£374.7k
1934 Auburn Twelve Salon Speedster
RM Sotheby's • US • 19 Aug 2023
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Highest 10% of Past Sales
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£374,678
1934 Auburn Twelve Salon Speedster
US • 19 Aug 2023
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AI Listing Summary
This 1934 Auburn Twelve Salon Speedster, offered from the Terence E. Adderley Collection, sold for $467,000 USD at Monterey 2023. It features a correct Lycoming V-12 engine and an original eight-cylinder speedster body mounted on a Salon Twelve chassis, with a history tracing back to the collections of William Harrah and Terry Radey.
Condition
8
The car is described as a 'stunning example' and 'ideal for further showing', it has undergone multiple refurbs including one in a two-tone red over black leather trim. It has also won Best Auburn and Best of Show at the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Club’s West Coast.
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12165
1934
Auction
LHD
United States
£374.7k
1934 Auburn Twelve Salon Speedster
RM Sotheby's • US • 19 Aug 2023
Market Position:
Highest 10% of Past Sales
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Description
Among the most elite of American Classics, the Auburn Twelve Salon Speedster was produced for only a single year, 1933.
Surely ranking as the sportiest offering from Auburn, it combined the brute power of its Lycoming V-12 engine with Alan Leamy’s striking “boattail” design featuring endless chrome trim, unique headlamps and dashboard, as well as its iconic Salon “ribbon” bumpers.
It is believed nine Twelve Salon Speedsters were produced by the factory, with only a handful still in existence.
Wearing an original eight-cylinder Auburn speedster body, the example presented here rides on an original 1934 Auburn 1250 Salon Twelve chassis (previously numbered 192) and is powered by a correct, Lycoming V-12 engine (number BB 2317U).
Its history can be traced back to the early 1970s, when the body and chassis were acquired from the William Harrah Automobile collection by Auburn-enthusiast Frank Pfenninger.
He would combine the chassis and body with an engine from his own Salon Twelve Pha...
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£200,577
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£374,678
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