The Schlumpf Obsession: Inside A Legendary Treasure House
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Behind the locked gates of a vast textile fortune lay one of the most extraordinary automotive collections the world had ever seen — and The Schlumpf Obsession pulls back the curtain on this legendary treasure house with meticulous detail and breathless wonder. Authors Denis Jenkinson and Peter Verstappen chronicle the rise and fall of the reclusive Schlumpf brothers, Fritz and Hans, whose fanatical pursuit of rare and historically significant automobiles — including an unrivalled assembly of Bugattis — transformed a Mulhouse factory into a secret museum of staggering proportions, only to be dramatically seized by striking workers in 1977 and ultimately reborn as the celebrated Cité de l'Automobile. With historical consultation from Michael Sedgwick lending rigorous authenticity, the narrative balances the thrill of discovery with a rich appreciation for automotive artistry and industrial history. Jenkinson's authoritative voice, well known to readers of motorsport literature, brings both technical precision and genuine passion to a story that is as much about human obsession as it is about machinery. This is a rare account that forces the reader to ask: at what point does a collection cease to be a passion and become a compulsion?
Author: Denis Jenkinson & Peter Verstappen
Format: Hardback
Genre: Transport & automotive
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Behind the locked gates of a vast textile fortune lay one of the most extraordinary automotive collections the world had ever seen — and The Schlumpf Obsession pulls back the curtain on this legendary treasure house with meticulous detail and breathless wonder. Authors Denis Jenkinson and Peter Verstappen chronicle the rise and fall of the reclusive Schlumpf brothers, Fritz and Hans, whose fanatical pursuit of rare and historically significant automobiles — including an unrivalled assembly of Bugattis — transformed a Mulhouse factory into a secret museum of staggering proportions, only to be dramatically seized by striking workers in 1977 and ultimately reborn as the celebrated Cité de l'Automobile. With historical consultation from Michael Sedgwick lending rigorous authenticity, the narrative balances the thrill of discovery with a rich appreciation for automotive artistry and industrial history. Jenkinson's authoritative voice, well known to readers of motorsport literature, brings both technical precision and genuine passion to a story that is as much about human obsession as it is about machinery. This is a rare account that forces the reader to ask: at what point does a collection cease to be a passion and become a compulsion?