Billed as “The Aristocrat of the Automobiles,” the vehicles produced by the Fabbrica Automobili Isotta Fraschini were owned by some of the most exclusive clientele ever boasted by one marque: movie stars like Clara Bow and Rudolph Valentino, athletes like Jack Dempsey, magnates like William Randolph Hearst and all manner of royalty including a King and Queen, an Empress, scores of princes and princesses, several maharajahs, countless dukes, duchesses, barons, counts and viscounts, the Aga Khan, Benito Mussolini and Pope…

1930 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A Flying Star Roadster.
Photo: Casey Annis