Original Miniatures - made in France 1:43 - Model race car - ref. #OM129 Maserati 300S Sport 3000cc 7° GP Cuba 1958 #22 Jean Behra - professionally built - very good quality - extremely rare

Offering to you an extremely rare and very high-quality 1/43rd scale special resin artisanal model realized by:

Original Miniatures

made in France

ref. #OM129 Maserati 300S Sport 3000cc 7th Cuban Grand Prix 1958 #22 Jean Behra

professionally built - very limited edition - very good quality - extremely rare
reserve price reasonable

Note
the last wonderful photo Bernard Cahier / Getty of the real car in the starting grid ... not with this Lot ...

Historic Note
Juan Manuel Fangio entered this very famous race in Cuba with a sister car Maserati 300S Sport with racing number #2 but could not take the start because of his kidnapping
The Argentine ace was kidnapped by Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement (specifically by members including Manuel Uziel) on February 23, 1958. The group abducted the five-time Formula One champion at gunpoint from the Hotel Lincoln in Havana, Cuba, on the eve of the Havana Grand Prix. The revolutionaries staged the kidnapping to protest and embarrass the regime of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista. Fangio was held unharmed for about 28 hours, treated well, and released to the Argentine Embassy after the race concluded.
The race saw the win of the Ferrari 335S Sport of the Chinetti Team of Stirling Moss.