Scottsdale Sale

Car enthusiasts are already aware of the coming next week on January 19th, 2012 in Arizona. There's gonna be some famous cars y'all.

If I had spare change I would place my bid on this magnificent 1930 Rolls-Royce Torpedo Transformal Phaeton by Hibbard & Darrin documented to have been delivered new to Marlene Dietrich, one of the greatest film icons of Hollywood's golden age.

Born near Berlin in 1901, Dietrich became an international film star with her role in 1929's The Blue Angel, directed by Josef Von Sternberg. Shot with both German and English soundtracks, the film was the first major sound motion picture made in Berlin, a global center of Avant garde film production at the time. Dietrich sang what would become her signature song, "Falling in Love Again," in the movie.

On April 14, 1930, Marlene Dietrich arrived in Hollywood, to continue making films with von Sternberg, who had left Germany a few months earlier to work for Paramount Studios. In a letter written that evening, Dietrich mentioned that von Sternberg had greeted her at the train with two welcoming gifts from Paramount...a bouquet of flowers and a green Rolls-Royce.

Featured Sale at Bonhams

Sale 19680 - The Scottsdale Sale, 19 Jan 2012
Arizona, Scottsdale