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Greystone Mansion Concours, May 1 2016

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Best of Show Concours de Sport, Ron Hein, 1961 Alfa Romeo Sprint Zagato Coda Tronca Best of Show Concours d’Elegance , Ron & Sandy Hansen, 1903 Thomas Model 18

Best of Show Concours de Sport, Ron Hein, 1961 Alfa Romeo Sprint Zagato Coda Tronca with Best of Show Concours d’Elegance, Ron & Sandy Hansen, 1903 Thomas Model 18. Photo Greystone.

The Greystone Mansion Concours
Very chi-chi..

Story by Wallace Wyss
Photos by Richard Bartholomew

Wasn’t it F. Scott Fitzgerald who said “The rich are very different from you and me?”

You get a sense of what the rich must have lived like back in 1920’s Los Angeles when you see the sight of this mansion, with stone walls and slate roofs, high on a hill overlooking Beverly Hills.

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Holy BatConcours!

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Story and photos by Wallace A. Wyss

[We were holding this article on the Greystone Concours held at the Doheny Mansion and run it along with an article about Bill Doheny and his cars. But information is not easy to obtain and we are still doing research. (yes, we need help!) In the meantime, we can’t let this neat story by Wally Wyss simply slip away. Late, but still good, we present it now with our apologies. Ed.]

If there really was a Bruce Wayne (aka “Batman”) and he had a mansion in Beverly Hills, then Greystone Mansion would be it. In fact it’s been used as a set for many films, including “Batman and Robin” with George Clooney. It is a genuine fieldstone mansion, with a slate roof, cobblestone courtyards, manicured gardens, all located high in the hills above Sunset strip, and was built by E.L. Doheny who reportedly was the first to strike oil in L.A. He built the mansion in 1928 for his son Ned, whose son William would eventuall become very active in the Southern Cal sports car movement. It is now a recognized historical landmark. Doheny’s place made a near perfect site for a concours d’elegance on April 11, 2010, and yours truly was privileged to be one of the few reporters invited to the $100 apiece spectator price event.

A 1937 6CM 1500 Maserati, chassis 1540. Once owned by UK vintage racer R. Fielding, and it was sold at a Goodings Auction in 2006 for $726,000. No name tag on the car but plenty of interest.


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