£107.9k
1920 Locomobile Model 48 Series 7 Sportif
RM Sotheby's • US • 24 Oct 2020
Market Position:
Highest 30% of Past Sales
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£107,887
1920 Locomobile Model 48 Series 7 Sportif
US • 24 Oct 2020
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AI Listing Summary
This 1920 Locomobile Model 48 Series 7 Sportif is a significant piece of American automotive history. Having been part of famous collections and featured in the film Chaplin, this well-preserved classic boasts original features and accessories, making it a delightful find for enthusiasts.
Condition
7
The car is described as never being fully restored, with the body believed to have never been off the chassis. The only major work performed was the 1992 paintwork and a newer top. Much of the interior is a replacement that is antique itself, with some of the original leather remaining. There are also some minor accessories included, along with a lighted Chaplin film sign and a 1920 Michigan license plate. At cataloguing the car had recorded 30,831 miles, believed to be original.
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30,831 miles
330-IAB
1920
Auction
12490
LHD
United States
£107.9k
1920 Locomobile Model 48 Series 7 Sportif
RM Sotheby's • US • 24 Oct 2020
Market Position:
Highest 30% of Past Sales
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Description
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Frank de Causse’s Sportif for the Locomobile Model 48 chassis was one of the most significant designs in early automaking, noted for its low, sleek, and dramatic lines, inspired by European coachbuilding.
Few survivors are more lovingly presented than this Sportif, which was part of two of this country’s most famous early automobile collections.
One of hundreds of cars preserved by D.
Cameron Peck, a Chicago dairy heir and early AACA president, it joined his stable in 1940, when it was only a 20-year-old used car acquired from a carriage house on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago.
It was eventually sold by him in 1947 to California citrus rancher Lindley Bothwell.
The Locomobile resided at Bothwell’s legendary Rancho Riconada alongside many significant Brass Era racing cars until 2004.
It was repainted by the Bothwell family in 1992 for a starring role alongside Robert Downey Jr. in the film Chaplin .
Today a wonderful “Little Tramp” radiator mascot commemorates the car’s turn bef...
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£29,364
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£128,253
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