As of Dec. 23, 2024, this is the information we have about this car:
[Sep.01.2008] Car #40 was advertised for sale in Ohio in May, 1992 [info supplied kindly by Jason Frey]; the car was described as black with 77,000 miles on the odometer and the asking price was (only?) $25,000. Not a bad price, says Jason, considering that in the same month of the same yearand in the same state a restored 1953 Eldorado was offered for sale for $225,000 dollars! Such, Jason, is the price differential between a sedan and a convertible ofequal rarity. Thanks for adding one more Brougham to the list. Late extra [1/2006]: Thanks to enthusiast, David King forbringing to my attention the presence of this car for sale on EBay. Now it islocated in North Carolina. The vendor says about the car: Thiscarisnot restored, it isall original [my emphasis]. This car has been garaged throughout it's lifetime. The windshield glass is perfect! There is no rust on the entire car. This car is in absolutely incredible shape, but is not perfect. With very little work, and a few finishing touches, this car would be Barrett Jackson quality! Paint and trim do appear original; however, from what I can see in the photos (below), the ELDORADOlettering on both the hood and trunk are not original; these block letters are too wideand too low [BTW, I saw a set of repro letters for sale on eBay, in Jan. 2007, with astarting bid of $100]. There may be also other 'minor' originality flaws, suchas that weird, carpet-covered instrument panel! I believe this is the same car that wasoffered at auction by Kruse, in Fort Lauderdale, in January, 2006 [Lot #5012]. Am Icorrect? Later still [1/2007]: the car wasoffered for sale again, this time on eBay, by that master of inventiveness,'luvdg' [aka Marv F.]. Remember him? He's the millionaire with the museum andthe Ph.D. in Ft. Lauderdale who sold that bizarre, prize-winning red,restored-to-perfection '1959-60' Cadillac convertible with TV in the dash,claiming it to be 'the' 1959 prototype 1960 Cadillac show car from the 1959 GMMotorama [check it out]. Even Later[8/2007]: the car made another appearance on eBay [item #180151409687], againoffered by Marv. In the description the vendor said $100,000 had been spent on restoringthis elegant, exquisite, spectacular car; there were kudos to Harley Earl for theBrougham prototype he showed during the 1955 Motorama, as well as to his grandson,Richard, for his website in honor of his grandfather (see below); what bearing on the saleof this car? According to the vendor again, every Brougham was sold before ithit the Cadillac showroom; he asserted that each Brougham came also with an EvansCadillac Lighter and a Motorama key chain and key blank.; of course, this isb/s. The car was offered also with ALL the vanity items ...for which the vendorclaimed he had paid $25,000! They included the Evans/Cadillac hand lighter [???] init's original box with instructions and the rare...rare...rare Motorama key chainand blank key [???]. Interestingly, in early 2007 I noticed that 'luvdg' had paid over $50 on eBay (item 290065407769) for a boxed set of silver'Cross' pen and pencil; he said it was 'for his Brougham'; they were NOT the correct model for this car! This was lot #7167 at Russo & Steele's Monterey venue in 2007; according to the catalog description, the car was restored to meticulous standards [???] over the past 12 months, with $111,000 spent on this79,000 mile car [in a subsequent Hemmings ad, the total receipts were claimed to amount to $130,000!]. So far as I know, no sale ensued (the bidding closed at$110,000). You will note that despite the $111,000 'luvdg' put into restoringthe car, the dash is far from perfect, photos show non-authentic hood and trunklettering as well as some vanities. I imagine a few other corners were cut too. Latest [9/2008]: 'luvdg' put this car up for sale once again on Ebay; his 'Buy-it-Now' price was just shy of $200,000 ... but bidding stopped at $75,100 this time. The car was featured also in Hemmings around thesame time with a price tag of $175,000. Give it a few more months and potential buyers will probably be looking at a price tag of $250K!
[Sep.01.2008] Car #40 was advertised for sale in Ohio in May, 1992 [info supplied kindly by Jason Frey]; the car was described as black with 77,000 miles on the odometer and the asking price was (only?) $25,000. Not a bad price, says Jason, considering that in the same month of the same yearand in the same state a restored 1953 Eldorado was offered for sale for $225,000 dollars! Such, Jason, is the price differential between a sedan and a convertible ofequal rarity. Thanks for adding one more Brougham to the list. Late extra [1/2006]: Thanks to enthusiast, David King forbringing to my attention the presence of this car for sale on EBay. Now it islocated in North Carolina. The vendor says about the car: Thiscarisnot restored, it isall original [my emphasis]. This car has been garaged throughout it's lifetime. The windshield glass is perfect! There is no rust on the entire car. This car is in absolutely incredible shape, but is not perfect. With very little work, and a few finishing touches, this car would be Barrett Jackson quality! Paint and trim do appear original; however, from what I can see in the photos (below), the ELDORADOlettering on both the hood and trunk are not original; these block letters are too wideand too low [BTW, I saw a set of repro letters for sale on eBay, in Jan. 2007, with astarting bid of $100]. There may be also other 'minor' originality flaws, suchas that weird, carpet-covered instrument panel! I believe this is the same car that wasoffered at auction by Kruse, in Fort Lauderdale, in January, 2006 [Lot #5012]. Am Icorrect? Later still [1/2007]: the car wasoffered for sale again, this time on eBay, by that master of inventiveness,'luvdg' [aka Marv F.]. Remember him? He's the millionaire with the museum andthe Ph.D. in Ft. Lauderdale who sold that bizarre, prize-winning red,restored-to-perfection '1959-60' Cadillac convertible with TV in the dash,claiming it to be 'the' 1959 prototype 1960 Cadillac show car from the 1959 GMMotorama [check it out]. Even Later[8/2007]: the car made another appearance on eBay [item #180151409687], againoffered by Marv. In the description the vendor said $100,000 had been spent on restoringthis elegant, exquisite, spectacular car; there were kudos to Harley Earl for theBrougham prototype he showed during the 1955 Motorama, as well as to his grandson,Richard, for his website in honor of his grandfather (see below); what bearing on the saleof this car? According to the vendor again, every Brougham was sold before ithit the Cadillac showroom; he asserted that each Brougham came also with an EvansCadillac Lighter and a Motorama key chain and key blank.; of course, this isb/s. The car was offered also with ALL the vanity items ...for which the vendorclaimed he had paid $25,000! They included the Evans/Cadillac hand lighter [???] init's original box with instructions and the rare...rare...rare Motorama key chainand blank key [???]. Interestingly, in early 2007 I noticed that 'luvdg' had paid over $50 on eBay (item 290065407769) for a boxed set of silver'Cross' pen and pencil; he said it was 'for his Brougham'; they were NOT the correct model for this car! This was lot #7167 at Russo & Steele's Monterey venue in 2007; according to the catalog description, the car was restored to meticulous standards [???] over the past 12 months, with $111,000 spent on this79,000 mile car [in a subsequent Hemmings ad, the total receipts were claimed to amount to $130,000!]. So far as I know, no sale ensued (the bidding closed at$110,000). You will note that despite the $111,000 'luvdg' put into restoringthe car, the dash is far from perfect, photos show non-authentic hood and trunklettering as well as some vanities. I imagine a few other corners were cut too. Latest [9/2008]: 'luvdg' put this car up for sale once again on Ebay; his 'Buy-it-Now' price was just shy of $200,000 ... but bidding stopped at $75,100 this time. The car was featured also in Hemmings around thesame time with a price tag of $175,000. Give it a few more months and potential buyers will probably be looking at a price tag of $250K!