Sunday, June 06, 2010

AFP: Private collectors buy rare Orient Express coaches

"Private collectors buy rare Orient Express coaches

(AFP) – 16 hours ago

CHEVERNY, France — Private collectors paid half a million euros for three coaches from the legendary Orient Express train and another luxury wagon Saturday, auctioneers in France's Loire valley said.

Individuals bought separately the four coaches for a total of 500,000 euros (nearly 600,000 dollars), five times what seller Jacques Guyot was seeking to pay for repairs to his chateau's roof."

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