Matthieu Lamoure: “We are the transmitters of happiness”

With this Aston Martin, all we are missing in the end is a tuxedo…

Yes of course. (Laughs) When we think of Aston Martin, we inevitably think of a British secret agent. If our friend James Bond drove a DB5, this one is a DB4 from 1960. It was interesting to take this car out. It is in remarkable condition, the result of very extensive restoration. It is the alliance of luxury with the wooden steering wheel and the smell of Connolly leather, and sportiness with the Superleggera bodywork and the 6 hp in-line 240-cylinder engine. This is one of the marvels offered at our “Automobiles sur les champs” sale (interview carried out on October 13, 2021. The car was sold on October 24 at 393 euros. Editor’s note). The owner, a Yearling breeder (an English thoroughbred horse. Editor's note), is selling his collection because his mechanic is retiring.

What path did the child from the South-West, as you describe yourself, take to sell the most beautiful cars in the world?

More precisely, a little guy from Saint-Céré in the Lot. It's the big gap, it's true. Sometimes I think about it, but the most beautiful thing is the path we can take. We never arrived. The hardest part in life is always reinventing yourself and doing new things. I am lucky to have grown up in a family of teachers who loved art in the broad sense. My mother was a professor of visual arts and art history, it was she who gave me this love of drawing, of design, of lines, of beauty in general. She also gave me my first miniature car, while my father subscribed to me at 8 years old, for my birthday, to Classic Automobiles, ce qui était un très beau cadeau vu le prix du magazine. J’y ai découvert des photos de voitures fantastiques vendues aux enchères par un certain Hervé Poulain, que je ne connaissais pas à l’époque, et à qui