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Iranians bid on car the shah of Iran gave to Romanian dictator Ceausescu

Iranians fail to snap up car that Shah gave to Romanian dictator

3 Min Read BUCHAREST (Reuters) - A private Romanian collector won an auction on Thursday for a luxury car given to the communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu by the Shah of Iran, outbidding Iranian collectors who had hoped to bring the car home. Slideshow ( 3 images ) The Shah had gifted Ceausescu the Iranian-made car in 1974 to mark his election as president of the now-defunct Socialist Republic of Romania. The Paykan Hillman Hunter, built from 1967 onwards, was the first car built by the Iranian National Company, and became not only a landmark of Iranian industry but also a national icon. On Thursday, the car was sold to a Romanian collector for 95,000 euros, 24 times the starting price, Alina Panico, of the Artmark auction house in Bucharest, told Reuters.

Plane of Romania s ex-dictator s fleet sold at auction

Plane of Romania s ex-dictator s fleet sold at auction AFP 1 hr ago AFP © Handout The Rombac plane was part of Ceausescu s fleet until 1989 when he was overthrown and executed With Socialist Republic of Romania once emblazoned on its side, a Rombac plane, part of ex-dictator Nicolae Ceausescu s fleet, went under the hammer on Thursday and was finally sold for 120,000 euros (146,000 dollars). © Handout The plane was seen as a crowning achievement of Romanian industry , according to the auction house Some 150 collectors and aviation enthusiasts were expected to compete online and by phone for what auction house Artmark called the sale s gem , which carried a starting price of 25,000 euros ($30,500), spokeswoman Alina Panico told AFP.

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