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Mussolini’s Alfa Romeo sold at French auction

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's official car, an Alfa Romeo convertible, has fetched €180,000 at auction in France, the auctioneer said Saturday.

Mussolini's Alfa Romeo sold at French auction
This file photo taken in June 1940, in Munich, Germany, shows Adolf Hitler riding in a car with Italian Fascist dictator , Benito Mussolini during World War II. AFP Photo/HO

An unnamed Russian museum bought the car, which needs complete restoration, at a sale in Caen-Carpiquet in northwestern France.

Originally fitted with a silver dashboard and handles, the car was custom-built in 1937 for Italian King Victor Emmanuel III before becoming Mussolini's official car, according to expert Xavier Aiolfi.

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