Equipment
2175/109hp, column shift 4-speed, wire wheels, dash clock, Radiomatic radio.
Condition
#3 Good
Runs and drives well. Flaws not noticeable to passersby. Most common condition.
Ordered new from Chapron for a French architect. Lightly restored in 2000 and cosmetically freshened more recently. Sound older paint but some tires brightwork, including a few chips in the chrome on the light bezels. Dry weather stripping, and both doors stick out. Sound interior with dry leather in front. A gorgeous shape and an inherently desirable coachbuilt DS, but definitely not perfect.
Market commentary
This special Chapron-bodied Citroen was a $140,000 no-sale at Quail Lodge in 2019, and then RM sold it online in 2020 (when everything was online) for $159,500. It had a realistic, even modest estimate at the Monterey Jet Center but crossing the block at no reserve it didn't get much attention and sold for half as much as it did three years ago. Not all prices are up after the collector car boom. But rare postwar French cars aren't always an easy sell. This one might have brought closer to its 2020 price if the right people were in the room bidding, but they weren't.