DB5 Sports saloon achieved an impressive £860,600 at Bonhams Aston Martin sale

London, 20 May, 2019

A 1965 DB5 Sports saloon achieved an impressive £860,600, leading this weekend�s Bonhams Aston Martin sale, staged within the idyllic grounds of the Wormsley Estate in Buckinghamshire, in conjunction with the Aston Martin Owners Club�s Spring Concours.

The subject of a recent �no expense spared� restoration, offered in the classic finish of �Silver Birch� paintwork and black leather interior, the DB5 sparked a three-way USA, Scandinavian and UK bidding war before finally being sold to a telephone bidder in the UK.

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Also breaking through the £800,000 barrier was a 1963 DB4 Series V Convertible, one of only 70 such models produced. This example, bearing the �Gold Standard� of the Aston Martin Assured Provenance bumper to bumper inspection, realised a final sale price of £810,200.

The Seventies� classic V8 Series 4 �Oscar India� sports saloon, (estimated at £70,000 - £90,000) achieved £132,250. This 1979 example, believed to have been supplied new to the Sultan of Oman, was bought by a UK bidder following another Trans-Atlantic bidding battle.

Other results that demonstrate the spectrum of the sale include:

·	1966 DB6 Sports Saloon, estimated at £200,000 - £250,000 and extensively restored between 2015 and

2018, realised £250,125.

·	1955 DB2/4 3.0 litre Sports Saloon, estimated at £100,000 - £120,000, sold for £120,750.
·	1952 Lagonda 2.6 litre Drophead Coupé, the oldest car on offer at the sale and estimated at £70,000 -

£80,000, achieved £80,500.

Tim Schofield, Bonhams Head of Motoring UK, commented
�This was a fantastic result for the DB5 � and proves the perennial popularity of the quintessential �Bond� car. The last three DB5s sold by Bonhams at Wormsley, Goodwood and in our Bond Street sale have all realised strong over-estimate results.

�This is a very impressive result for this particular car, which has been restored without regard to expense, and is the highest price paid in the last few years for a right-hand drive DB5 without 'Bond' or celebrity-related provenance; showing that the market has yet again concurred with the specialist views.�

Bonhams� next UK motor car sale will be the Festival of Speed Sale at Goodwood on 5 July.

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