£30,313
Two owners from new, in the same ownership since 1930 , 1899 Locomobile Style 2 Stanhope
Bonhams • US • 18 Sept 2011
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Highest 30% of Past Sales
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£30,313
Two owners from new, in the same ownership since 1930 , 1899 Locomobile Style 2 Stanhope
US • 18 Sept 2011
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AI Listing Summary
This is an 1899 Locomobile Style 2 Stanhope, car number 1270, with only two owners from new, and in the same ownership since 1930. It underwent a significant restoration in the 1950s, including a boiler replacement and other mechanical work.
Condition
7
The car's originality and authenticity are high due to its simple life. A thorough restoration was performed in the 1950s, with some parts replaced, including the boiler, wheels, and tires. The 60-year-old restoration has mellowed but is still in fine order and presents well.
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1270
1899
Auction
LHD
United States
£30,313
Two owners from new, in the same ownership since 1930 , 1899 Locomobile Style 2 Stanhope
Bonhams • US • 18 Sept 2011
Market Position:
Highest 30% of Past Sales
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Description
Car No.
1270 Locomobile began as a manufacturer of light steam buggies and ended up as a producer of massive and expensive gasoline-powered automobiles.
The original Locomobile, introduced in 1899, was based on a Stanley brothers design.
John Brisbane Walker, editor and publisher of Cosmopolitan magazine and partner Amzi Lorenzo Barber had convinced the pioneering steam car builders to sell them the rights to manufacture their original car.
(The brothers pocketed $250,000 and proceeded to build a new and improved Stanley Steamer that did not impinge any of the patents they had sold) Walker left in a huff soon after Locomobile production started, but Barber continued to build Locomobile steamers, producing several thousand before discontinuing them in early 1904.
This Locomobile Style 2 Stanhope is widely regarded as one of the best examples extant by those who have seen it and other surviving cars.
Its originality and authenticity is unquestionably owing to the very simple life w...
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