The previous scooter with which François Hollande secretly joined Julie Gayet, throughout his presidency of the Republic, was offered for 20,500 euros throughout an public sale on Sunday.
Probably the most well-known scooter of the Fifth Republic, utilized by former President François Hollande to go to his associate Julie Gayet on the sly, was offered for 20,500 euros on Sunday at an public sale in Montbazon (Indre-et-Loire), based on an AFP correspondent on web site.
The customer is Denis Bréhéret, proprietor of an car museum entitled “Status et assortment” in Jallais (Maine-et-Loire), the place he plans to exhibit the well-known two-wheeler, a Piaggio MP3 125 in order that “everybody can profit from it”. He’ll first should pay 25,420 euros, with prices.
A chunk of historical past
The scooter “is a part of the historical past of France. I’ll current it among the many 120 automobiles that I already personal, which go from 1922 to right now,” he declared by phone.
In 2014, stolen press pictures revealed confirmed the then president visiting, in full discretion, his new associate who has since develop into his spouse, Julie Gayet, actress, director and producer.
The public sale, organized by Maison Rouillac on the Château d’Artigny in Montbazon and which came about in entrance of round forty folks, lasted solely ten minutes.
The auctioneers Philippe and Aymeric Rouillac had fastidiously staged the car, putting in a blue, white and crimson flag on either side, and an aluminum reproduction of an Eifel Tower, 5 meters excessive.
The primary proprietor of the scooter was certainly the “Presidency of the Republic”, confirms the car’s registration doc, which already has 34,000 km on the clock.”
“It’s the Rolls (Royce) of scooters however its worth on the second-hand market is just estimated between 1,300 and 4,000 euros,” famous Aymeric Rouillac.
The worth of this three-wheeler – two on the entrance, one on the again -, previously owned by the Elysée Palace which offered it in 2015, is ready at 10,000 euros, Philippe Rouillac indicated in April to AFP.
