The Fate of the Sleeping Beauties
... backgrounds and fate of the famous Dovaz collection
Restored "Sleeping Beauties" title photo Bugatti (2008)
The ‘Sleeping Beauties’ – an array of neglected Bugattis, Lancias, Ferraris, Alfa Romeos, Cords and Aston Martins on a rural French estate – have fascinated car lovers worldwide since 1983, when they were immortalised in a sequence of photographs taken by a German photographer. For 25 years, the full story behind the Michel Dovaz collection and the fate of his 55 barnfind cars has remained untold – until now ...