An elegant formal coach unique to the Nickel Era Pierce-Arrow, the Vestibule Suburban was a vast limousine intended for travel between one’s city and country homes.

The roofline over the rear doors was curved in the manner of the entrance to a fine manor, an appearance accentuated by porch-style opera lamps.

One such model was supplied to the White House during President Woodrow Wilson’s administration.

Because of its enormous cost, the Vestibule Suburban was quite rare.

The late Pierce-Arrow Society historian Bernard J.

Weis identified only two examples known to have been built on the Model 48-B-4 chassis, both of which survive.

The history of this particular car is known back to 1957, when it was listed with Carl Weschcke in the roster of the Antique Automobile Club of America.

Later to become a noted publisher of New Age literature, Mr.

Weschcke loved old automobiles and made a career of buying and selling them in his youth.

Mr.

Weis notes that the car was later owned by w...