Stunning collection of vintage cars including 16-cylinder Cadillac set to be sold for £3.6m at auction
A VINTAGE car collection, including a 16-cylinder Cadillac, is set to be sold for £3.6million at auction.
A stunning collection of pre-war ‘dream’ cars are set to fetch millions as they go under the hammer next month.
Classic car auction house RM Sotheby’s have released its selection for the Amelia Island 2023 sale.
And it features prestigious vintage models, including a ‘Disappearing Top’ Duesenberg, a 16-cylinder Cadillac and three rare coach-built Packards.
The collection of ten is largely made up of pre-war classics, with the award-winning 1931 Duesenberg Model J ‘Disappearing Top’ Convertible Coupe by Murphy headlining the private collection, estimated to fetch up to £3.6 million.
Following this is the 1934 Packard Twelve Sport Coupe by LeBaron – one of four built on a shortened 136-inch wheelbase with twelve-cylinder power – which is set to sell for up to £2.4 million.
Next up is the 1930 Cadillac V-16 Roadster by Fleetwood, which was sold three years after its purchase during the Great Depression.
It was carefully preserved by its second owner.
And the car was in a private collection for over 80 years before being sold for a third time in 2014 and it is set to fetch up to £1.2 million.
Another highlight of the sale is the 1930 Packard 745 Deluxe Eight Convertible Victoria by Waterhouse – one of just four surviving of the model and set to sell for £369,000.
Other pre-war offerings from the collection are a 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Cabriolet B by Sindelfingen, a 1929 Bentley Tourer by Cadogan and a 1930 Packard 745 Deluxe Eight Convertible Victoria by Proux.
Three post-war offerings are also included – a 1953 Mercedes-Benz 300 S Roadster, a 1959 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I Drophead Coupe by James Young, and a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTE 2+2 Series I by Pininfarina.
The auction, which will be the final Amelia Island sale, is set for 4 March.
