£233.5k
1930 Pierce-Arrow Model B Convertible Victoria by Waterhouse
RM Sotheby's • US • 19 Aug 2023
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£233,472
1930 Pierce-Arrow Model B Convertible Victoria by Waterhouse
US • 19 Aug 2023
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This 1930 Pierce-Arrow Model B Convertible Victoria by Waterhouse, offered from the Terence E. Adderley Collection, was sold for $291,000 USD at the Monterey 2023 auction. It features a 366-cubic-inch inline-eight engine and a 139-inch wheelbase, with a unique Convertible Victoria style. The car has been beautifully refinished in its original colors of Orville Blue and Briarcliff Beige over a blue interior and has undergone a meticulous restoration.
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The car underwent a total refurbishment including research to determine the car’s original configuration. Great effort was taken to preserve as much of the car’s originality as possible. The car’s factory surface finishes were uncovered beneath an older respray, permitting the identification and reproduction of the correct Orville Blue and Briarcliff Beige exterior as well as the beautifully woodgrained dashboard. Once its restoration was complete, the Pierce-Arrow enjoyed a run on the show circuit, earning its Classic Car Club of America National First Prize in 2008 and winning People’s Choice and Best Coachwork awards at the Hilton Head Island Concours d’Elegance later that year.
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United States
1930
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£233.5k
1930 Pierce-Arrow Model B Convertible Victoria by Waterhouse
RM Sotheby's • US • 19 Aug 2023
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Description
Waterhouse of Webster, Massachusetts is recognized for the beauty of its coachwork and the quality of its creations—but certainly not its production volume.
Waterhouse built fewer than 300 automobile bodies in total, each clothing the finest chassis available in the Classic Era.
Ultimately, Waterhouse constructed just three bodies for Pierce-Arrow, each to a different design.
Only one—this 1930 Model B—wore the dramatic Convertible Victoria style, which was something of a Waterhouse signature.
The Model B’s generous 139-inch wheelbase gave the Waterhouse craftsmen ample room for expression, while its 366-cubic-inch inline-eight provided effortless motivation.
THE WATERHOUSES’ WATERHOUSE Although the first owner of this magnificent Pierce-Arrow is presently unknown, whoever purchased this Convertible Victoria clearly wanted to make a particularly elegant statement.
Purchased by a gentleman in New Hampshire in the 1940s, the Model B later passed to his three daughters, who used it ...
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