Tom Gidden ©2019 Courtesy of RM Sotheby's

Lot 128

Paris 2020

1954 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing

Offered from the Poster Car Collection

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€1,073,750 EUR | Sold

France | Paris, France

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The Gullwing at speed during the 1955 Rally of the Midnight Sun.

Olle Persson and codriver Rune Bertilsson in the Gullwing prior to the 1955 Rally of the Midnight Sun.

Olle Persson and codriver Rune Bertilsson pictured with the Gullwing at the start of the 1955 Rally of the Midnight Sun.

Flemming Uziel poses with Chassis no. 4500034 circa 1980.

Chassis no. 4500034 as seen in Katrineholm, Sweden.

Harry Tilgmann pictured with chassis no. 4500034 in Sweden.

Chassis no. 4500034 as seen in Sölve Relve’s ownership.

Harry Forss, former employee of Philipsons, Mercedes-Benz distributor in Stockholm, poses with an early Gullwing in 1954, believed to be chassis no. 4500034.

Olle Perssons and chassis no. 4500034 setting a Swedish ice record on Lake Varpen in 1955.