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Bonhams Monaco 2012 – Auction Preview

Sports Car Digest — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:00:27 +0000

Ford Falcon Futura Sprint, class winner at the 1963 Monte Carlo Rally (estimate €150,000 – 200,000)

The Bonhams Les Grandes Marques à Monaco 2012 auction will be held 11th May at the Musée des Voitures du Prince in Monte Carlo. The 26th annual sale coincides with the Monaco Historic Grand Prix, which is held every two years on the Monaco F1 street course.

Headline offerings at the 2012 Bonhams Monaco auction include examples from Bugatti, Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Rolls-Royce, Aston Martin, Maserati and Facel Vega.

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McLaren F1 GTR Headlines Bonhams Quail Lodge 2012

Sports Car Digest — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:00:54 +0000

1997 McLaren F1 GTR Longtail, Chassis 028R

Bonhams will offer the ex-GTC Gulf Team Davidoff 1997 McLaren F1 GTR Longtail FIA GT Endurance Racing Coupe at its 2012 Quail Lodge auction, scheduled for Thursday and Friday, August 16th and 17th at Quail Lodge in Carmel, California.

The McLaren F1 GTR at the 2012 Bonhams Quail Lodge auction, chassis 028R, is the 28th McLaren F1 GTR produced by the British McLaren Cars factory in Woking, Surrey, the last of that final year’s batch of only ten highly developed ‘Longtail’ cars.

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Lotus Collection Offered at Bonhams Goodwood FoS 2012

Sports Car Digest — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:00:51 +0000

Ex-Team Lotus, Cliff Allison/Keith Hall 1956 Lotus XI 'Wide-body' Le Mans photographed during the 1956 Le Mans 24 Hours passing the works Gordini of Andre Milhoux and Charles de Clareur. Estimate: £135,000 - 175,000. (photo credit: LAT Photographic)

The Lotus collection of Olav Glasius will be offered for sale at the 2012 Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed auction, scheduled for Friday 29th June on the grounds of Goodwood House in West Sussex, England. The Glasius Lotus Collection is expected to realise in excess of £1.5 million.

As a young motor racing enthusiast watching the legendary Jim Clark dominate the 1963 Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort in a Lotus 25, Olav Glasius became a lifelong fan of this legendary British marque.

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Bonhams Oxford 2012 – Auction Results

Sports Car Digest — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:30:47 +0000

Bonhams held its Collectors’ Motor Cars Oxford auction on March 3rd, 2012, resulting in total sales of £1.29 million and a 100% sell-through rate.

The top result at the 2012 Bonhams Oxford sale was the 1961 Ferrari 250GTE 2+2 Series 1 Coupe that belonged to the Oscar-winning producer Agostino De Laurentiis, who produced over 150 films including Barbarella, King Kong and Manhunter. The barn-find Ferrari sold for £101,180 against a pre-sale estimate of £40,000 – 60,000.

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Bonhams Scottsdale 2012 – Auction Report

Rick Carey — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:00:15 +0000

Bonhams, Westin Kierland Resort, Scottsdale, Arizona, January 19, 2012

Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor

Bonhams joined the Arizona auction extravaganza this year, finding a choice location at the Westin Kierland Resort just across Scottsdale Road from the Scottsdale airport, about as centrally located as it’s possible to be and verdantly situated in something of an oasis of green grass, manicured bushes and plentiful close-in hardtop parking.

It was refreshing and rivaled RM’s Phoenix location at the Biltmore but with more grass. Grass is a rare luxury in Scottsdale, the antithesis of dust, gravel, cactus and prickly bushes that are the Valley of the Sun’s native environment, as pretty much anyone who’s parked at WestWorld knows only too well.

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Bonhams Paris Sale 2012 – Auction Results

Sports Car Digest — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:00:54 +0000

Bonhams held its flagship Paris auction on Thursday 2 February 2012 at La Halle Freyssinet in Paris, resulting in total sales of €7,198,038 and a 62% sell-through rate.

Bonhams offered over 100 cars and 35 motorcycles, including three private collections, with top sale going to the 1961 Aston Martin DB4GT Coupe that sold for €1,012,000.

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Bonhams Paris Sale 2012 – Auction Preview

Sports Car Digest — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:00:22 +0000

Bonhams will hold its flagship Paris auction on Thursday 2 February 2012 at La Halle Freyssinet in Paris. Over 100 cars and 35 motorcycles, including several French-built cars and three private collections, are to be sold at the auction.

Initially scheduled for 1 February 2012, Bonhams decided to move its sale to Thursday 2 February, after a competitor cancelled its sale on that day. Bonhams believes that the move to Thursday 2 February will facilitate buying opportunities for those attending the car auctions in Paris.

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Bonhams Scottsdale 2012 – Auction Results

Sports Car Digest — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:00:31 +0000

The inaugural Bonhams Scottsdale auction was staged January 19th, 2012 at the Westin Kierland Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona, resulting in $5.7 million in sales and a 60% sell-through rate.

Bonhams assembled 67 automobiles for their first Arizona Auction Week sale, with a 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K Cabriolet C taking home the top result at $667,000.

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Bonhams Scottsdale 2012 – Auction Preview

Sports Car Digest — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:00:51 +0000

The inaugural Bonhams Scottsdale auction will be held January 19th, 2012 at the Westin Kierland Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Bonhams assembled approximately 65 automobiles for their first foray into Arizona Auction Week, headlined by the 1967 Porsche 906E Racing Coupe, 1924 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8 Torpedo Tourer, 1932 Packard Model 904 Custom Convertible Victoria with coachwork by Dietrich and Marlene Dietrich’s former 1929 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Transformable Convertible Sedan.

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Daniels Collection at Bonhams Goodwood 2012

Sports Car Digest — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:00:07 +0000

The George Daniels Collection of motorcars and motorcycles will headline the 2012 Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed auction, scheduled for Friday 29th June on the Tapestry Lawn at Goodwood House in Chichester, Sussex. The seven automobiles and two motorcycles consigned to the Bonhams Goodwood sale are expected to realise in excess of £8,000,000.

George Daniels CBE, DSc, FBHI, FSA (1926-2011) was one of the few modern watchmakers who could conceive, design and hand-make a complete watch from blank sheet of paper to finished, ticking, utterly supreme timepiece. Daniels is perhaps most famous for creating the co-axial escapement (the device that drives a timekeeping mechanism) which has been described as the most important horological development for 250 years.

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Bonhams Mercedes-Benz World 2011 – Auction Results

Sports Car Digest — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:00:20 +0000

Bonhams held its Motor Cars and Automobilia auction on 1 December 2011 at Mercedes-Benz World in Surrey, England, resulting in total sales in excess of £3,000,000.

Top sale at the 2011 Bonhams Mercedes-Benz World auction went to an unrestored works racing team 1953 Austin-Healey ’100′ Special Test Car that sold for a world record £843,000.

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Bonhams London to Brighton 2011 – Auction Results

Sports Car Digest — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:00:20 +0000

Bonhams held its annual 2011 Veteran Motor Cars and related Automobilia on Friday November 4th at their London saleroom, launching the weekend of the historic London to Brighton Veteran Car Run.

The Bonhams London to Brighton 2011 auction saw 147 lots on offer, including eight veteran cars (four that were entered into the 2011 London to Brighton run).

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Bonhams Fairfield Concours 2011 – Auction Report

Rick Carey — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:00:57 +0000

Bonhams Fairfield Concours d’Elegance, Westport, Connecticut, September 18, 2011

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Bonhams returned to the Fairfield Concours d’Elegance for its second year and, in common with the concours, expanded to two days with an opening day sale of automobilia and Rolls-Royce and Bentley parts from the estate of Bob Jefferson.

One of the Fairfield Concours special classes was barn finds and one of the class highlights was the Bugatti Type 57 Ventoux Coupe which headlined Bonhams’ auction on Sunday.

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Bonhams Quail Lodge 2011 – Auction Report

Rick Carey — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:00:42 +0000

Bonhams & Butterfields, Quail Lodge, Carmel Valley, California, August 18-19, 2011

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The Bonhams Quail Lodge auction during Monterey Week, August 18-19, 2011, was marked by several important transactions.

The sale’s top one, the BMW 507 for just over $1 million (with commission) was particularly noteworthy. It was almost exactly the same price RM got for its 507, yet they were very different cars. Bonhams’ example was, as described below, very attractively restored while RM’s was very original, illustrating the appeal of extremes in car collecting and collectors’ evaluation of their diametrically opposed attributes in nearly equivalent terms.

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Bonhams Goodwood Revival 2011 – Auction Results

Sports Car Digest — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:00:04 +0000

Bonhams held its 2011 Goodwood Revival auction on 16 September at the Goodwood Motor Circuit in West Sussex, England, resulting in total sales of more than £6.5 million.

Top sale at the 2011 Bonhams Goodwood Revival auction went to the 1971 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Spyder with coachwork by Pininfarina – one of only 25 of European specification – that sold for £595,500.

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Bonhams Beaulieu Autojumble 2011 – Auction Results

Sports Car Digest — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:00:11 +0000

Bonhams held its Beaulieu Autojumble auction on 10 September 2011 at the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu, Hampshire, UK, resulting in total sales of £2.8 million with 93% sold by lot and 92% sold by value.

Bonhams reported that British buyers had to feverishly compete with a contingent of Continental and Inter-Continental bidders, with no less than sixty motor cars and motorcycles going to overseas clients including the US, New Zealand and a number of Middle Eastern countries.

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Bonhams Adds Arizona Auction to 2012 Calendar

Sports Car Digest — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:00:12 +0000

Bonhams will throw their hat into the Arizona Auction Week ring in 2012, joining RM Auctions, Gooding and Company, Barrett-Jackson, Russo and Steele and others. The new Bonhams auction will be held January 19th, 2012 at the Westin Kierland Resort & Spa in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Bonhams announced early consignments for their inaugural Arizona auction, including a fully-restored 1924 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8 Torpedo Tourer, 1932 Packard Model 904 Custom Convertible Victoria with coachwork by Dietrich and Marlene Dietrich’s former 1929 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Transformable Convertible Sedan.

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Bonhams Quail Lodge Auction 2011 – Results

Sports Car Digest — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:00:31 +0000

Bonhams held its 2011 Quail Lodge auction on August 18-19 at the Quail Lodge in Carmel, California, resulting in $11 million in total sales and a 50% sell-through rate.

Held in connection with The Quail, A Motorsport Gathering, the 14th annual Bonhams Quail Lodge sale featured approximately 130 cars and motorcycles.

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Headline Cars at Bonhams Goodwood Revival 2011

Sports Car Digest — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:00:22 +0000

Bonhams announced two headline consignments for its upcoming Collectors’ Motor Cars and Automobilia auction at the Goodwood Revival Meeting on 16 September, 2011.

In the 50th anniversary year of the E-Type Jaguar, these two consignments are the ex-Sir Robert Ropner ‘Semi-Lightweight’ E-Type plus the ex-Briggs Cunningham Team 1958 Lister-Jaguar ‘Knobbly’ sports-racing car.

While the ‘Semi-Lightweight’ E-Type is one of only two built by the Jaguar factory, the Cunningham team car – which was driven in period by American road racing superstars Walt Hansgen and Ed Crawford – is billed as one of the finest of all surviving Lister-Jaguars.

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Bonhams Quail Lodge Auction 2011 – Preview

Sports Car Digest — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:00:07 +0000

Bonhams will hold its 14th annual Monterey Week auction at the Quail Lodge in Carmel, California. The two-day sale will take place on Thursday and Friday, August 18-19, 2011.

The 2011 Bonhams Quail Lodge auction, held in connection with The Quail, A Motorsport Gathering, will feature approximately 130 cars and motorcycles, highlighted by the

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