The Rolls-Royce Phantom VIII made its public debut at a special exhibition Rolls-Royce held in London two days later on 29 July. The event, dubbed “The Great Eight Phantoms”, took place a Bonhams auction house in Mayfair. The exhibition gathered a noteworthy Phantom from each generation, from Fred Astaire’s Phantom I to subsequent models driven by royalty, or made famous by celebrities, including John Lennon’s  Romany gypsy wagon-style painted Phantom V – John Lennon’s psychedelic Rolls-Royce.