1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Freestone & Webb

VIN: 3BT185

$253,000

Sold

Seller details

  • Auction

    Gooding & Company

  • Location

    Pebble Beach, CA; US

  • Event date

    Aug 20 - Aug 22, 2006

  • Lot

    76

Vehicle specs

  • Chassis/VIN

    3BT185

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  • Body style

    Sedanca DeVille

  • Interior Color

    Tan leather

  • Exterior Color

    Dark Blue

Vehicle details

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Equipment

RHD. Lucius Beebe award winner at Pebble Beach in 2003. CCCA Senior in 2004. Built for Friedrich Mandl, munitions manufacturer, zi collaborator and husband of Austrian actress Hedwig Kiesler who later escaped her controlling, zi (Jewish) husband, came to the US and resumed her acting (and code writing) career as Hedy Lamarr. Mandl and the PIII ended up in Argenti where he found Juan Peron more friendly than the zis who had seized his property.

Market commentary

The story is worth at least as much as the price paid.

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