To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION WITHOUT RESERVE at RM Sothebys' The Hershey Auction event, 7 - 8 October 2026.

Offered Without Reserve | $200,000 - $250,000 USD One of the most beautiful surviving 290s, with its striking cabriolet coachworkOffered from 13 years in a large private collectionAttractively presented older restoration in a well-chosen liveryA CCCA Full Classic A new Mercedes-Benz series, factory code W18, began production in 1933.

Now more commonly known as the 290, it heralded advanced engineering features, including hydraulic brakes, transverse leaf-spring and coil-spring front suspension, a floating rear axle with coil springs, and a 60-horsepower 2,867-cubic-centimeter flathead six-cylinder engine.In typical fashion of the period, numerous attractive body styles were offered in virtually every imaginable configuration, including no fewer than four different cabriolets built on the shorter 2,870-millimeter wheelbase and dubbed A, B, C, and D, each with a different seating con...