Rolls Royce Silver Ghost (1925)
Silver Ghost Springfield Piccadilly Roadster
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One of the few (of 79 built) original Springfield Silver Ghost Piccadilly Roadster 1925 still in existence
About Silver Ghost Springfield :
In 1921 Rolls Royce opened a factory in Springfield Massachusetts, in the United States of America, where until 1931 Rolls Royce cars were produced in the usual high quality from England.
During this time, a total of 1701 Silver Ghosts and 79 Piccadilly Roadsters were produced. The new price at that time was almost 14000 US dollars. In comparison, a Ford T model cost from 270 US dollars.
So these were vehicles that only the top earners and celebrities could afford.
About the vehicle:
The vehicle is a matching numbers vehicle which today still has the original chassis no. S315RK, the original body no. M1336 original engine no. 22154. Not like some of the vehicles offered as Piccadilly Roadsters, which were delivered as Tourers or similar and subsequently converted with a Piccadilly body. It was ordered in 1925 and was delivered in March 1926 as a Silver Ghost Piccadilly Roadster to Alexander Mitchell Palmer, the USA Attorney General (head of the Department of Justice) as a new car.
Alexander Mitchel Palmer sold it to Mr. Bernard Heaton in Boston.
Bernard Heaton was also an enthusiastic Rolls-Royce driver who also owned a 1929 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Ascot Tourer.
In 1952 it passed into the ownership of Mark Gibbons, who was a board member of the Larz Anderson Automobile Museum in Brookline Massachusetts, which still exists today.
At that time, postcards were made of this vehicle.
The registrations with details of the previous owners are available.
In 1971, Mark Gibbons sold it to Rick Carroll, who was known as a classic car specialist and collector of unusual and very rare vehicles.
He restored this vehicle at the time and also took part in events and exhibitions with it and won prizes. Among others, he won 1st place in his category in 1982. Furthermore, the vehicle took part in the Glidden Tour from St. Petersburg to Florida in 1974, which will be held for the 71st time on September 11, 2016
After his accidental death in 1989, the auction house Southebys in Palm Beach organized a then legendary auction, where only Rick Carroll's vehicles and collectibles were auctioned off.
Around 21 million dollars were raised at this auction. Among other things, two of the four oldest Rolls Royces in private ownership as well as two Düsenbergs and a 1912 Rolls Royce known as "the secret" were in Rick Carroll's collection.
After the auction, the car went to Europe and found its way to the well-known French-American object artist and co-founder of Noveau Réalisme Armand Pierre Fernandez, who in turn sold it to the well-known classic car racing driver and businessman Paul Emile Bessade in 1993.
It has now been privately owned by us for around 26 years.
The history can be verified by books, receipts and printouts from the Internet.
Please judge the condition from the pictures.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you would like more pictures of certain areas.
Here is some of the original documentation:
Rolls Royce in America (book by John Webb de Campi )
Sticker Glidden Tour St. Petersburg Florida (windshield)
Southebys Auction Catalog May 12, 1990 Palm Beach Florida
Printout 1st place in its class 1982
Postcard from 1974 Silver Ghost Piccadilly Roadster S315RK
Various other printouts from the internet where the car is mentioned.
Contact: [email protected]
Price
295'000.- EUR
Price in your currency: approx. CHF 283'200 (Rate: 0.96)
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