Auburn, IN, May 19, 2007 – Ernest Hemmingway’s 1929 Rolls-Royce will be sold at the Kruse International Auburn Spring MotorFair June 3, 2007 in Auburn, Indiana.
Lloyd Gillespie, owner of International Restoration Specialist, Inc. in Mount Airy, North Carolina located the Rolls-Royce this highly-desirable 1929 Phantom II Short Coupled Saloon Rolls-Royce and it’s now ready to ignite the bidding.
The car has been kept in storage for the past 20 years and is in pristine condition. Proceeds from the vehicle’s auction will benefit children charities including the children’s cancer program at the Brenner Children’s Hospital at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
Hemingway toured the United States in this car. During the time, he wrote and published “A Farewell to Arms”, “The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories” and “Death in the Afternoon.” To accommodate his needs, the car was equipped with beverage (no, not Starbucks), golf and hunting equipment storage compartments.
Original coachwork was done by Weyman, which was known for its patented rattle-free bodies adaptations of aircraft fuselage construction. This car has been on display at events such as the Goodwood Festival of Speed and the Pin-Mar.
Kruse is expecting over 2,000 cars which will make this is the largest springtime auto auction in the country. Other significant cars at the Auburn Spring MotorFair:
1937 Cord Sportsman Cabriolet
1968 Movie Car from “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” selling at “No Reserve”
1930 LaSalle Phaeton 340 Four Door
1931 Cadillac Fleetwood Phaeton
1938 Ford Rumbleseat Convertible
1908 Lancaster Steam car
1987 Rolls-Royce Silver Spur Princess Diana Limousine Armor Plated – Selling at “No Reserve”
1956 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible
1955 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible
1966 Ford GT40 Continuation Roadster Coupe
1957 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible
If you want to see a part of automotive history and see for whom the auction hammer tolls, stop by the Kruse International Auburn Spring MotorFair May 31 – June 3, 2007.
Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under. For more information, contact Kruse at 800-968-4444 or check out the website at www.Kruse.com.
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