All Entries Tagged With: "Bonhams"

Bonhams Quail Lodge Auction 2010 – Racing and Sports Cars
Bonhams’ annual summer sale at Quail Lodge will be held August 12-13, 2010 at the Quail Lodge in Carmel Valley, California. Now in its 13th year, Bonhams’ auction held during the Monterey Peninsula Car Week will once again prominently feature sporting cars. With many of Bonhams’ specialists competing regularly in racing events, and the firm’s [...]

Bonhams, Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010 Auction Report
Bonhams, Goodwood Festival of Speed, Chichester, Sussex, UK, July 2, 2010 Report by Rick Carey, Auction Editor The number of replicas and boy-racer modified cars at Bonham’s Goodwood Festival sale this year was surprising. Three GT40 replicas, a Cobra replica (with V-6 power at that), several modified Mustangs, a re-engined Corvette, and more. Even the [...]

Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010 Auction Results
The annual Bonhams Collectors’ Motor Cars and Automobilia auction at Goodwood Festival of Speed was held Friday, July 2nd, 2010, with total sales of £3,707,687 and a 75% sale rate. Group Head of Bonhams Motoring Department, James Knight, commented, “There was extraordinary strength of bidding in all areas of the market and we were exceptionally [...]

Greenwich Concours Auction Report 2010 – Bonhams
Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Bonhams & Butterfields held its 2010 Greenwich Concours d’Elegance auction on June 6th at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park in Greenwich, Connecticut. In only its third year at the Greenwich Concours Bonhams cemented its position as an important event on the annual collector car auction calendar. Underlining its [...]

New Bonhams Auction at Fairfield County Concours
Bonhams will conduct a featured auction at the 2010 Fairfield County Concours d’Elegance, the first time the event has aligned with an auction partner in its seven-year history. The one-day auction will take place on Sunday, September 12th, with a full-day preview on Saturday, September 11 on the grounds of the Fairfield County Hunt Club [...]

Aston Martin Auction 2010 Results – Bonhams
Bonhams 11th annual auction of Aston Martin and Lagonda Motor Cars and Related Automobilia – the only auction in the world solely dedicated to the marque – was held Saturday, 22nd May 2010 at Aston Martin Lagonda Limited Works Service, Newport Pagnell. The sale made a total of almost £4.7million, with 95% sold by lot. [...]

Barn Find James Bond Aston Martin Set for Bonhams Auction
A one owner 1962 ‘barn find’ DB4 Aston Martin used as a ‘test mule’ by James Bond special effects designers is to go up for auction at Bonhams Aston Martin car sale at the Aston Martin Works Service, Newport Pagnell on 22nd May 2010 – the only auction devoted entirely to this iconic marque. An [...]

2010 Les Grandes Marques à Monaco Auction Results – Bonhams
Bonhams held its 2010 Les Grandes Marques à Monaco on Friday, April 30th at the Musée des Voitures du Prince in Monaco, resulting in $3.9 million in sales and 67% of the cars sold. Top sale went to a 1954/56-type 2.5-Litre Maserati 250F Tipo 1 built by Cameron Millar at $422,770, followed by a 1934 [...]

Amalfitano Porsche Collection Featured at Bonhams Quail Lodge
The Michael L. Amalfitano collection of sports and racing cars, including significant competition Porsches, has been consigned to the Bonhams Quail Lodge sale, to be held August 12-13, 2010 at Quail Lodge in Carmel Valley, California. Racing cars featured in this well-known collection include a Porsche 917. While currently configured as an Interserie racing (European [...]

2010 Les Grandes Marques á Monaco Auction Preview – Bonhams
Bonhams will hold its 2010 Les Grandes Marques à Monaco on Friday, April 30th at the Musée des Voitures du Prince in Monaco, with 65 motor cars and more than 90 lots of automobilia on offer. Headline cars at the annual sale include a 1950 Ferrari 166/195S Cabriolet by Vignale (estimate 1,000,000 – 1,200,000 euros), [...]

Norton-JAP and Brough Superior Added to Bonhams Sale
Bonhams announced the addition of two new highlights to its motorcycle auction on 25th April 2010 at the International Classic MotorCycle Show, Stafford. One is the ex-Francis Williams, Basil Keys Norton-JAP 996cc Mk1 ‘Saltdean Special’ Sprinter (estimate £90,000-100,000) and the other a 1938 Brough Superior 982cc SS100 (estimate £110,000-130,000); both are expected to attract much [...]

Ferris Bueller Ferrari Cal Spyder Replica at Auction – Bonhams
A replica of the Ferrari 250GT California Spyder specially created for the 1986 Paramount hit film ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ is to be sold at Bonhams Collectors’ Motor Cars and Automobilia auction at 11am on 19th April at the RAF Museum, Hendon. Given the rarity and price of an original Cal Spyder, Paramount chose to [...]

Mercedes SS to Headline Expanded Quail Lodge Auction – Bonhams
A rare and beautiful 1930 Mercedes-Benz SS Sports Tourer will be featured at Bonhams’ Quail Lodge auction, which will be expanded to two days in 2010. Offered from the estate of a private collection, the Mercedes SS comes to market for the first time in 55 years. Originally delivered new to British owner Sir Alfred [...]

Ferrari Headlines Les Grandes Marques à Monaco Sale – Bonhams
Bonhams returns to Monaco for the 21st consecutive year for its Les Grandes Marques à Monaco auction, taking place on 30th April 2010 at the Musée des Voitures du Prince in the Principality. Bonhams unveiled a superb selection of collector cars as part of its annual sale, headlined by a 1950 Ferrari 166/195S Cabriolet by [...]

Bonhams Oxford Automobile Auction Results
Bonhams held its Collectors’ Motor Car and Automobilia sale in Oxford on March 6, 2010, fetching a grand total of £1,017,317 and an 86% sale rate with 44 out of 51 car lots selling. James Knight, Head of the Motoring department at Bonhams, comments, “This was our second sale at Oxford, and yet again delivered [...]
