Bonhams will sell an ex-Stirling Moss works 1952 Jaguar C-Type in a Monte Carlo classic car auction at the Monaco Historic Grand Prix week in May 2016. The car was driven by amongst others Stirling Moss and Peter Walker at Le Mans 24-Hours and the Mille Miglia. See also: 2016 Bonhams Monaco Sale (Press Release: … Read more
A 1930 Duesenberg Model J Disappearing Top Roadster became the most-expensive car ever sold at public auction in Denmark when it achieved $2.7 million at the Bonhams Frederiksen Collection sale. Six of the 48 cars on offer achieved results of more than a million dollar. The auction grossed $24 million – the highest ever in Denmark … Read more
A 1972 Maserati Boomerang Coupé design study by Giugiaro sold for $3,666,800 at the 2015 Bonhams classic car auction at the Chantilly Concours d’Elegance. Bonhams 2015 Chantilly Concours d’Elegance Sale Bonhams hosted its first classic car auction at the Arts & Elegance event in the grounds of the Château de Chantilly on September 5, 2015. … Read more
Bonhams will sell 48 cars, including 13 Rolls Royces, from the Frederiksen Collection at a classic car auction in Denmark on September 26, 2015. The single-owner collection includes the best of British, European and American motoring with most cars from the pre-War period and several manufactured before the First World War. The sale will feature … Read more
The top result at the 2015 Bonhams Quail Lodge auction during the Monterey classic car week was $8,525,000 paid for a 1959 Ferrari 250 GT Competizione. Bonhams achieved prices over a million dollar on 12 cars with the top-four, multi-million results all for Ferraris. A Porsche 959 Komfort sold for nearly $1.5 million while one … Read more
Well over 100 cars are expected to sell for over a million dollar each at the annual Monterey classic car week auctions in mid-August 2015. Ferraris are likely to achieve the highest results but this year will also see a range of top Porsche and Jaguar racing cars, McLarens, Maseratis, Lamborghinis and Mercedes Benz cars … Read more
A 1959 Ferrari 250 GT Competizione Alloy Berlinetta will headline the 2015 Bonhams Quail Lodge car auction during the Monterey classic car week in August. This “Tour de France” Ferrari comes with a pre-auction estimate of $9 to $12 million. Bonhams hope to achieve over a million dollar on 15 of the cars on offer. … Read more
The 2015 Bonhams Festival of Speed classic car auction will offer the very first Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Roadster ever built, estimate over $2 million. The car was the most expensive production vehicle on offer in the world when offered for $1.5 million in 1998. Mercedes Benz built only 25 CLK GTRs of which only six … Read more
A 1990-93 Porsche Type 962 C Endurance Racing Competition Coupe, sold for €1,495,000 at the Spa Sale – the highest online bid ever at a Bonhams auction. This Ex-Jürgen Oppermann/Otto Altenbach/Loris Kessel Obermaier Racing Porsche was also the top result at the Bonhams classic car auction in Belgium. The sale included several further Porsches and … Read more
Highlights from the 2015 Bonhams Aston Martin Works classic car sale included £1.5 million for the 1962 DB4 Vantage Convertible of Sir Peter Ustinov. However, a 1966 Aston Martin DB5 Convertible in ‘Vantage’ specification achieved the top result of £1,524,700. A further 1962 Aston Martin DB4 4.0-Litre Series IV Convertible also sold for more than … Read more
Sir Stirling Moss’s 1961 Porsche RS-61 Sports racing car will he one of the highlights of the 2015 Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed classic car auction. The car achieved 13 victories and 20 podium placings in SCCA National Competition in the USA but the car on offer was only raced by Stirling Moss in historic … Read more
Six cars sold for more than a million dollar at the Bonhams 2015 Mercedes Benz Museum classic car auction in Stuttgart. Top result was 1938 Mercedes Benz 540 K Cabriolet A sold for €2,760,000 while four 300 SLs sold for over a million dollar each. 2015 Bonhams The Mercedes Benz Sale Bonhams held its second … Read more