1927 Rolls-Royce Phantom I

Sold for $319,000 at 2008 RM Auctions - The Astor Collection.
Sold for $341,000 at 2013 Gooding and Company - Pebble Beach.
Sold for $302,500 at 2015 RM Sotheby's : Monterey.
Sold for $346,000 at 2019 RM Sothebys : Monterey.
Thirteen Springfield-built Rolls-Royce Phantom models were given Playboy Roadster coachwork. This example was given its coachwork in 1933 for the car's second owner, Sonya Levien Hovey. It was later acquired from Mrs. Hovey by Warner Brothers Studios and had its bodywork restyled with more modern skirted fenders and lowered headlights. It then appeared in several films including the 1955 motion picture Giant, alongside actor James Dean. In 1965, it was in the film Inside Daisy Clover, in which it was driven by Robert Redford. In 1970, Warner Brothers dispersed most of their fleet of prop vehicles and the Phantom I was sold to Hal Blaine. Mr. Blaine had the car restored and then displayed it over the years in various Rolls-Royce Owners' Club events in Southern California. It was also driven in several Santa Claus Lane parades in Hollywood. The car was featured on the cover of Al Wilson's hit album Show and Tell and on the cover of the book Cars: The Old Classics by Andrew Whyte.

The vehicle's next owner was William McClenahan, and later spent many years on display in Art Astor's collection in Anaheim, California. The next owner had the car authentically restored to its 1933 appearance which included copies of original, correct Brewster fenders and a concours-quality, bare-metal repaint in black cellulose. It was given buttoned maroon upholstery, dark maroon wire wheels, and wide whitewall tires.