The Woodmansee Trophy

A pair of book ends in solid brass, the very last of the original ‘Silver Lady’ mascots cast from the actual sculptor’s moulds by Charles and Jo Sykes in 1939. Surplus to the final order, they were sub-sequently offered by Jo to Rolls-Royce in the early 1950s and accepted and paid for by them. In 1957, at the Concours d ‘Elegance organised by the 20-Ghost Club as part of the Silver Ghost Jubi-lee Rally at Buxton, these mascots were donated by Rolls-Royce as first prize, which was won by Webster Woodmansee of Milwaukee, USA, with his 1922 Springfield Silver Ghost Brewster Tour-er (62UG) and in 1989 donated back to the Club on its fortieth anniversary. Awarded annually to the owner of the Silver Ghost which travels the greatest distance between 1 December and the fol-lowing 30 November, or if a Silver Ghost wins the Alpine Trophy, then to the next highest Silver Ghost mileage. This trophy may not be awarded to the same person for the same car more than three times.