Alfa Romeo owned by Mussolini's girlfriend sells for $2.1 million

RM Auctions

Every infamous dictator needs suitably imposing machines to cruise around in, surveying their minions. And Mussolini was no different, with his expensive taste for cars. But it's his mistress's car that is in the limelight now, after selling for more than $2 million (£1.4 million) at auction in Paris.