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#35947 1928 S-Type Sindelfingen Sport/4 Engine: #71819 Komm: #40647 Reg: History #35947 was built for Al Jolson in 1928, it possibly passed to Fred Thorsen and then to Pierce Carlson. Either way Brooks Stevens owned it in 1948 and it remained in his museum until the late 1980s when it passed to Don Williams of Blackhawk fame. The car was offered several times through 2006 when it finally sold. RM offered the car in 2017 where it failed to sell at $3.5 million and it later passed to Europe where it is regularly offered at around the same money.

#35943 1928 S-Type Castagna DHC Engine: Komm: Reg: History US car, via Charles Howard to Quadbeck, Germany Image copyright R. Warth

#35942 1928 S-Type Saoutchik Cannes Roadster Engine: Komm: #42079 Reg: BF5153 History #35942 was delivered to a Cobb in New York, USA and was later shipped to the UK where it was stored until ‘63?, via Sothebys ‘80s, Sold $680k, via Axel Schuette ‘10s, shown at Retromobile ‘10s, to Uwe Schuler.

#35939 1928 S-Type Tourenwagen Engine: Komm: #46901 Reg: DKFL8H > L-IP 1928 History An Unknown Tourer, possibly by Erdmann & Rossi, with Friedhelm Loh in the ‘00s and then with Keller in California.

#35937 1928 SS-Type Tourenwagen > Erdmann & Rossi Tourer? > SSK-Type Rennwagen Rep. Engine: Komm: Reg: IIIA 12934>? History This is believed to have been an experimental SS-Type built on a S-Type chassis for the Nurburgring '28 where Walb and Werner finished 3rd, it was then sold to Willie Rosenstein and used widely in hillclimbs and road races with some success through 1930. Apparently this car was then used by Manfred von Brautisch in '31 and seized by the Nazis before passing to Andrei Fritsch in Argentina. Luis Brosutti raced the car for Fritsch and continued to race it through 1954. An Argentine dealer found the remains in the '60s and restored it as a SSK-Type and sold it to Terry Bennett who offered the car at auction in 1991 where it sold with two other Mercedes for $2 million. The buyer never paid and while the car was still in Bennetts garage a clothes drier malfunctioned and the SS-Type was burnt badly. The remains passed to Markus Kern and then to Alfred Richter in 2003 who claims it is a legitimate SS/SSK-Type but I wouldn't want to make any judgements on that.

#35920 1928 S-Type Buhne Tourer Engine: #68674 Komm: #39901 Reg: BYM244>9-449 History #35920 was delivered to Louis Delling/ Prince Hohenzollern in Dresden and he commissioned Glaser for coachwork in 1928. Its unclear what happened to the car but British dealer Bunty Scott-Moncrieff found it in 1935 and sold her to Peter F. Whalley in 1938. The car passed through various hands in the post war market for as low as 395 pounds. The car eventually sold to a Walter Stocklin in Maryland in 1954 and shortly afterwards to Leo Pavelle of the Pavelle film developing process fame before finally passing to Ed Jurist in 1970. John Riegel of the du Pont and Riegel fortunes found the car there in 1970 and bought her. After several decades of ownership DL George restored the S-Type while retaining its originality and finally in 2017 the family offered the car at Gooding Pebble Beach where they refused $5 million for it. Soon after the car returned to DL George and was refurbished in Black and in August 2021 will be a star at Bonhams Quail Lodge sale, estimated at $3 - 4 million.

I would love to know more information, see any pictures. Very interesting

#35908 1928 S-Type > SSK-Type Rennwagen Engine: #68662 Komm: Reg: NJ6004>XV7730 History And now things get really complicated. #35908 was built for Nina Mdvani, a Georgian socialite and serial marrier of celebrities, then married to Denis Conan-Doyle. Its unclear who actually got the car but the Conan-Doyles supposedly met von Oertzen, the Mercedes-Benz CEO, and he agreed to supply a new SSK-Type chassis in 1934/5 and the car was rebuilt around it. The Conan-Doyles are supposed to have raced it widely and it was sold in the late 1940s to the USA where it was owned by Mallay, Kennedy and Edward Trager. The car ended up with Lee Gohlike who is said to have only lightly modified it. It was soon sold to Germany and then on to Fred Simeone in the USA before seizure by Gohlikes bank before sale to Switzerland and finally Peter Agg in the UK who had it restored. Brooks offered this car at their 1996 Stuttgart auction and it sold to Germany soon after.

#35903 1928 S-Type Saoutchik Tourer Engine: #68659 Komm: Reg: History #35903 was built for the Vicomte (Vicome?) de Rivard of Paris, France. It was sold to the USA where it had just one owner for five decades. Most recently it has been owned by Howard Farfard in the USA. Fafard (1940 - 2021), a Massachusetts native and his wife became property developers in the 1980s and made enough money that they could indulge in their passions for fine Mercedes and this car was acquired in the 2000s. If anyone knows its US ownership history I would be grateful for the information.

#35350 1928 S-Type Engine: Komm: Reg: YW3470 History Delivered to Capt. Kruse. Capt. Kruse in the UK. It later passed through the trade in the 1950s and eventually sold to the Vintage Car Store in 1960. I have no further information but should still be in the USA.

#35342 1928 SS-Type>SSK-Type Rennwagen replica Engine: Komm: Reg: History #35342 is another car with little history. It was a US delivery via Mercedes-Benz NY to Mr. Cobb Darien although any further history is unknown. It was restored and upgraded to SSK spec in the 1970s and then sold by the restorer via Christies Pebble Beach in 1990 where it fetched $990k

#35336 1928 S-Type Fleetwood Tourer Engine: Komm: 66542 Reg: History #35336 is a Fleetwood Tourer owned by a Florida, USA collection displayed at Schloss Dyck in ‘18

#35327 1928 S-Type Saoutchik Cannes Roadster Engine: 66541 Komm: 38512 Reg: This was a little known Saoutchik Cannes Roadster delivered to William Durant (1861-1947), of GM fame. Its later believed to have passed via Alvin Storey and L. Hitz before sale at Christies Beaulieu in 1988. Any further information would be gladly accepted.

#35325 1928 S-Type Sindelfingen Sport/4 > Corsica DHC > SSK-Type Rennwagen Rep. Engine: #78758 > #66533 Komm: #45 Reg: ALB 804 > MG-1 IH History #35325 was a standard Sport/4 delivered to a Major Smith in the UK. It was later fitted with a diesel engine, passing through the trade for over a decade and receiving Corsica coachwork. It was sold in this form to Ray Jones and was rebuilt as a SSK before sale to Germany. This SSK-Type was then offered many times in the late 1990s and 2000s but remains in Germany. .

I don't have the book but would love to see a scan. I frankly have some doubts about the story, seems a little contrived but could be true. Far too many S-SSK/L Types were "discovered" by the major German collectors in the 1980s using modern Bauer made chassis frames. Not saying that happened here but worth being aware of. .