£105.9k
1930 Pierce-Arrow Model B Sport Phaeton
RM Sotheby's • US • 4 Oct 2023
Market Position:
Highest 20% of Past Sales
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£105,905
1930 Pierce-Arrow Model B Sport Phaeton
US • 4 Oct 2023
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AI Listing Summary
This 1930 Pierce-Arrow Model B Sport Phaeton, offered from the Grand Canyon Collection, sold for $132,000 USD at Hershey 2023. It boasts a rich history, including a win at the 1986 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, and is powered by a 6.0-liter inline eight-cylinder engine.
Condition
7
While the car has an award-winning history, including "Most Elegant Open Car" at Pebble Beach, its history includes a conversion to right-hand drive and subsequent conversion back to left-hand drive, suggesting potential modifications or repairs affecting originality. The 15-year restoration process also indicates significant prior wear or damage.
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201664
1930
Auction
LHD
United States
£105.9k
1930 Pierce-Arrow Model B Sport Phaeton
RM Sotheby's • US • 4 Oct 2023
Market Position:
Highest 20% of Past Sales
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Description
For 1929, Pierce-Arrow debuted a new and thoroughly updated inline eight-cylinder engine to replace its respected inline six, which had been the marque’s standard-bearer in some form since the Brass Era.
At 125 horsepower, this new straight-eight provided 25 percent more power from fewer cubic inches with smooth, vibration-proof operation.
Not surprisingly, 1929 was the best ever year for Pierce, with nearly 10,000 cars sold, and optimism led the way into 1930.
Where most automakers designated their sporting open sedans as Dual-Cowl Phaetons, Pierce-Arrow chose the excitable Sport Phaeton nomenclature.
These cars have become among the most coveted of any Pierce-Arrow models and RM Sotheby’s is pleased to offer here what is surely one of its finest examples available.
Said to have been purchased new by a wealthy family of mill owners in St.
Paul, Minnesota, this Sport Phaeton, chassis 201664, is believed to have been exported to England just prior to World War II, where it was con...
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