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Seventy-six years after leaving the factory, one of the world\u2019s most extraordinary Mercedes-Benz motor cars, the von Krieger Special Roadster, a 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540 K, will be presented at Gooding & Company’s Pebble Beach Auction on August 18 & 19.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs one of Mercedes-Benz\u2019 ultra-rare 540 K Special Roadsters, the von Krieger Special Roadster is already a special car, yet it ranks superior to other examples because of its unrivalled condition, history and provenance,\u201d says David Gooding, President and founder of Gooding & Company.\u00a0 \u201cIts complete restoration, beautiful story and thoroughly documented history make it absolutely extraordinary and perhaps the finest 540 K Special Roadster in existence. It is the most exciting pre-war Mercedes-Benz I\u2019ve ever known.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The glamorous Special Roadster was purchased new in 1936 by an aristocratic Prussian family who owned some of the finest automobiles of the era. The Special Roadster was initially enjoyed by the von Krieger\u2019s son, Henning, before his sister, Gisela, assumed the driver\u2019s seat for her own use. Unlike many supercharged Mercedes-Benz, which were often stolen or lost during the war, the von Krieger\u2019s Special Roadster remained an important possession of the family, carefully stored and accounted for even while they lived outside of Germany avoiding Third Reich orders. After the war ended and the family reunited, Henning and Gisela moved to New York, shipping the Special Roadster on the Queen Elizabeth, in an effort to start a new life.\u00a0 To escape the city\u2019s heat, Baroness von Krieger summered at the Homestead Inn in Greenwich, where she kept her precious Special Roadster.<\/p>\n

Following the death of her brother and mother, Baroness Gisela returned to Switzerland where she lived as a recluse until her passing in 1989. Still among her impressive possessions was the Mercedes-Benz Special Roadster, tucked away in a Greenwich garage for the better part of four decades. After the estate was settled, the Special Roadster was sold to its current owner, who has generously cared for the car ever since.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seventy-six years after leaving the factory, one of the world\u2019s most extraordinary Mercedes-Benz motor cars, the von Krieger Special Roadster, a 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540 K, will be presented at Gooding & Company’s Pebble Beach Auction on August 18 & 19. \u201cAs one of Mercedes-Benz\u2019 ultra-rare 540 K Special Roadsters, the von Krieger Special Roadster is already a special car, yet it ranks superior to other examples because of its unrivalled condition, history and provenance,\u201d says David Gooding, President and founder […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":535383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10112,11577],"tags":[7366,11498],"class_list":["post-492514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-auctions","category-auction-action","tag-auctions","tag-gooding-company"],"yoast_head":"\nGooding to Offer 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