This 1928 Mercedes-Benz S-Type Could Fetch $2.3 Million at Auction

As with many of the blue-chip collector cars from the last century, the early Mercedes-Benz S-Type, introduced in 1927, was inherently a race car that could be transformed into a powerful, road-going calling card for society’s most upwardly mobile. On December 11, one of the only 174 examples of the model ever made will cross the auction block through Bonhams. Already a rarity, this particular S-Type also has the distinction of being owned by Academy Award–winning actor Peter Ustinov…