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Coverage of Bonhams auctions, including previews, results and reports from the many Bonhams sales across the globe.
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. … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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. … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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) … [Read more...]
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. … [Read more...]
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). … [Read more...]
Bonhams Fairfield Concours d’Elegance, Westport, Connecticut, September 18, 2011Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction EditorBonhams 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 … [Read more...]
Bonhams & Butterfields, Quail Lodge, Carmel Valley, California, August 18-19, 2011Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction EditorThe 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 … [Read more...]
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. … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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. … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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