The 1928 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Ascot Dual Cowl Sport Phaeton is up for auction from Worldwide Auctioneers. This iconic classic car was used by Robert Redford in the 1974 film "The Great Gatsby", an adaptation of the classic novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
The Rolls-Royce Phantom I Ascot Dual Cowl Sport Phaeton is one of the few cars to retain star status alongside a renowned actor like Robert Redford in an iconic film. In the novel Fitzgerald played Jay Gatsby (Robert Redford) is the owner of this Rolls-Royce.
In the novel, Fitzgerald describes Gatsby's Rolls as: "It was a rich cream color, shiny with nickel, swollen here and there in its monstrous length with triumphant hatboxes and dining boxes and toolboxes, and on terraces with a labyrinth of windshields that mirrored a dozen suns, sitting behind many layers of glass in a kind of green leather greenhouse”.
This 1928 Rolls-Royce 40/50hp Phantom I Ascot Dual Cowl Sport Phaeton with S304KP chassis is near-perfect after benefiting from a complete restoration by brand experts and a total investment of around $1.2 million.
It would be legitimate to think that, with the participation as a co-protagonist of the novel “The Great Gatsby”, which as a book sold around 30 million copies, the number of people who watched the classic film is incalculable, this is undoubtedly one of the Rolls- Most important Royces there are.
It could be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own one of the most important Rolls-Royces in the world. This gem is currently owned by The Chamberlain Foundation, a non-profit organization that aims to help educate future collector car restorers and watchmakers.
