A 1936 Aston Martin Speed Model “Red Dragon” (estimate £1.6 to £2 million) is an early entry to the Bonhams 2016 Goodwood Revival classic car auction. The car was raced in period by Richard Dick Seaman, Eddie Hertzberger and finally Dudley Folland after the Second World War. This racing open Aston Martin is in the … Read more
A 1953 Jaguar XK120C C-Type Sports Racer sold for $8,220,000 as the highest price paid at the Bonhams 2016 classic car auction. Spirited bidding saw several cars selling well above pre-sale estimate including the 1991/2 Benetton Ford Formula 1 racing car achieving nearly four times its pre-auction estimate with a result of over €1 million. … Read more
A 1954 Aston Martin DB3S (estimate $8.4 – 9.8 million) is the leading entry for the Bonhams Aston Martin Works Sale auction on May 21, 2016. This rare Aston Martin Works team car, campaigned by amongst others Stirling Moss, Peter Collins and Roy Savadori is clearly the star entry at this single marque classic car … Read more
A 2009 Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren ‘Stirling Moss’ sold for €2,300,000 at the 2016 Bonhams Mercedes Benz Museum sale in Stuttgart, Germany. No further cars sold for more than a million dollar with none of the five 1930s Mercedes Benz 500 / 540 K cabriolets reaching the reserve margins. The second highest result in Stuttgart … Read more
A 1937 Bugatti Type 57 SC Sports Tourer sold for $9,735,000 as the top result at the 2016 Bonhams Amelia Island classic car auction. This also set a new Amelia Island classic car week auction record that is unlikely to stand for more than a day. A 1937 Mercedes Benz 540 K Cabriolet A sold … Read more
Five 1930s Mercedes Benz 500 / 540 K Cabriolets are on sale at the Bonhams Mercedes Benz 2016 classic car auction at the MB museum in Stuttgart, Germany. Eleven cars are expected to sell for over a million dollar each at the single-marque sale at the Mercedes Benz Museum in 2016. In addition to the … Read more
A 1937 Bugatti Type 57 SC Sports Tourer (estimate $ 11 – 13 million) is Bonhams leading entry for the 2016 Amelia Island, Florida classic car auction. Other top cars include a 1937 Mercedes Benz 540 K Cabriolet A (estimate: “Refer to Department”) and a 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 (estimate $ 2.7 – 3.2 million). … Read more
A 1966 Ferrari 275 GTB Berlinetta was at €2 million the only car to have sold for over a million dollar at the Bonhams 2016 Paris classic car auction. Bidding for the other five cars with pre-auction estimates of more than a million dollar stopped around 10% short of the lower estimates and the cars … Read more
A 1952 Jaguar C-Type will be the leading car in the 2016 Bonhams Monaco classic car auction. The running car is an original, unrestored condition. This Jaguar C-Type, UK road-registered ‘POV 114’, is preserved in the condition it was when racing in the 1950s. The car has been in single ownership for the past five … Read more
A 2015 McLaren P1 sold for $2 million and a 1962 Mercedes Benz 300 SL for $1.5 million as the top results at the 2016 Bonhams Scottsdale classic car sale. A 1971 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Berlinetta achieved a strong $1,155,000 while the 1928 Mercedes-Benz 630K La Baule Transformable just missed the million-dollar mark. A … Read more