The 1934 Rolls, a Phantom II Continental Saloon, was designed, according to its build notes, “for use on Continent and Egypt at very high speeds with fairly heavy luggage.” This was important because its original owner, a Greek industrialist based in Cairo, used it commute to the south of France where his lover, “Perils of Pauline” actress Pearl White, was living. Carrying an estimate of $368-$442,000, the car will go on sale later this week at Bonhams’ Rolls Royce and Bentley sale in Northhamptonshire, England.
Other offerings of unusual interest in the sale are a 1920 Rolls-Royce 45/50hp Silver Ghost Doctor’s Coupé (estimated at $265-$324,000), 1932 Rolls-Royce 40/50hp Phantom II Sedanca de Ville (estimated at $162-$191,000), and a 1922 Rolls-Royce 40/50hp Silver Ghost Tourer (estimated to sell for between $175-$220,000), originally owned by the widow of James Gordon Bennet, publisher of the New York Herald and the man who financed Stanley’s expedition in Africa to find David Livingstone.
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