Vintage Rolls Royce 現在のd to Marlene Dietrich as a gift from her studio bosses 推定する／予想するd to fetch £350,000 at auction
- 素晴らしい green sedan was featured in 1930 movie Morocco in which Dietrich starred と一緒に Gary Cooper
A vintage Rolls Royce that was given to 審査する goddess Marlene Dietrich by her 最高位の studio bosses is 始める，決める to fetch £350,000 at auction.
The Phantom I sedan was given to the actress and singer to help her settle in to Hollywood life when she moved there in 1930 from her native Germany.
Dietrich was often photographed 存在 chauffeur-driven around Los Angeles in it and the car even went on to feature in her first Hollywood film Morocco in 1930.
Classic style: The Rolls Royce Phantom given to 審査する icon Marlene Dietrich in 1930? is 推定する／予想するd to fetch £350,000 at auction
High roller: The 素晴らしい car was given to the German-born actress and singer to help her settle in to Hollywood life when she moved there in 1930 from her native Germany
The blonde サイレン／魅惑的な sold the 1929 Rolls Royce Phantom I 転換できる Sedan in 1945 to a millionaire - and it has been in 私的な 所有権 ever since.
It is now come to public light again after its 現在の owner, a classic car collector, died recently and his family decided to sell it at auction.
One lady owner: The 審査する goddess was often seen 存在 driven around L.A. in the 独特の green 転換できる
審査する presence: Dietrich 報道によれば fell in love with the car and it went on to be used in her first Hollywood movie, Morocco, in which she starred opposite Gary Cooper
Dietrich gazes out of the window in a still from the film Morocco which earned her her only Oscar 指名／任命
MARLENE DIETRICH'S ROLLS ROYCE
Model: Rolls Royce Phantom I
Built: 1929
Price (1930): £17,000
Price (now): £350,000 est
Engine: 7.7 L (7,668 cc/467.9 cu in) pushrod-OHV straight-6 engine (the last large six-cylinder Rolls Royce)
力／強力にする (BHP): 40-55
伝達／伝染:? 4-速度(を上げる） 手動式の 伝達／伝染. Synchromesh was 追加するd on gears 3 and 4 in 1932 and on gear 2 in 1935.
中断: 半分-elliptical springs for the 前線 and, in a change from its 前任者, the 後部
ブレーキs: 4-wheel servo-補助装置d
団体／死体: Turned into a 転換できる at 最高位の Studio's request before 存在 現在のd to Dietrich
When the late vendor bought the Rolls Royce it was in a decrepit 条件 with its 初めの green paintwork 存在 stripped 支援する to its 爆撃する.
He spent tens of thousands of 続けざまに猛撃するs on re 蓄える／店ing the モーター to its former glory before his death.
It is likely to be 高度に sought-after not only because of its 協会 with the 審査する legend but it is also unique.
Before giving it to Dietrich, 最高位の Studios （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限d a custom car 団体／死体 建設業者 to turn it into a stylish 転換できる.
The finished 製品 cost £17,000 and was one of the most expensive cars in the world at the time.
The car comes 完全にする with a small shelf in the 支援する that still houses Dietrich's compact mirror for make-up and two 瓶／封じ込めるs of perfume.
Eric Minoff, of auctioneers Bonhams which is selling the car, said: 'It was given to Marlene Dietrich as new in 1930 by Josef 出身の Sternberg, a movie director at 最高位の Studios.
内部の: The car's former owner spent tens of thousands of 続けざまに猛撃するs on 回復するing the car to its former glory
'She was seen in it やめる a lot with her driver in the 前線 while she sat in the 支援する.
'Both Dietrich and her green Rolls Royce became やめる po pular in the Hollywood area and she was photographed frequently in it.
'After the war she sold the car to a man from Colorado and it remained in his family until it sold to the 現在の vendor in the 1990s.
'It didn't have much paint left on it and it was in a pretty tired and sad 明言する／公表する by that 行う／開催する／段階. It hadn't been driven in a long time.
初めの fittings: The car even comes with Dietrich's make-up mirror and two 瓶／封じ込めるs of her perfume
Horsepower: The 'straight six' engine was painstakingly 回復するd to pristine 条件
'The curre nt vendor （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限d a 十分な 復古／返還 of the car and had it returned to its former glory. He spent a lot of money on it to make it a knock-out car that she used to be.
'We will have to wait and see whether the family will get the 投資 支援する on the car but a lot of these people do it as a 労働 of love.
'It is 存在 sold by his 広い地所. It is a 割れ目ing and really gorgeous car.
'We have had a lot of 利益／興味 in it because of its history.' The auction is 存在 held by Bonhams at Scottsdale, Arizona, on January 19.
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