A UNIQUE ROYAL PURPLE 1914 ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER GHOST THAT IS REPUTED TO HAVE ONCE BELONGED TO NICHOLAS II, THE LAST TSAR OF RUSSIA, IS BEING OFFERED FOR SALE IN GERMANY VIA GLOBAL ONLINE LUXURY MARKETPLACE JAMESLIST FOR AN ESTIMATED $7 MILLION. IN THE 1920s THE CUSTOM-MADE CAR, WHICH FEATURES NICKEL PLATED FITTINGS, A SPEAKING TUBE FOR COMMUNICATING WITH THE CHAUFFEUR AND COACHWORK BY BARKER, FOUND ITS WAY INTO THE COLLECTION OF CIRCUS IMPRESARIO JOHN RINGLING OF RINGLING BROS AT CA D'ZAN, HIS FAMOUS 30 ROOM VENETIAN MANSION IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA. AFTER BEING DISPLAYED IN A CLASSIC CAR MUSEUM NEXT TO HITLER'S MERCEDES FOR A BRIEF TIME, IT WAS THEN ACQUIRED BY A GERMAN COLLECTOR WHO KEPT IT IN AN UNDERGROUND BUNKER FOR WHICH IT WAS RECENTLY UNEARTHED. THE NEARLY CENTURY-OLD ROLLS, MADE JUST 10 YEARS AFTER HENRY ROYCE BUILT HIS VERY FIRST CAR, OFFERS NOT ONLY A ROYAL PEDIGREE BUT IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY.
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