The Mullin Automotive Museum in Oxnard, California, will close on 10 February.
It was founded in 2010 by Peter and Merle Mullin to celebrate French automotive design, and across its almost 47,000sq ft displayed classic cars, artefacts and sculptures.
This announcement comes after Peter’s passing last September, aged 82.
Those wishing to visit the collection will have limited chances until 10 February – head here for details and to buy tickets.
Peter was also twice a board member of the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, first as a founder member, then later as chair, and four of the classic cars from the Mullin museum will now join the Petersen’s collection, thus continuing his passion for sharing these vehicles with the public.
The four cars are the 1937 Talbot-Lago T150 CS ‘Teardrop’, the 1938 Hispano-Suiza H6B Dubonnet Xenia and two Delahayes, the 1939 165 and the 1938 145.
Gooding & Company will offer 20 cars from the collection in its Amelia Island auction on 29 February-1 March, all without reserve.
These include a 1925 Bugatti Type 35C Grand Prix (est: $600-800,000), a 1931 Bugatti Type 49 with Gangloff bodywork (est: $150-225,000), a 1946 Delage D6 Grand Prix (est: $300-500,000), one of five built for endurance racing, a metallic gold 1938 Citroën 11B Traction Avant Coupé (est: $90-120,000) and a 1911 Hispano-Suiza 15T Alfonso XIII (est: $300-400,000). View the full catalogue here.
