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1934 Pierce-Arrow Model 840

Convertible
RM Sotheby's Hershey 2021
Thursday, 7 October - Friday, 8 October 2021
$330,000
Sale Price
$180,000 - $220,000
Est. Range
Yes
Reserve
8 October 2021
Sold Date
266
Lot Number
#1
Concours restoration
RM Sotheby's
Auction House
Chassis no. 2080338. Thessalon Green with black fenders and black cloth top over dark green leather. 385/140hp inline eight, 3-speed, dual enclosed sidemounts with mirrors, body color wire wheels, trim rings, Firestone double side wide whitewalls, metal trunk, trunk rack, Dawley headlights.

Evaluation: Gorgeous paint, brilliant chrome, lovely upholstery, beautiful interior woodwork, tight top. Impossible to fault. Fresh, impeccable and beautiful. Most recently restored in 2015, CCCA First Junior and President’s Cup in 2015, Pebble Beach in 2016 and more. Charles Gillet collection.

Bottom Line: A brilliant, elegant, luxurious motor car restored and then maintained to concours standards. Compared with comparable marques from the period this is a serious value in style, quality, restoration and preservation. The final bid well over the pre-sale high estimate may appear to be generous but this Pierce-Arrow deserves every penny of the result it brought.

by Rick Carey
8 November 2021
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