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£31,749 • £26,160 - £34,880

1959 ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER CLOUD I BY DOMINIQUE LAPIERRE, WRITE

France • 15 Dec 2025

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Condition 

7

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[Transmission]

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LSMH161

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LHD

1959 ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER CLOUD I BY DOMINIQUE LAPIERRE, WRITER AND PHILANTHROPIST
- Carte Grise de Collection
- Serial number: LSMH161
- Engine: 6-cylinder in-line 4.9L
- The Rolls-Royce of Dominique Lapierre (owner from 1972 to 2022), writer and reporter for Paris Match.
- The spirit of adventure: from a Simca raid in the USSR to the road to India in a Rolls-Royce.
- Charity sale: 50% of proceeds donated to the Fondation pour les Enfants Malades de l'Hôpital Necker by daughter Alexandra Lapierre.
- Mechanics overhauled at specialist Americo.
This Silver Cloud I, chassis LSMH161, is much more than a car: it's the carriage of a humanist adventurer.

It entered Dominique Lapierre's life in 1972, and remained there faithfully for over 50 years, until his death in December 2022.

It is now being offered for sale by his daughter, who has taken it over from him.
Before becoming the author of worldwide bestsellers ("Paris brûle-t-il" to "La cité de la joie"), Dominique Lapierre was one of the...

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£7,750

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£24,172

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£241,250

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