£353k
1934 Auburn Twelve Salon Cabriolet
RM Sotheby's • US • 4 Oct 2023
Market Position:
Highest 10% of Past Sales
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£353,016
1934 Auburn Twelve Salon Cabriolet
US • 4 Oct 2023
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AI Listing Summary
This 1934 Auburn Twelve Salon Cabriolet is a rare find, being one of only five known survivors out of approximately 27 produced. It boasts a concours-quality restoration, ACD Club certification, and a unique history, including long-term California ownership and notable modifications like a shortened windscreen.
Condition
8
The car benefits from a previous, 10-year, concours-quality restoration. Recent professional attention includes full engine and interior detailing, indicating meticulous care. The ACD Club Level One Certification confirms the authenticity and condition of the vehicle's original components.
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1201 F
1934
Auction
LHD
United States
£353k
1934 Auburn Twelve Salon Cabriolet
RM Sotheby's • US • 4 Oct 2023
Market Position:
Highest 10% of Past Sales
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Description
Among the most extraordinary automobiles spurred by the Great Depression are Auburn’s 12-cylinder Salon models.
Launched for 1933 to improve sales of the slow-selling Auburn Twelve, the Salon Twelve boasted numerous unique features, most visibly a new racing-style V-shaped grille, unique headlamp lenses, fenders edged in chrome, and the iconic “bowtie” bumpers.
It was also built upon a specially strengthened chassis with Lockheed adjustable vacuum-boosted brakes.
These were not only the best-looking 12-cylinder Auburns, but they were also the most expensive and luxurious.
The Salon models sold slowly, lasting into 1934.
Understood to be one of about 27 examples of the Auburn Salon Twelve Cabriolet produced for the model’s final year, this car is rarer still, one of only five believed to remain in existence.
Rarest of the Salon Twelve body styles, the Cabriolet coachwork was produced by the Central Manufacturing Company, one of parent-company Cord Corporation’s many subsidiaries.
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£200,577
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£374,678
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