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This first Springfield Silver Ghost models were assembled from kits of parts brought from England. The Springfield works steadily added American vendors for electrical systems and accessories and expanded its manufacturing capabilities. Within a few years, even managers from Derby were rating the Springfield built Rolls-Royce automobiles the equal of those built in Derby.
Updates and mechanical refinements were first applied to Derby-built Rolls-Royces, then added to the Springfield-built cars. Thus, American product was late to get such improvements as four-wheel brakes. Many of the American components, however, were better than those available in the United Kingdom and the Springfield-built Rolls-Royces soon featured American-made Bosch magnetos and coil ignition, Bijur generators and starters and American-made wire wheels.
Springfield cars had several unique features, including the tubular bumpers and drum-style headlights. All were bodied with American-built coachwork, sometimes by Brewster but mostly - at least during the Silver Ghost era - by a number of coachbuilders which worked to open orders for cataloged bodies from Rolls-Royce which were then identified only as made by Rolls-Royce Custom Coachworks.
This particular Pall Mall tourer resided for many years in the collection of S. Prestley Blake. It was delivered new to a Mr. E.M. Winslow of Lynn, Massachusetts on the 24th of December 1924. It is a right hand drive chassis with four-speed side shifter. It is a matching numbers example with a new top and some new upholstery work.By Daniel Vaughan | Apr 2016
Updates and mechanical refinements were first applied to Derby-built Rolls-Royces, then added to the Springfield-built cars. Thus, American product was late to get such improvements as four-wheel brakes. Many of the American components, however, were better than those available in the United Kingdom and the Springfield-built Rolls-Royces soon featured American-made Bosch magnetos and coil ignition, Bijur generators and starters and American-made wire wheels.
Springfield cars had several unique features, including the tubular bumpers and drum-style headlights. All were bodied with American-built coachwork, sometimes by Brewster but mostly - at least during the Silver Ghost era - by a number of coachbuilders which worked to open orders for cataloged bodies from Rolls-Royce which were then identified only as made by Rolls-Royce Custom Coachworks.
This particular Pall Mall tourer resided for many years in the collection of S. Prestley Blake. It was delivered new to a Mr. E.M. Winslow of Lynn, Massachusetts on the 24th of December 1924. It is a right hand drive chassis with four-speed side shifter. It is a matching numbers example with a new top and some new upholstery work.By Daniel Vaughan | Apr 2016
2018 RM Sothebys : Scottsdale, Az.
Pre-Auction Estimates :
USD $250,000-USD $300,000
Lot was not sold
2017 Gooding & Co. : Scottsdale, AZ
Pre-Auction Estimates :
USD $250,000-USD $300,000
Lot was not sold
2016 Bonhams : The Amelia Island Auction
Pre-Auction Estimates :
USD $225,000-USD $275,000
Sale Price :
USD $214,500
1924 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Auction Sales
Recent Sales of the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost
(Data based on Model Year 1924 sales)
1924 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Newmarket Brewster & Co Convertible Sedan Chassis#: 46LM Sold for USD$89,600 2023 Broad Arrow : Monterey Jet Center | |
1924 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Piccadilly Special Roadster Chassis#: 342LF Sold for USD$368,000 2020 Bonhams : Scottsdale Arizona | |
1924 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Pall Mall Tourer Sold for USD$181,500 2020 Mecum Auctions : Kissimmee | |
1924 ROLLS-ROYCE 40/50HP SILVER GHOST CABRIOLET Chassis#: 135EM Sold for USD$372,565 2016 Bonhams - Goodwood Members' Meeting | |
1924 ROLLS-ROYCE 40/50HP SILVER GHOST PALL MALL TOURER Chassis#: 404 MF Sold for USD$214,500 2016 Bonhams : The Amelia Island Auction | |
1924 Rolls-Royce 40/50hp Silver Ghost Cabriolet Chassis#: 7AU Sold for USD$180,013 2013 The Beaulieu Sale, Collectors' Motor Cars, Motorcycles & Automobilia | |
1924 Rolls-Royce 45/50hp Silver Ghost Drophead Coupé Chassis#: 16RM Sold for USD$122,874 2010 Bonhams - Rolls-Royce, Bentley Motor Cars and Automobilia | |
1924 Rolls-Royce 45/50hp Silver Ghost Tourer Chassis#: 110 AUB Sold for USD$180,334 2009 Bonhams - Goodwood Revival, Chichester, Sussex | |
1924 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Chassis#: 21223 Sold for USD$118,250 2008 Sports & Classics of Monterey by RM Auctions | |
1924 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Torpedo Chassis#: 2AU215 Sold for USD$155,074 2008 Automobiles of London | |
1924 Rolls-Royce 40/50hp Silver Ghost Pickwick Sedan Chassis#: 434HH Sold for USD$111,150 2006 Bonhams - The Frank Cooke Collection | |
1924 Rolls-Royce 40/50hp Silver Ghost Landaulette Chassis#: 88 RM Sold for USD$139,000 2006 Bonhams - The Frank Cooke Collection | |
1924 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Replica Sold for USD$94,600 2003 Vintage Motor Cars at Meadow Brook Hall | |
1924 ROLLS-ROYCE BRASS ERA ROADSTER Sold for USD$71,000 2003 Kruse Auction - Ft.Lauderdale, Fl | |
1924 ROLLS-ROYCE PALL MALL TOURING PHAETON Sold for USD$60,000 2001 Kruse Auction - Auburn, IN |
Rolls-Royce Silver Ghosts That Failed To Sell At Auction
1924 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost's that have appeared at auction but did not sell.
Vehicle | Chassis | Event | High Bid | Est. Low | Est. High |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1924 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Pickwick Limousine by Willoughby | S64LK | 2019 RM Sothebys : Fort Lauderdale | |||
1924 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Pall Mall Tourer by Merrimac | 404MF | 2018 RM Sothebys : Scottsdale, Az. | $250,000 | $300,000 | |
1924 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Pall Mall | 404MF | 2017 Gooding & Co. : Scottsdale, AZ | $250,000 | $300,000 | |
1924 Rolls-Royce 40/50hp Silver Ghost Shooting Brake | 101EM | 2015 Bonhams : The Summer Classic Sale | $70,000 | $90,000 | |
1924 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Shooting Brake | 89RM | 2015 H & H RREC Burghley House | |||
1924 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Shooting Brake | 89RM | 2014 H&H Auctions : RREC Rockingham Castle | |||
1924 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Pall Mall Tourer | 22883 | 2013 Mecum Auctions Monterey | $220,000 | $325,000 | $375,000 |
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