Donnington auction of items owned by F1 racing tycoon
The inlaid, rosewood, key-wound, musical box was part of a furniture collection which in the 1960’s and 1970’s, graced the Nunney Court, Frome, Somerset home of Rob Walker, heir of whisky tycoon, Johnnie Walker.
Using his family fortune, Rob Walker bought and furnished Nunney Court and built the Rob Walker Racing Team, which won nine Grand Prix.
Top racing drivers of the day, including Sir Stirling Moss, Tony Brooks and Graham Hill, spent their downtime at Nunney Court, a grade II, Georgian manor.
Other furniture and sculptures in the 26-lot auction include a George III mahogany dining table, circa 1790, estimated at £800 to £1,200 and a 19th century sculpture of Venus de’Medici, in continental marble, estimated at £800 to 1,000.
The auction is at Dreweatts and Bloomsbury Auctions Donnington Priory saleroom, on Wednesday December 11.