Equipment
RHD. German silver trim, Boa Constrictor horn, Bleriot bullseye acetylene headlights, Lucas side lights, dual windshields, Elliott speedometer, Smith clock, Chadburns barometer, single sidemount, dual windshields, Rudge Whitworth wire wheels. An excellent older restoration that still presents very well but is beginning to age visibly. Coachwork believed built by Willis about 1972 after it was found on Cow Roast scrapyard near Tring in 1946. One of few surviving pre 1910 parallel bonnet Ghosts. Owners include Jimmy Skinner, Rick Carroll, Bill Lassiter and Richard Solove.
Market commentary
Bought for $332,500 at Christies Lassiter sale in 1999, then re restored by Jonathan Harley and sold for $626,504 (364,500 UK pounds) by Bonhams in London in December 2003, this Silver Ghost sold here from the Richard Solove Collection in 2007 for a very generous $1,485,000. It appears to be actively neglected since then. It has won a slew of awards over the years and is an honored example of early Silver Ghost and Rolls Royce history that is a sound value at this price. The 2007 result was an auction enthusiasm anomaly.