Tsar Nicholas II's Custom 1914 Rolls-Royce for Sale at $7 Million

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8-25-2010 @ 5:20PM

Arnie Colon said...

Hello Wesley,
I'm researching John Ringling's automobile collection as part of a docent presentation at the John & Mable (accurate!) Ringling Museum of Art. I would be very grateful if you could share some of the sources you may have uncovered in the article about the Rolls Royce. Thank you in advance for your courtesy and consideration.
By the way, you must certainly be aware of the precarious financial situation in which Ringling was relegated to at the time of his death in 1936. His executor, nephew John Ringling North, was adamant in keeping as much of the estate intact as possible and for the most part was successful: creditors came within an eyelash of taking title to the Sarasota residence, Ca d'Zan, but the mansion along with the museum remained intact. However there is a great deal of documentation about many of his personal effects being sold to pay off some of his debts. The succeeding provenance of the Rolls and his Pierce Arrows appears to be sketchy.

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