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After seven years of experiment and testing, the six-cylinder Phantom chassis was introduced in 1925. The New Phantom, as it was called, received the Phantom I designation retrospectively when the Phantom II appeared on the scene in 1930. From 1926 until as late as 1931, the American version of the Phantom I was produced at the Springfield, Massachusetts factory. 3,340 Phantom I's were produced, 1,241 built stateside. Coachbuilder Brewster, located in Long Island City, Queens, New York (and purchased by Rolls-Royce in 1926) provided much of the coachwork for cars built stateside. The New York firm bodied more than 800 Phantom I's, far more than any U.S. coachbuilder including ten Riviera Town Cars like this, who's first owner was Alfred Cleveland Bluementhal, a real estate agent, Broadway and film producer. He was married to Broadway actress Peggy Fears.
This Riviera town car with coachwork by Brewster was among the last cars built at the Springfield Works and was one of ten fitted with this coachwork design. It is both sporting and formal, with a hood and cowl that is carefully blended with the front doors, and minimal ornamentation is used through the exterior, including the lack of any exterior door hardware. The windshield has a slightly angled rake, and there are dual coach lamps near the rear half of the body, along with a more upright passenger compartment and rear-hinged doors. The rear passenger compartment has a blind, and rear quarter panels which provide privacy for its occupants. Additionally, there are decorative landau irons on the exterior.
It is believed that the first owner of this Rolls-Royce was Alfred Cleveland Blumenthal who took delivery on February 1st of 1932, at his address at the Hotel Ambassador in midtown Manhattan. John Eliot Holt of Hampton, Connecticut was its next owner by 1953, at which time the chassis was fitted with a Brewster Kenilworth sedan body. It was sold to David G. Domidion of Bernardsville, New Jersey around 1979. It was later sold to the Imperial Palace Collection in Las Vegas, Nevada, by which time it had once again been fitted with proper Brewster Riviera coachwork. The current owner acquired the vehicle in 1998 and embarked on a no-expense-spared restoration. When the work was completed in 2013, the Rolls-Royce wore a proper period color combination featuring black paintwork accented with straw-colored canework on the rear body and doors. The black-painted wire wheels are wrapped with blackwall tires, and as a late Phantom I chassis, this vehicle has flat-bar bumpers and conical headlamps. The rear compartment contains walnut marquetry trim, beige upholstery, fold-down occasional seats, and a sliding glass chauffeur's division. The front section is done in black leather and has a removable tendelet canopy and side curtains. In the back is a period accessory trunk.
This Rolls-Royce Phantom I has been used sparingly since the restoration was completed.By Daniel Vaughan | Nov 2022
It is believed that the first owner of this Rolls-Royce was Alfred Cleveland Blumenthal who took delivery on February 1st of 1932, at his address at the Hotel Ambassador in midtown Manhattan. John Eliot Holt of Hampton, Connecticut was its next owner by 1953, at which time the chassis was fitted with a Brewster Kenilworth sedan body. It was sold to David G. Domidion of Bernardsville, New Jersey around 1979. It was later sold to the Imperial Palace Collection in Las Vegas, Nevada, by which time it had once again been fitted with proper Brewster Riviera coachwork. The current owner acquired the vehicle in 1998 and embarked on a no-expense-spared restoration. When the work was completed in 2013, the Rolls-Royce wore a proper period color combination featuring black paintwork accented with straw-colored canework on the rear body and doors. The black-painted wire wheels are wrapped with blackwall tires, and as a late Phantom I chassis, this vehicle has flat-bar bumpers and conical headlamps. The rear compartment contains walnut marquetry trim, beige upholstery, fold-down occasional seats, and a sliding glass chauffeur's division. The front section is done in black leather and has a removable tendelet canopy and side curtains. In the back is a period accessory trunk.
This Rolls-Royce Phantom I has been used sparingly since the restoration was completed.By Daniel Vaughan | Nov 2022
2022 Gooding & Company : Pebble Beach
Pre-Auction Estimates :
USD $600,000-USD $950,000
Lot was not sold
1931 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Auction Sales
Recent Sales of the Rolls-Royce Phantom I
(Data based on Model Year 1931 sales)
1931 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Regent Convertible Coupé Chassis#: S107PR Sold for USD$232,259 2023 Bonhams : Les Grandes Marques du Monde à Paris | |
1931 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Marlborough Town Car Landaulet by Brewster Chassis#: S449MR Sold for USD$95,200 2020 RM Sothebys : Scottsdale Arizona | |
1931 Rolls-Royce Phantom 1 Town Car Coachwork by Brewster & Co. Chassis#: S203PR Sold for USD$91,840 2018 Bonhams : Greenwich Concours | |
1931 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Regent Convertible Coupe Chassis#: S460MR Sold for USD$112,000 2018 Bonhams : Greenwich Concours | |
1931 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Newport Town Car by Brewster Chassis#: S209PR Sold for USD$126,000 2018 RM Sothebys : Scottsdale, Az. | |
1931 Rolls-Royce Phantom 1 Regent Convertible Coupe Chassis#: S109PR Sold for USD$236,500 2018 Bonhams : Scottsdale | |
1931 ROLLS-ROYCE PHANTOM I PLAYBOY ROADSTER Chassis#: S186PR Sold for USD$370,105 2015 Bonhams : The Frederiksen Auction | |
1931 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Imperial Cabriolet by Hibbard & Darrin Chassis#: S112PR Sold for USD$126,500 2013 RM Auctions - St John's | |
1931 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Seven-Passenger Tourer by Brewster Chassis#: S199PR Sold for USD$286,000 2013 RM Auctions - Arizona | |
1931 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Sold for USD$360,000 2007 Bonhams, An Important Sale of Collectors' Motorcars and Automobilia | |
1931 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Skiff Boattail Speedster Chassis#: S155PR Sold for USD$115,500 2007 RM Auctions The Ponder Collection |
Rolls-Royce Phantom Is That Failed To Sell At Auction
1931 Rolls-Royce Phantom I's that have appeared at auction but did not sell.
Vehicle | Chassis | Event | High Bid | Est. Low | Est. High |
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1931 ROLLS-ROYCE PHANTOM I RIVIERA TOWN CAR | S188PR | 2022 Gooding & Company : Pebble Beach | $600,000 | $950,000 | |
1931 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Newport | 2019 RM Auctions : Auburn Fall | ||||
1931 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Convertible | 2019 Mecum : Phoenix Auction | $260,000 | |||
1931 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Newport Town Car | 2019 Mecum : Phoenix Auction | $115,000 | |||
1931 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Regent | S109PR | 2019 Gooding & Company : Scottsdale Arizona | $250,000 | $325,000 | |
1931 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Newport Town Car | S209PR | 2019 Worldwide Auctioneers : Scottsdale, Arizona | $175,000 | $225,000 | |
1931 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Seven Passenger | S199PR | 2010 Mecum Kissimee Auction | $162,500 | ||
1931 Rolls-Royce Phantom I | S199PR | 2009 Mecum St. Charles Auction | $220,000 | ||
1931 Rolls-Royce Phantom I | S199PR | 2009 Mecum Monterey Auction | $275,000 | ||
1931 ROLLS-ROYCE PHANTOM I | 2003 Bonhams MOTOR CARS | $150,000 | $170,000 | ||
1931 ROLLS-ROYCE PHANTOM I TOWN CAR | 2001 Kruse Auction Scottsdale Arizona | $87,500 |
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