BONHAMS TO SELL ROLL-ROYCE PHANTOM III THAT APPEARED IN PAN'S LABRYINTH

THE FIRST ROLLS-ROYCE PHANTOM III TO BE SOLD TO AMERICA, WHICH FEATURED IN THE AWARD-WINNING 2006 FILM 'PAN'S LABYRINTH', IS TO BE SOLD AT BONHAMS TRADITIONAL END OF YEAR SALE OF IMPORTANT MOTOR CARS AND FINE AUTOMOBILIA ON 6.DECEMBER, WHICH THIS YEAR TAKES PLACE AT MERCEDES-BENZ WORLD AT BROOKLANDS IN SURREY. A TOTAL NUMBER OF 24 PHANTOM III ROLLS-ROYCES ARE THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN SOLD TO AMERICA NEW, WITH THIS CAR LISTED TO HAVE BEEN DELIVERED FIRST ON 2.DECEMBER.1936. ESTIMATED AT £60,000 – 70,000 AND IN FANTASTIC CONDITION, THE CAR WAS USED ALONGSIDE A BENTLEY IN A CAR CHASE IN THE FILM PAN'S LABYRINTH, WHICH WAS DIRECTED BY GUILLERMO DEL TORO. IT HAS BEEN OWNED BY A PROMINENT CONNOISSEUR OF PRE-WAR LUXURY CARS SINCE THIS TIME AND KEPT IN SOUTHERN EUROPE.
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