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1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost


Chassis number : 6TB

Rolls-Royce 1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost History Specifications
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Sold for $1,160,000 at 2022 Gooding & Company : Pebble Beach.
This Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost F-series Colonial model had its on-test date of November 7th, 1914. It came equipped with a four-speed gearbox, a 22-inch radiator, nickel fittings, and C-Type steering. It received the London-to-Edinburgh engine and wore Baker & Company coachwork in a torpedo body configuration. The car's first owner was Edward John Owen Cox of Sydney, Australia who kept it until 1925 when it was sold to Albert Broue of Sydney, Australia, followed by a succession of southern Australia-based owners. Around 1941, the Barker tourer body was removed and sold to aid the war effort.

One of the car's owner - a Mr. Francis Bonsey - had the chassis fitted with a 1928 Delage body. In 1955, the Silver Ghost was sold to Claude Reilly in that configuration. During a forthcoming restoration, a three-door tourer body was created for the restored chassis.

The car's next owner was Faris Palfreyman of Queensland, Australia, who applied for and received a Certificate of Dating from the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain in 1964. George Harris of Sydney, Australia became the car's next owner, acquiring it in 1970. In 1979, Harris and co-driver Jim Redman drove 6TB from Sydney to Perth, Australia, a distance of more than 2,400 miles, in 46 hours and 57 minutes, averaging 55.67 mph.

The Rolls-Royce remained with Mr. Harris for two decades before it was sold to Malcolm Johns in 1990, who in turn sold it to Edward John Milverton of Sydney, Australia, in 1991. During Mr. Milverton's 27-year association with 6TB, it would be given a new body with a design close to the original Barker torpedo coachwork. The body construction was entrusted to the Vintage Motor Garage of Gosford, Australia. Upon its completion, 6TB was awarded the Bert Ward Trophy as the overall winner at the RROC of Australia, New South Wales branch concours d'Elegance, where it also received the Age and Authenticity Trophy.

6TB participated in the 1993 Motorola Alpine Trial, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the 1913 Austrian Alpine Trial, a 3,000-kilometer route reenactment from Vienna, through Italy, Switzerland, Slovenia, and Croatia, and back to Vienna. After the Alpine Trial, 6TB received mechanical work including the installation of a Sine-Wave radiator with additional cooling vanes and a taller 17:52 rear axle ratio for long-legged touring. The no-expense-spared engine overhaul was performed by Edec Industries of Sydney, Australia.

The Silver Ghost's next outing was the RREC's 1997 Scottish Reliability Tour celebrating the 90th anniversary of the original reliability trials. After traveling from London to Edinburgh, 6TB received a Second in Class award at the RREC Annual Rally Concours. In 1998, it was named the overall winner at the RROC of Australia's Federal Rally.

Additional outings included the Alpine Trial in 2003 and 2013, and earning a First Place award for prewar cars at the 2010 British Classic Car Meeting in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Additional mechanical work was performed in 2018, costing in excess of £48,000. At the end of that year, the car was acquired by its current caretaker.


By Daniel Vaughan | Nov 2022

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2022 Gooding & Company : Pebble Beach

Pre-Auction Estimates :
USD $1,200,000-USD $1,500,000 
Sale Price :
USD $1,160,000

1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Auction Sales

Recent Sales of the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost

(Data based on Model Year 1914 sales)
1914 ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER GHOST TOURER
Chassis#: 6TB
Sold for USD$1,160,000
  2022 Gooding & Company : Pebble Beach
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1914 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost Coachwork by Barker & Co
Chassis#: 54AB
Sold for USD$489,000
  2022 Bonhams : Amelia Island Concours
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1914 Rolls-Royce 40/50 HP Silver Ghost Torpédo Phaeton
Chassis#: 67RB
Sold for USD$2,205,000
  2020 Gooding & Company : Amelia Island
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1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Landaulette by Barker
Chassis#: 25EB
Sold for USD$665,000
  2019 RM Sothebys : Monterey
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1914 Rolls-Royce 40/50hp Silver Ghost Open Tourer
Chassis#: 64 AB
Sold for USD$716,232
  2017 Bonhams : The Goodwood Festival of Speed
 
1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Tourer by Hemmings
Chassis#: 35PB
Sold for USD$726,000
  2017 RM Auctions : Amelia Island
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1914 Rolls-Royce 40/50 HP Silver Ghost Landaulette by Barker
Chassis#: 25EB
Sold for USD$577,500
  2015 RM Sotheby's Hershey Auction
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1914 ROLLS-ROYCE 40/50 SILVER GHOST SKIFF
Chassis#: 54PB
Sold for USD$1,202,840
  2015 Bonhams : The Frederiksen Auction
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1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Tourer
Chassis#: 27LB
Sold for USD$572,000
  2012 RM - Milhous Collection, Fla
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1914 Rolls-Royce 40/50 Silver Ghost Landaulette
Chassis#: 25EB
Sold for USD$550,000
  2012 RM-Automobiles of Arizona
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1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Boat-Tail Skiff
Chassis#: 54PB
Sold for USD$773,402
  2009 RM Auctions - Automobiles of London
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1914 Rolls Royce 40/50Hp Silver Ghost Skiff-Torpedo
Sold for USD$1,072,500
  2008 Worldwide Auctions - Houston Classic 2008
 
1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost
Sold for USD$720,000
  2007 Gooding & Company
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1914 Rolls-Royce Landaulette by Barker
Sold for USD$1,155,000
  2007 Gooding & Company
 
1914 Rolls-Royce 40/50 HP Silver Ghost
Chassis#: 60RB
Sold for USD$495,000
  2006 RM Auctions at Meadow Brook
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Rolls-Royce Silver Ghosts That Failed To Sell At Auction

1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost's that have appeared at auction but did not sell.
VehicleChassisEventHigh BidEst. LowEst. High
1914 ROLLS-ROYCE 40/50HP SILVER GHOST LANDAULETTE BY BARKER25EB2018 BarrettJackson : Scottsdale   
1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Brewster Tourer15LB2012 Leake Auctions Dallas$375,000  
1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Shapiro-Schebera Skiff 2009 Automobiles of Arizona$725,000$1,500,000$2,000,000
1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost 2009 The Scottsdale Auction : Gooding & Company $600,000$750,000

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1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Profiles

1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost vehicle information
Tourer
Coachwork: S. P. Broughton & Co
Chassis #: 30 EB
1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost vehicle information
Dual Windshield Touring Car
Coachwork: Cockshoot
Chassis #: 37PB
Engine #: 30M
1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost vehicle information
Tourer
Chassis #: 35GB
1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost vehicle information
Tourer
Coachwork: Barker
Chassis #: 20UB
Engine #: 21K
1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost vehicle information
Tourer
Coachwork: Hemmings
Chassis #: 35 PB
Engine #: 29N
1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost vehicle information
Landaulette
Chassis #: 60RB
1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost vehicle information
Torpedo Grand Luxe
Coachwork: Vanden Plas
Chassis #: 26RB
1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost vehicle information
Dual Windshield Touring Car
Coachwork: Cockshoot
Chassis #: 27LB
1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost vehicle information
Tourer
Chassis #: 40YB
Engine #: 96P
1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost vehicle information
Shapiro-Schebera Skiff
Chassis #: 54PB
Engine #: 45J
1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost vehicle information
Tourer
Coachwork: Mann Egerton & Co
Chassis #: 1EB
1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost vehicle information
Tourer
Chassis #: 38MA
1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost vehicle information
Alpine Eagle Torpedo
Coachwork: Portholme
Chassis #: 17RB
1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost vehicle information
Alpine Eagle Torpedo
Coachwork: Portholme
1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost vehicle information
Tourer
Chassis #: 18PB
1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost vehicle information
Torpedo Phaeton
Coachwork: Kellner
Chassis #: 67RB
Engine #: 102Y
1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost vehicle information
London to Edinburgh Tourer
Coachwork: Barker
Chassis #: 29AB
1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost vehicle information
Alpine Tourer
Coachwork: Brewster
Chassis #: 43YB
1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost vehicle information
Landaulette
Coachwork: Barker
Chassis #: 25EB
Engine #: 89M
1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost vehicle information
Tourer
Chassis #: 2BD
1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost vehicle information
Landaulette
Chassis #: 54AB
Engine #: 70R
1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost vehicle information
Tourer
Chassis #: 6TB
Engine #: R100