To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION WITHOUT RESERVE at RM Sothebys' Amelia
Island event, 6 - 7 March 2020.
Estimate:
$225,000 - $275,000
- Offered from the Todd and Peggy Nagler Collection
- One of the most desirable body styles on the Springfield Silver
Ghost
- Long-term, known history; original coachwork to this
chassis
- Reliably used for touring the US and Europe for many years
- Classic Car Club of America (CCCA) Full Classic
The Pall Mall tourer was one of the most attractive body styles
produced for the American "Springfield" Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost
chassis. Among the cars delivered with it was chassis no. S366RL,
supplied on 30 November 1926, to Mrs. Georgia M. Landa of Columbus,
Ohio, the widow of a wealthy Kansas City grain broker. Rolls-Royce
records indicate that the Silver Ghost remained in Columbus for the
first 35 years of its life before passing in 1955 to James G.
Easton of Waterloo, Iowa.
Mr. Easton exhibited the Silver Ghost at the Veteran Motor Car Club
of America's 22nd Annual Meet in 1959, earning a 1st in Class. In
spring of 1963 it added to its laurels the Antique Automobile Club
of America's Foo Dog Trophy for the finest Rolls-Royce exhibited
during the show year. Afterward, the car was retired to a life of
exercise on the open road, winning long-distance driving awards
from the RROC in 1965 and 1973. A fresh restoration then took place
between 1980 and 1981, after which the car was sold to Bill and
Roxanne Glenn of Manhattan Beach, California.
The Glenns fitted turn signals and front disc brakes and continued
to use the car extensively for touring, as did the next owner, Gail
Reinggold, who purchased it in 1998 and installed a Gear Venders
overdrive unit in addition to having minor engine work performed in
2005 by Steve Littin's Vintage & Auto Rebuilds. Mr. Reinggold then
drove the car in the Rose Parade in Pasadena in 1999, chauffeuring
Grand Marshals Shirley Temple Black and Buzz Aldrin. The Ghost also
went on extended journeys touring both sides of the Atlantic,
including a trip to Austria.
Todd Nagler acquired the Rolls-Royce from Mr. Reinggold, a longtime
friend, in early 2013. It has continued to enjoy the use and good
care typical of this collection, including display in RROC and CCCA
regional events, as well as participation in occasional tours. It
is offered with an exhaustive history and maintenance file,
including numerous invoices from the Reinggold ownership, manuals,
and various brochures and ephemera. Few Pall Malls can claim its
outstanding provenance or well-traveled history.To view this car
and others currently consigned to this auction, please visit the RM
website at
rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/am20.