1938 Alfa Romeo 6C 2300B Mille Miglia Berlinetta

Car left the factory in April 1938; identity of initial owner or owners is unrecorded, likely due to wartime disruption.

First recorded custodian, based in Geneva; sold the car through his garage for the equivalent of roughly $100.

Geneva resident who acquired the car for 500 Swiss Francs; correspondence in the history file confirms the purchase and notes the car was in running order with a light greyish-green exterior, which he later repainted dark blue.

Prominent French wine expert and food critic who re-registered the car in France in August 1958 and kept it for over three decades among a large unrestored collection at his Villemaréchal estate; the car was stored in the best-protected barn alongside prized Bugattis. Public exposure of the collection prompted him to reluctantly sell some cars.

Dutch Alfa Romeo collector and dealer who undertook a thorough restoration of the car; consulted original Touring factory records to determine the car's original color, identified as light blue.

Belgian Alfa Romeo enthusiast and Pebble Beach judge; had separately acquired Dovaz's 6C 2500 Competizione two years prior.

Dutch collector and vintage car dealer who held the car for approximately four years.

First American owner; commissioned a second full restoration lasting over two years, including body removal, sympathetic coachwork repair, repainting in black, and retrimming in dark green leather.

A trio of factory-backed 6C 2300s achieved a clean sweep, prompting Alfa Romeo to name the top-specification variant the Pescara.

Cattaneo and Donati took the class honours in a 6C 2300 Pescara.

Boratto and Guidotti finished behind only the 8C 2900s of Pintacuda and Farina and the Delahaye of Schell; the result inspired Alfa Romeo to rename the model the 6C 2300B Mille Miglia.

Cortese and Fumagalli drove a 6C 2300B Touring Spider to a class victory in the final pre-war running of the event.

Exterior repainted dark blue during Jean-Louis Fatio's ownership, changing the original light greyish-green colour.

Comprehensive restoration carried out after acquisition by Douwe Heida, following more than five decades of storage and wear. Original Touring factory records were consulted to identify the correct factory colour, and the car was finished in light blue.

Heida accessed original Touring of Milan records to verify the factory colour specification.

Second full restoration commissioned by David Smith, during which the coachwork was detached from the Superleggera framework, sympathetically refurbished, and remounted. The exterior was repainted black and the interior retrimmed in dark green leather; period details including Carello driving lights and a Jaeger dashboard chronograph were retained or reinstated.

The complete restoration process took over two years to complete.