The Milhous Collection Comes to New York

 

The Milhous Collection will be presented in the Sotheb’s lobby, located in New York, from December 1st until January 6th.

Central to the collection are two mechanical musical instruments and a vintage 1911 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Seven-Passenger Roi des Belges, with beautifully crafted coachwork by Aldford & Alder. One of the instruments is a Cremona Style K Orchestrion with three ranks of pipes, designed by Marquette Piano Co. from Chicago. The other is a Mills Automatic Virtuosa which, fortunately, was fully restored.

Coming back to the Rolls-Royce, we can add that it is a rare model. Besides this car, there is only one 1914 Silver Ghost Tourer left toimpress the 21st century public.Other interesting exhibits are a 1933 Delage D8S, with coachwork byFreestone & Webb, a 1939 Lagonda Rapide V-12 once owned by Rober Montgomery, a 1934 Packard Eight Convertible Victoria, owned by actress Marie Dressler and a 1930 Duesenberg Model J Murphy Convertible Sedan (J208), which has as owner the beautiful Dolores Del Rio.

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