1930 Rolls-Royce Phantom I

Sold for $340,000 at 2021 RM Sothebys : Monterey.
14 Derby Tourer were built and currently, 11 examples survive. Four nearly identical Speedster versions were also constructed. This particular example, a Dual Cowl Derby Tourer, was one of the last Phantom Ones built and the last of the Derby Tourers. Late production features include the C.M. Hall torpedo head and sidelights which replaced the earlier 'drum' design.

The original owner of this example Mrs. Margaret Dunlop of Amsterdam, New York, who received it two days before Valentine's Day 1930 and would retain it for seven years. It then passed to another New York state resident, first with another lady, Mrs. Dorothy Tuckerman then in March 1939 it passed into the possession of Francis DeBeixedon of Easthampton. Its next owner, F. Ryden Skinner of Alta Lodge, Utah, acquired it in 1945 and brought it across the country. The next year it traveled farther, to San Diego, and into the care of Lester P. Wegeforth.

By 1966 it was in the ownership of James Leake of Muskogee, Oklahoma, and remained in his stable until 1990 when it was acquired by Mr. Robert M. Lee at auction.

By Daniel Vaughan | Nov 2019