executed.

Here is a sale notice in the UK from 1957 which also uses the puzzle photo.  I assume it was rescued after the war and taken to the UK at some points.

[Carnut]

Thanks.
Must have been worth $750/0/0d of anybody's money!
(For those born after 1970 that's 750 Pounds, 0 Shillings and 0 Pence, before the UK moved into the 20th Century currency-wise!)