Royale mascotte on auction

octagonfox · **Joined:** Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:05 pm **Posts:** 232

The Binder Royale mascotte will be auctioned, see http://www.arteautoauction.com/auction/xcAuctioncover1.asp. Wonder how much it will go for.

Herman · **Posted:** Tue Oct 23, 2012 6:45 am

How much did the last one go for? 128k I believe?

octagonfox · **Joined:** Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:05 pm **Posts:** 232

More, it was a mere 238.000,- Euros. :shock:

Herman · **Posted:** Wed Oct 24, 2012 7:36 am

Oh, OK. Keep the change...

J.J.Horst · **Posted:** Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:28 pm

Tsss....

A lot of money for a mascotte!

One could also buy....

the remains of a 70 years sunken Brescia for that!

:mrgreen:

Greg Morgan · **Joined:** Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:10 am **Posts:** 334

I think the other mascot made such serious money because it was of greater provenence than this one. It was said to have come from the Coupe Napoleon via Schlumpf. However, it could just as easily have come from the Park Ward car - Fritz ran away with the mascots from both cars....

copperkettle · **Joined:** Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:23 pm **Posts:** 127

Greg:

You surely know more than I do on this topic, but didn't the Park Ward have a "Spirit of Ecstasy" (Rolls-Royce) mascot? If it didn't by the time it got to Schlumpf's, wouldn't the replacement "Elephant" have been a copy?

Cheers,

Sandy

barttore · **Joined:** Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:38 pm **Posts:** 642

There are more Royale elephants in auction:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/libreria-autodromo/m.html?_nkw=bugatti&_sacat=0&_sop=12&_dmd=1&_odkw=&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3911.c0.m270.l1313
:lol:

Greg Morgan · **Joined:** Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:10 am **Posts:** 334

No Sandy - although in the very beginning, the Park Ward was photographed for the Autocar magazine with the Rolls Royce mascot fitted this was replaced within the first few months by Cuthbert Foster with the Bugatti elephant.
This stayed with the car throughout JLB's and Shakespear's ownership- in fact there are some photos on this very site showing the car being loaded onto a freight train bound for France with Shakespear fitting the elephant back on.
As is common knowledge, none of the cars today have genuine mascots fitted.

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