Valued at $475,000 to $550,000 in
August 2011 ... worth much more today.
A gifted
singer and dancer, Sammy Davis Jr. was a true 'car guy' who got great
pleasure from the string of luxury and high performance automobiles, a
noted client of famed custom car icon George Barris, his commissions
included the purchase of a 'Barrister' Corvette, and his Lincoln and
Stutz Blackhawk were revised by Barris. In his later life in lifestyle
publications he's frequently shown with an array of automobiles around
him, one regularly seen shows him with a De Lorean. Despite having
tragically lost an eye in a car accident in the 1950s, his passion for
the automobile never waned.
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