VILLENEUVE GILLES: (1950-1982) Lot n° 27

VILLENEUVE GILLES: (1950-1982) Canadian Racing Driver. Rare signed colour postcard photograph of Villeneuve, the image showing the racing driver in his red Ferrari Formula one, Giacobazzi Lambrusco team, at the Modena circuit, in 1981. Signed in bold black ink with his full name across the image. Autographs of Gilles Villeneuve are desirable in any form following his tragic death, at the early age of 32, in a crash caused by a collision during qualifying for the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix. To the verso a collector annotation explains where the autograph was obtained. VG