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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Important Collectors' Cars
• Sale Date:
  28 May 2017 ~ 4pm
• Lot #:
  14
• Lot Description:
  1936 Rolls- Royce 25-30 HP
  Chassis number: GGM10; Engine number: A25D. This vehicle will be sold unregistered.
• Notes:
  Rolls-Royce replaced the Silver Ghost, “the Best Car in the World”, in 1925 with the Phantom. The 1930s saw the arrival of the Phantom III, the first Rolls-Royce to be built featuring a V12 engine. This was undoubtedly the pinnacle of pre-war motoring and yet Rolls-Royce also provided for those who were after something not quite as grand but at the same time a motor car that provided all of the accoutrements, luxury and desirability that had become synonymous with the marque’s name. To this end, smaller chassis and engines were provided for those customers by Rolls-Royce. In 1936 Rolls-Royce launched its 25- 30 HP. Utilising a similar in-line six-cylinder overhead valve engine to its predecessor the 20-25, but now with Stromberg rather than a proprietary carburettor, capacity was increased to 4,257cc. Servo-assisted brakes were fitted to all four wheels. Between 1936 and 1938 just 1,201 25-30 HP chassis were built ready for delivery to one’s chosen coachbuilder. This 1936 Rolls-Royce 25-30 HP, Chassis GGM10, is arguably one of the most elegant Rolls-Royce motor cars in Australia. The car has won many Rolls-Royce Owner’s Club of Australia awards including the 2004 Concours d’Elegance Master Class, the 2003 Age and Authenticity York Motors Trophy, the 2003 Bert Ward Trophy, and the 2002 Concours d’Elegance Best Pre-War Car. In 2010 it was a prize winner at the prestigious 10.10.10 Concours d’Elegance, and most recently finished runner up in its class at the 2017 Sydney Concours d’Elegance. GGM10 was originally delivered in 1936 to Francis (“Frank”) Owen Salisbury (1874–1962), an English artist who made a fortune on both sides of the Atlantic and who was known as “Britain’s Painter Laureate” One of the greatest society artists of his generation Frank Salisbury is best known for his portraiture. He was famed for his speed in producing portraits which apparently stemmed from his painting his own twin daughters every morning for an hour. During his life he painted no fewer than 25 members of the Royal House of Windsor and he was the first artist to paint HM Queen Elizabeth II. He painted Winston Churchill more often than any other artist and one of these portraits is entitled ‘Blood Sweat and Tears’. He also painted General Montgomery of Alamein, Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Benito Mussolini and Jan Smuts, the South African Prime Minister. He was just as popular in the USA where he painted no fewer than six Presidents and all the financial giants of his day from John D.Rockefeller to Andrew William Mellon. The FO Salisbury Rolls Royce, not surprisingly is a work of art itself. Royal blue with complementary grey leather interior, this Rolls Royce 25-30HP, which came off test in October 1936, has a very elegant aluminium sportsman’s saloon body (number 4339) by H.J.Mulliner. The car was shipped to Australia in 1962 by its then owner John Nevell and was subsequently owned by C.G.Butts, Ray Millington and Geoff Boscoe between 1988 and 2009, when it was then purchased by the current owner. GGM10 is accompanied its original Driver’s Owner Manual, and its complete set of fitted optional touring tools housed in the special boot lid compartment. Currently it is on full NSW registration.
• Estimate:
  A$120,000 - 160,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Automobiles & Accessories

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