The green goddess - Liz Taylor's Rolls-Royce goes under the hammer
06/23/2019
In 1959, the American actress Elizabeth Taylor married the singer Eddie Fisher. A few months later, she ordered a Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II with H.J. Mulliner Drophead Coupé body (LSWC278) built to her specifications. The car was delivered in the UK at the beginning of 1961 and then shipped to the USA.
The car accompanied the couple on many trips, including taking Liz Taylor to Rome when she was there in 1962 to film the movie Cleopatra. During this filming, Liz Taylor also met Richard Burton, with whom she had an affair. Whether this was the trigger for Eddie Fisher denting a fender of the Rolls as he sped away from the film set is not known for certain.
In any case, Richard Burton was also seen driving the car in the USA afterwards, and in 1964 Taylor and Burton finally became a married couple after divorcing Fisher.
Liz Taylor was much more loyal to the Rolls-Royce than her husbands and is said to have kept the left-hand drive car until the late seventies. Since then, the Rolls has only had one other owner.
The convertible will now be auctioned off by Guernsey Auction House at the Pierre Hotel in New York on August 6, 2019.
Incidentally, Liz Taylor chose the color "smoke green" so that it went well with her favorite dress. The green goddess received a lot of media attention, as she was pictured with Liz Taylor in various magazines.
Convertible versions of the Silver Cloud usually fetch high prices at auction, so it will be interesting to see how much the star story will affect the value.
