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Jesús Gil Rolls Royce sold to a constructor in Castellón
By m.p. - Feb 18, 2008 - 7:30 PM
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The Rolls Royce used by Jesús Gil when he was Mayor of Marbella. Photo – EFE.
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The 1992 Silver Spur went for a little over 39,000 €
The Rolls Royce which was used by the late Mayor of Marbella, Jesús Gil y Gil, an eight cylinder 1992 Silver Spur has a new owner, a construction company from Castellón. The roller was sold for a little over 39,000 € and now becomes the property of the Grupo Franco y Proyectos, which is based in Salzadella. The two other bids presented came from private individuals but were both around 3,000 € below the winning bid.

The reserve price was set at 34,650 €.

The car has been put up for auction before, twice by the Management Committee which ran the town for a year after the Town Hall’s dissolution in 2006, but both were called off after no bids were presented. And the previous Mayor of Marbella, Marisol Yagüe, announced that it would be put up for sale in February 2005: the Rolls was valued at that time at 250,000 €.

A meeting of the local government is expected to formalise the sale this week.


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