Matthew Steeples selects five gifts that gentlemen will most definitely welcome this Christmas (more…)
Tag: Rolls-Royce
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A practical Aston
Rare 1963 Aston Martin built with a view to be “equally suitable to drive or be driven in” to be auctioned with an estimate £377,000 higher than its 2006 £23,000 selling price (more…)
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Herb Chambers (born Herbert G. Chambers)
Massachusetts born and Boston based billionaire businessman Herb Chambers loves fast cars and mammoth yachts. (more…) -
His Excellency Nunzio Alfredo D’Angieri and sons Stefan and Teava
This dandy dynasty of diplomats and collectors of motoring marvels are renowned on the international jet set. Diplomat H.E. Nunzio Alfredo D’Angieri was once termed “Arafats’s banker” (more…) -
A convertible giant
One-off 1973 Rolls-Royce by Pietro Frua – described as the largest convertible ever built – to be auctioned (more…)
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Helen Brach (AKA “The Candy Lady”, 1911 – 1977, body never found)
Devoted to her dogs and the widow of a tycoon named Frank V. Brach (1890 – 1970), Helen Brach inherited a significant portion of a $23 million estate (the equivalent of $135 million or £87.8 million today) in 1971. (more…) -
A royal smuggler
Rolls-Royce allegedly used to smuggle Wallis Simpson into Balmoral for sale (more…)
