Sports Car Digest - The Sports, Racing and Vintage Car Journal
Sports Car Digest focuses on Classic Car Auctions, Concours d’Elegance, Vintage Car Racing, Road Rallies and other historic automotive events.
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 a very strong performance. The test for any new venue is looking at how you … [Read more...]
A collection of quality motor cars, spanning every decade, starting with a 1910 Hupmobile Model 20 Tourer (estimate £10,000 – 12,000), and going through to a 2005 Ferrari/Foreman Mk4 V12 Spyder Recreation (estimate £65,000 – 85,000) are being offered at the Collectors’ Motor Cars and Automobilia sale in Oxford on 6th March 2010. Last year’s March sale of the same name was the first … [Read more...]
The Aston Martin DB2 Team Car ‘VMF 65’ will headline the 11th annual Bonhams auction of Aston Martin and Lagonda Motor Cars and Related Automobilia. The auction will be held on 22nd May 2010 at Aston Martin Lagonda Limited Works Service, Newport Pagnell. ‘VMF 65’ – the ex-Works 1950 Aston Martin DB2 Team Car, Registration no. VMF 65, Chassis no. LML/50/9 – is a British Racing Green … [Read more...]
Bonhams held its third annual Automobiles d‘Exception à Retromobile sale on January 23, 2010 at the Porte de Versailles in Paris, resulting in sales of 6.3 million euros and a 60% sold rate. Taking place during the 35th Rétromobile exhibition, Bonhams Automobiles d‘Exception auction garnered an international audience in the room as well as the large bank of telephone bidders. … [Read more...]
Bonhams will hold its third annual Automobiles d ‘Exception à Retromobile sale on January 23, 2010 at the Porte de Versailles in Paris, taking place during the 35th Rétromobile exhibition. Bonhams will offer 99 motor cars and 50 items of automobilia by auction, headlined by a 28-car collection belonging to an Andalusian industrialist that includes five Hispano-Suiza cars with elegant … [Read more...]
Bonhams finished the year with its annual sale of Important Collectors’ Motor Cars & Fine Automobilia at London’s Olympia on December 7th, 2009, resulting in total sales of £3.7 million and 95% of lots sold by value. First in the line-up was a 1906 Rolls-Royce Light 20hp Tourer, one of only two survivors of the 17 built when the company was in its infancy and the sixth oldest … [Read more...]
Bonhams held the Willy Neutkens Collection of BMW Motorcycles auction on Saturday, November 28th, 2009 at the BMW Museum in Munich, Germany. The Neutkens Collection comprised 94 Lots (91 motorcycles; an Ural side-car; a BMW stationary engine; and a wooden model) and carried a pre-sale estimate … [Read more...]
Bonhams unveiled the line-up for its annual sale of Important Collectors’ Motor Cars & Fine Automobilia at London’s Olympia on December 7th, 2009. Leading the charge is a 1906 Rolls-Royce Light 20hp Tourer, one of only two survivors of the 17 built when the company was in its infancy and the sixth oldest Rolls-Royce remaining today. … [Read more...]
Bonhams & Butterfields celebrated the eighth year of its “Classic California” auction at the Petersen Automotive Museum on November 14th, 2009, with total sales of $2,138,736 for automotive collectibles and celebrity-owned vehicles, cars and motorcycles from noted private collections. With a headlining ensemble of 28 cars from the Sam Garrett Collection and 33 motorcycles from the Forest … [Read more...]
The saleroom at the Yorkshire Event Centre was packed on November 18th, 2009 with a mixture of local bidders and international enthusiasts for Bonhams annual sale of Collectors’ Motor Cars, Motorcycles, Historic Commercial Vehicles and Automobilia at Harrogate. Spirited bids saw 92.14% of items on offer sold by lot (89.38% by value). The biggest sale of the day was a 1933 Lagonda 16/80 … [Read more...]
Bonhams is offering a 1926-27 1.5-litre supercharged straight-eight Talbot-Darracq as part of its line-up for the annual Retromobile auction to be held in Paris, on January 23, 2010. Its pre-sale estimate is 400,000 - 600,000 Euros. The car was conceived by two Italian Grand Prix engineers working at Talbot’s Suresnes factory in Paris and at the time set new standards in automobile … [Read more...]
Bonhams had a busy September, offering 530 cars across five auction sales for a grand total of £9.63 million, reflecting the enduring appeal of classic cars and automobilia. On September 26th, Bonhams made their sale debut at the annual Weekend de l’Excellence Automobile at Reims, raising Euro 2.71 million with 70% sold by lot. The top seller was a rare … [Read more...]
Bonhams held its annual Goodwood Revival auction on Friday, September 18th, with more than £3.87 million changing hands by the end of the sale. As the great and good gathered to celebrate the ‘Golden Era’ of motor sport at what has become one of the world’s most popular race meetings, the Bonhams tent was filled with spirited bidders keen to go home with some of the exceptional lots on … [Read more...]
Bonhams announced a new sale to be held during the “Weekend de L’Excellence Automobile” at Reims-Gueux Circuit in France on Saturday, September 26th. Racing into pole position is a 1912 5 litre chain drive Bugatti racing car, created and owned by the eponymous Ettore Bugatti who raced it to great success at Le Mans and the Mont Ventoux Hill Climb between 1912-1914. The car was … [Read more...]
Bonhams & Goodman announced that it has consigned a fully restored 1940 Hawker Hurricane MkIIA, a former WWII fighter, for its Military and Aviation Collectibles auction on September 27, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia. One of only eleven airworthy examples worldwide, the Hurricane is a survivor of four major battle campaigns during the Battle of France and the Battle of Britain. She was damaged … [Read more...]
