![Lamborghini Miura P400 sold for €560,000 (£493,022) Classic & Sports Car – £493,000 Miura stars at French barn-find sale](/sites/default/files/styles/article/public/2019-01/09_Classic_Sports_Car_French_Barn_Find_033_1.png?itok=m2yZBQUK)
A €560,000 (£493,022) sale price ensured that a 1968 Lamborghini Miura P400 was the standout lot when an astounding 81-car barn-find collection recently unearthed in France went under the hammer at the weekend.
This matching-numbers, V12-engined example shows 77,886km on its odometer and joined the collection in 1996. The seemingly honest pre-sale description says it has rust in a number of areas and that non-standard parts include Ferrari-branded wheel nuts.
Much of the bidding was online, mostly to Swiss and American buyers, and it’s understood the Miura sold to a telephone bidder from Switzerland who, we’d imagine, now has quite a project on his or her hands.
The collection, which could already be the best barn-find of 2019, was amassed by a gentleman called Henry Ruggieri and it’s understood he never used most of his hoard – indeed, to prevent them from being sold, he removed a key component from each car.
![This Lamborghini Miura is surely a great investment for someone Classic & Sports Car – £493,000 Miura stars at French barn-find sale](/sites/default/files/2019-01/39_Classic_Sports_Car_French_Barn_Find_extra_4_0.jpeg)
![£87,159 for this Jaguar E-type Classic & Sports Car – £493,000 Miura stars at French barn-find sale](/sites/default/files/2019-01/08_Classic_Sports_Car_French_Barn_Find_031_0.png)
![E-type wide shot gives an idea of the scale of the collection Classic & Sports Car – £493,000 Miura stars at French barn-find sale](/sites/default/files/2019-01/Classic_Sports_Car_French_Barn_Find_004_0.png)
![Nature was starting to take over some of this classic Classic & Sports Car – £493,000 Miura stars at French barn-find sale](/sites/default/files/2019-01/Classic_Sports_Car_French_Barn_Find_002_0.png)
Clockwise from top left: Miura in need of TLC, E-type went for £87k; some of the cars were being claimed by Mother Nature; the scale of the collection