Rolls ‘oldie’ sells for €4.9m

The oldest Rolls-Royce in the world broke records yesterday when it went under the hammer for £3.5 million (€4.9m).

The 1904 car sold for almost twice its estimate when it was bought by a private collector at Bonhams in London, in a tense auction that began at £1million and quickly evolved into a bidding war between two telephone buyers.

The previous highest price paid for a Rolls was in August this year when a 1912 Silver Ghost sold for £1.5m in California.