A rare Citroen DS convertible set a new record when it sold last week at Bonhams' Retromobile auction in Paris the same event where the barn-find Bugatti Type 57 Atalante found a new home for a high bid of 337,500 euros, equivalent to about $440k. Wait a second, a Citroen? A 1973 Citroen, actually, making the high price even stranger, but this was no ordinary DS. The rare convertible was made by French coachbuilder Henri Chapron, one of only three DS23 convertibles he made and the only one with fuel injection. The striking shape the roofless DS cut prompted Citroen to put it in its catalog for public consumption.
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