Bugatti Type 57SC Atalante Coupe 57551 is the first of only four built during the summer of 1937 with streamlined headlights.
With its number 30S engine, this car was completed July 23, 1937 wearing a Atalante body finished in black with leather seats pork.
Shipped from the factory to its first owner, Jean Lévy of Strasbourg, she went through a number of prestigious owners, including, in order, Maurice Weber, the French artist André Derain, Jean-Louis Fatio, Colin Doane the United States, and the famous William Harrah for Harrah Collection.
It commissioned a complete restoration by "Bunny" Phillips in his new yellow / beige.
Once submitted, it won the Best of Show 1976 Pebble Beach Concours, described as "attractive, desirable and best performing of all Bugatti road cars."
