A Gallery for Car Enthusiasts Whose Taste Ranges From Vuitton to Cartier
Filed in archive Automobilia , British Cars by Philip Powell on December 03, 2007
I'm being sentimental once again so please forgive this connection with the past, for I was almost tearful when reading a Classic Driver article about the opening of The Gauntlett Gallery in London. Editor Steve Wakefield describes it as offering "the discerning collector an extensive selection of antique travel goods from Vuitton, Cartier, Hermès and Dunhill, as well as posters, smoking accessories and other objects of unparalleled quality." Steve mentions the Pimlico Road location when writing that "parked outside the newly refurbished gallery was a pre-War Alfa Romeo, not to mention several classic cars in the adjacent streets." My connection goes back many years when my family and I, as Canadian ex-pats, lived at 48 Morpeth Terrace, just around the corner from Pimlico Road. Had there been such a shop then, I could easily have afforded Vuitton, Cartier, etc. Now I can only look on in envy.
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