Equipment
RHD. Jump seats, sliding divider, Bleriot opera lamps, CAV head and side lights, dual sidemounts. Excellent older paint, interior and combination of nickel and chrome. A very high quality restoration of an elegant and luxurious car. This is the original body but for many years it was treated as a limousine. Richard Solove discovered that it was in fact built by Barker as a Landaulette and it was restored that way. The restoration is beginning to show some age but is still highly elegant and imposing. John M. OQuinn estate.
Market commentary
Sold for $134,500 in Sothebys auction of Ben Mosers collection in 1993, then for $240,512 after being restored in England in Coys June 2003 London sale. An intriguing story of automotive sleuthing, with a satisfying result in uncovering and restoring the original folding landaulette roof, helps the value of this car. It was sold at Goodings Pebble Beach auction along with several other Silver Ghosts from the Solove collection in 2007 for the generous sum of $1,155,000. Offered here with the same estimate range as in 07, it came up short by nearly the same amount it was over five years ago and is an excellent value for the new owner at this price.