London, 15 December 2018 |
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Bonhams took the record for the most valuable British car ever sold at a European auction when 1961 |
Aston Martin ‘MP209’ DB4GT Zagato ‘2 VEV’ sold for £10,081,500 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
Sale. In the same sale, a world record was set for a BMW at auction when the ex-John Surtees 1957 BMW
507 Roadster sold for £3,809,500. The 1932 Alfa Romeo Tipo B Grand Prix Monoposto achieved
£4,593,500. |
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At the Las Vegas Sale in January, Bonhams took the record for the most valuable motorcycle ever sold at |
auction when the ex-Tony McAlpine, Jack Ehret, Australian Land Speed Record-Breaking 1951
Vincent 998cc Black Lightning sold for $929,000. |
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At the Bond Street Sale, the 1958 BMW 507 3.2-Litre Series II Roadster owned by Count Albrecht Graf |
von Goertz, the model’s designer, sold for £2,367,000 and the 1924 Vauxhall 30/98 OE Velox Tourer
ordered new by the Maharajah of Jammu and Kashmir sold for £437,000, a world record for the model at
auction. |
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A 1958 Porsche 550A Spyder sold for $5,170,000 at the Scottsdale Sale in January. The 1972 Ferrari |
365 GTS/4 Daytona Spider for $2,640,000. |
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Bonhams sold the largest-ever collection of Fords in a single-owner on-site sale at our 100% sold Den |
Hartogh Collection in the Netherlands, led by a world record for the 1905 Ford Model B at €419,750. |
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News of the ‘Bond’ 1965 Aston Martin DB5 that featured in Goldeneye was spread across the globe. It sold |
at the Festival of Speed Sale for an impressive £1.9M. |
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The 1970 Husqvarna 400 Cross owned and ridden by Steve McQueen in On Any Sunday was one of the |
star lots at Bonhams first sale at the Barber Museum, Alabama. It sold for $230,500. |
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Both Stafford Motorcycles were record-breaking. The Spring edition set records for the most valuable |
Clymer Münch ‘Mammoth’ at auction (£154,940) and in the Autumn, the 1925 Brough Superior 981cc
SS100 Sand Racer Project became the most valuable Brough project at £264,500. Both sales saw more
than 90% of lots sold. |
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1926 Bentley 3-Litre Red Label Speed Modelsold at Les Grandes Marques du Monde au Grand Palais |
for €701,500 a world record for the model. |
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The 1993 McLaren MP4/8A used by Ayrton Senna at his final Monaco GP sold at the Monaco sale for |
€4,197,500 and his first Monaco Grand Prix car, the 1984 Toleman TG184 that sparked his rivalry with
Prost sold for a record €1,610,000. |
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The London to Brighton Sale enjoyed a sell-through rate of more than 95% and included a world record price |
for a Darracq at auction. The 1903 24hp Model JJ rear-entrance tonneau sold for £599,640. |
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At Quail Lodge, highlights included the 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K Sports Roadster ($3,578,442) and the |
1948 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Competizione ($3,525,000). |
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The biggest ever Zoute sale in Belgium achieved several model world auction records, including the 1962 |
Aston Martin DB4 ‘Series V’ Vantage (€1,121,250), the 1960 Ferrari 250 GT Series II Pininfarina
Coupé (€989,000) and the 1973 Citroën DS23 IE Décapotable (€425,000). |
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