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The Great Gatsby Rolls Royce to go under the hammer
Posted by Team Boxwish 10 months ago
Jay Gatsby (played by 70s golden boy Robert Redford) seems to have it all in the Oscar-winning 1974 adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s literary masterpiece, The Great Gatsby. A gorgeous mansion estate on Long Island Sound, more money than he can spend and an immaculate wardrobe of clothes (designed for the movie by Ralph Lauren). Sure there are some sticky issues with long-time love Daisy (Mia Farrow), but did we mention he drives a 1929 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Ascot Tourer? For that we’d happily swap our favourite grandmother, let alone a few romantic niggles and soon some lucky person will get to ride behind the wheel of the classic auto when it goes under the hammer at Bonhams’s “Greenwich Concours d’Elegance” auction in Connecticut on 7th June.
The car features prominently in both the film and the book it’s based on, another reminder of the privileged and decadent lifestyle of Gatsby and is expected to fetch an eye-watering $150,000 to $200,000 when it comes under offer. Owned by Massachusetts man Ted Leonard, a collector that prides himself on his movie motors, the vintage Rolls was loaned to the film production with Leonard even helping to teach Redford how to drive it smoothly.
The car has had some restoration work performed, but it’s minimal and to be expected on such an old classic. The more bold changes, such as the paintwork redone to a buttery yellow colour and the leather upholstery dyed to a green shade were implemented to match the description of the car in the book.
To find out more about the car and the auction, hit the Bonhams US site here.
[via The Luxist]
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