THE BARRETT-JACKSON AUCTION COMPANY, WILL BE SELLING ONE OF THE MOST HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT VEHICLES IN US HISTORY AT ITS 40th AUCTION ON 17-23.JANUARY, AT WESTWORLD OF SCOTTSDALE ARIZONA. THE 1963 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE AMBULANCE, LOT #1277, WHICH WILL SELL AT NO RESERVE, CARRIED PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY'S CASKET FROM AIR FORCE ONE, AFTER HIS ASSASSINATION IN DALLAS. 'NOT ONLY DID THE AMBULANCE TRANSPORT JFK FOLLOWING HIS UNTIMELY DEATH, IT'S ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF AN UN-RESTORED AMBULANCE FROM THAT TIME PERIOD', SAID STEVE DAVIS, PRESIDENT OF BARRETT-JACKSON. 'IT'S ALSO, WITHOUT A DOUBT, ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AND HISTORICAL VEHICLES EVER OFFERED FOR SALE.' THE AMBULANCE MET AIR FORCE ONE AT ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE IN WASHINGTON DC FOLLOWING THE 35th PRESIDENT'S ASSASSINATION. IT TRANSPORTED PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S FLAG-DRAPED CASKET, HIS WIFE, JACQUELINE KENNEDY, AND HIS BROTHER ROBERT F KENNEDY, THE FORMER US ATTORNEY GENERAL, FROM ANDREWS TO BETHESDA NAVAL HOSPITAL AND LATER TO THE US CAPITOL. THE GRAY AMBULANCE, MODEL 6-3-207G, WAS BUILT IN JUNE 1963. OF 69 AMBULANCE, ONLY 15 WERE CONTRACTED FOR MILITARY USE, INCLUDING LOT #1277. ITS US NAVY DATE PLATE REGISTRATION NUMBER IS 94-49196 AND SHOWS ITS ASSIGNMENT TO BETHESDA NAVAL HOSPITAL. FOLLOWING ITS NAVAL SERVICE, THE VEHICLE WAS RETIRED AND SOLD AS SURPLUS.

BARRETT-JACKSON TO SELL AMBULANCE THAT TRANSPORTED KENNEDY CASKET

THE BARRETT-JACKSON AUCTION COMPANY, WILL BE SELLING ONE OF THE MOST HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT VEHICLES IN US HISTORY AT ITS 40th AUCTION ON 17-23.JANUARY, AT WESTWORLD OF SCOTTSDALE ARIZONA. THE 1963 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE AMBULANCE, LOT #1277, WHICH WILL SELL AT NO RESERVE, CARRIED PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY'S CASKET FROM AIR FORCE ONE, AFTER HIS ASSASSINATION IN DALLAS. 'NOT ONLY DID THE AMBULANCE TRANSPORT JFK FOLLOWING HIS UNTIMELY DEATH, IT'S ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF AN UN-RESTORED AMBULANCE FROM THAT TIME PERIOD', SAID STEVE DAVIS, PRESIDENT OF BARRETT-JACKSON. 'IT'S ALSO, WITHOUT A DOUBT, ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AND HISTORICAL VEHICLES EVER OFFERED FOR SALE.' THE AMBULANCE MET AIR FORCE ONE AT ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE IN WASHINGTON DC FOLLOWING THE 35th PRESIDENT'S ASSASSINATION. IT TRANSPORTED PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S FLAG-DRAPED CASKET, HIS WIFE, JACQUELINE KENNEDY, AND HIS BROTHER ROBERT F KENNEDY, THE FORMER US ATTORNEY GENERAL, FROM ANDREWS TO BETHESDA NAVAL HOSPITAL AND LATER TO THE US CAPITOL. THE GRAY AMBULANCE, MODEL 6-3-207G, WAS BUILT IN JUNE 1963. OF 69 AMBULANCE, ONLY 15 WERE CONTRACTED FOR MILITARY USE, INCLUDING LOT #1277. ITS US NAVY DATE PLATE REGISTRATION NUMBER IS 94-49196 AND SHOWS ITS ASSIGNMENT TO BETHESDA NAVAL HOSPITAL. FOLLOWING ITS NAVAL SERVICE, THE VEHICLE WAS RETIRED AND SOLD AS SURPLUS.

BARRETT-JACKSON TO SELL AMBULANCE THAT TRANSPORTED KENNEDY CASKET

THERE IS THE ICONIC ROLLS-ROYCE PHANTOM AND THE CLASSIC ROLLS-ROYCE GHOST, NOW THERE IS THE STUNNING ROLLS-ROYCE APPARITION. UNLIKE ITS PRODUCTION COUNTERPARTS, THE APPARITION IS PURELY A DESIGN STUDY. IT'S THE BRAINCHILD OF DESIGNER JEREMY WESTERLUND, WHO DESIGNED IT AS AN INDEPENDENT PROJECT WHILE STUDYING AT THE ART CENTER. THE IDEA BLENDS CLASSIC DESIGN ELEMENTS WITH FUTURISTIC ONES, WITH MAHOGANY WHEEL INSERTS AND A SHAPE THAT PLACES THE CHAUFFEUR OUT IN THE OPEN LIKE IN VINTAGE MOTOR CARRIAGES, WITH THE OCCUPANTS CODDLED INSIDE. ALTHOUGH JUST A DESIGN FOR THE TIME BEING, THE MODEL ITSELF IS NEARLY SIX FEET LONG, AND IN REALITY WOULD MEASURE OVER 23 FEET LONG, OR FOUR FEET LONGER THAN THE PHANTOM SALOON.

ROLLS-ROYCE APPARITION

THERE IS THE ICONIC ROLLS-ROYCE PHANTOM AND THE CLASSIC ROLLS-ROYCE GHOST, NOW THERE IS THE STUNNING ROLLS-ROYCE APPARITION. UNLIKE ITS PRODUCTION COUNTERPARTS, THE APPARITION IS PURELY A DESIGN STUDY. IT'S THE BRAINCHILD OF DESIGNER JEREMY WESTERLUND, WHO DESIGNED IT AS AN INDEPENDENT PROJECT WHILE STUDYING AT THE ART CENTER. THE IDEA BLENDS CLASSIC DESIGN ELEMENTS WITH FUTURISTIC ONES, WITH MAHOGANY WHEEL INSERTS AND A SHAPE THAT PLACES THE CHAUFFEUR OUT IN THE OPEN LIKE IN VINTAGE MOTOR CARRIAGES, WITH THE OCCUPANTS CODDLED INSIDE. ALTHOUGH JUST A DESIGN FOR THE TIME BEING, THE MODEL ITSELF IS NEARLY SIX FEET LONG, AND IN REALITY WOULD MEASURE OVER 23 FEET LONG, OR FOUR FEET LONGER THAN THE PHANTOM SALOON.

ROLLS-ROYCE APPARITION

A 1955 ASTON MARTIN DB2/4 SPORTS SALOON, WHICH WAS OWNED BY KING BAUDOUIN OF BELGIUM, WHO REIGNED FROM 1951 UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1993, IS TO BE SOLD AT BONHAMS' PARIS SALE OF MOTOR CARS AT THE GRAND PALAIS ON 5.FEBRUARY.2011. THE CAR WHICH IS WAS SUPPLIED TO THE KING IN FEBRUARY 1955, HAS ATTRACTED A PRE-SALE ESTIMATE OF $250,000. KING BAUDOUIN WAS RENOWNED FOR HIS LOVE OF FAST CARS, AS WELL AS HAVING THE ASTON MARTIN, DESCRIBED IN AUTOCAR (1953) AS 'AN EXPENSIVE CAR DESIGNED TO CATER FOR THE CONNOISSEUR OF SPORTS CARS WHO IS NOT LIMITED BY FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS', HE ALSO OWNED A PORSCHE SPYDER AND WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT MASERATIS. ACCOMPANIED BY PHOTOGRAPHS OF KING BAUDOUIN WITH HIS BROTHER, THE PRESENT KING ALBERT II, THE CAR IS IN CONCOURS CONDITION FOLLOWING ITS COMPLETE RESTORATION TO ORIGINAL SPECIFICATIONS BETWEEN 2001 AND 2008. A 1956 BENTLEY S1 CONTINENTAL SPORTS SALOON OWNED BY ANOTHER WELL-KNOWN BELGIAN FIGURE, THE FINANCIER, BARON EMPAIN, IS ALSO TO BE OFFERED IN THE SALE. ESTIMATED AT $300,000, THE CAR WAS DELIVERED NEW TO THE BARON IN 1956 AND KEPT UNTIL 1960 WHEN HE SOLD IT TO A FAMILY MEMBER, COUNT D'ARSCHOT.

BONHAMS TO SELL 1955 ASTON MARTIN ONCE OWNED BY KING BAUDOUIN OF BELGIUM

A 1955 ASTON MARTIN DB2/4 SPORTS SALOON, WHICH WAS OWNED BY KING BAUDOUIN OF BELGIUM, WHO REIGNED FROM 1951 UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1993, IS TO BE SOLD AT BONHAMS' PARIS SALE OF MOTOR CARS AT THE GRAND PALAIS ON 5.FEBRUARY.2011. THE CAR WHICH IS WAS SUPPLIED TO THE KING IN FEBRUARY 1955, HAS ATTRACTED A PRE-SALE ESTIMATE OF $250,000. KING BAUDOUIN WAS RENOWNED FOR HIS LOVE OF FAST CARS, AS WELL AS HAVING THE ASTON MARTIN, DESCRIBED IN AUTOCAR (1953) AS 'AN EXPENSIVE CAR DESIGNED TO CATER FOR THE CONNOISSEUR OF SPORTS CARS WHO IS NOT LIMITED BY FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS', HE ALSO OWNED A PORSCHE SPYDER AND WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT MASERATIS. ACCOMPANIED BY PHOTOGRAPHS OF KING BAUDOUIN WITH HIS BROTHER, THE PRESENT KING ALBERT II, THE CAR IS IN CONCOURS CONDITION FOLLOWING ITS COMPLETE RESTORATION TO ORIGINAL SPECIFICATIONS BETWEEN 2001 AND 2008. A 1956 BENTLEY S1 CONTINENTAL SPORTS SALOON OWNED BY ANOTHER WELL-KNOWN BELGIAN FIGURE, THE FINANCIER, BARON EMPAIN, IS ALSO TO BE OFFERED IN THE SALE. ESTIMATED AT $300,000, THE CAR WAS DELIVERED NEW TO THE BARON IN 1956 AND KEPT UNTIL 1960 WHEN HE SOLD IT TO A FAMILY MEMBER, COUNT D'ARSCHOT.

BONHAMS TO SELL 1955 ASTON MARTIN ONCE OWNED BY KING BAUDOUIN OF BELGIUM

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.
300,000).

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.
300,000).

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

BIJAN, THE RENOWNED US-BASED IRANIAN DESIGNER OF LUXURY MENSWEAR AND FRAGRANCES, WHO HAS DRESSES SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS AND POWERFUL MEN, INCLUDING BARACK OBAMA, TOM CRUISE, RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, PAUL ALLEN AND GIORGIO ARMANI, HAS NOW TEAMED UP WITH ROLLS-ROYCE TO LEND HIS ICONIC LUXURIOUS STYLE TO THE ROLLS-ROYCE PHANTOM COUPE. THE DESIGNER IS KNOWN FOR HIS LAVISH RODEO DRIVE BOUTIQUE, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE MOST EXPENSIVE STORE IN THE WORLD, AND CAN BE VISITED BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. BIJAN WILL CUSTOMIZE THE LIMITED EDITION ROLLS-ROYCE PHANTOM COSTING MORE THAN $1 MILLION EACH, WITH UP TO 30 UNITS TO BE SOLD TO A SELECT GROUP OF VIPs FROM 20 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. BIJAN'S SPECIFICATIONS WILL BE DEVELOPED BY SKILLED CRAFTSMEN AT ROLLS-ROYCE'S PRODUCTION FACILITY IN GOODWWOD, ENGLAND. THE FIRST OF THE BIJAN ROLLS-ROYCE PHANTOM WILL BE PRESENTED IN THE SPRING OF 2011.

BIJAN ROLLS-ROYCE PHANTOM