Yet the first cars were assembled in the GREGOIRE factory and were sold in England by Malcom Campell under the name Gregoire - Campell.
BIGNAN cars came to be made in immense and confusing varities but to my knowledge there were at least 5 different emblems. They all are showing a flying stork and a circle.
The first years the car was called BIGNAN SPORT and the stork wings were larger than the circle:
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| BIGNAN SPORT |
Size
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13.0 cm x 10.0 cm
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|---|---|
Year
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1922
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Estimate
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| BIGNAN SPORT emblem with wings and feet outside the circle ( collection Murray Shears ) |
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| Poster of the 1921 BIGNAN SPORT |
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| emblem with stork wings and feet inside the outer circle |
Size
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9.0 cm
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|---|---|
Year
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1923 - 1926
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Estimate
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| 1923 advertisment with stork flying through the circle |
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| 1923 BIGNAN emblem with wings and feet outside the circle ( collection Murray Shears ) |
In 1926 Automobiles Bignan collapsed and were sold to Societé La Cigogne. Now you can read La Cigone on the front of the emblem:
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| left: La Cigogne right: BIGNAN |
When looking at the backside of these two emblems you recognize that the new owner still used the old emblems. They just soldered a disk with the new name over the old name !!!
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For more emblems see older posts or top right ( list of car makers ).
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What an amazing comparison between the two emblems of La Cigogne and BIGNAN! A great comparison and somehow strange that you can still read the BIGNAN logo on the back. The takeover could not be more vividly demonstrated. A rare find and an impressive proof of automotive history.
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