The Mercedes-Benz 630K Tourer was in original unrestored condition and had been in single family ownership
in Spain since new – quite remarkable. It even had bullet holes in it, an injury received during the 1936
Spanish Civil War. This was the third highest sale figure of the day, achieving £792,500, close to the top
estimate figure. The Bentley 4½ Litre Tourer also sold, coming in at number five in the top ten, achieving
£415,625, well above its estimate of £320,000 - £360,000. At the opposite end of the age spectrum, the
Ferrari LaFerrari, finished in a one-off special order colour combination of Vinaccia paintwork (a purple-brown
hue) with Pelle Chiodi di Garofano leather interior (a rich tan) was the top seller, realising £2,142,500 at the
fall of the gavel. Prominent no-sales were a 1952 Jaguar C-Type and a 1930 Bentley 4½ Litre Supercharges
Tourer by Vanden Plas, the bidding for which on neither reached the estimate figures.
Number two in the top ten sales was a 1987 Porsche 959 Komfort finished in Grand Prix White, which was
the technical tour de force of its day. Although it couldn’t match the length of ownership of the Mercedes, it
was another long term ownership car, having been in single ownership since 1989. It had a pre-sale estimate
of £800,000 - £1,000,000, but comfortably exceeded the high estimate by over 10%, selling for £1,158,125.
There were a number of either interesting or unusual cars in the sale, including a pair of what are described as
Porsche Carrera Zagato Sanction Lost, one Speedster and one Coupé, built by Zagato in 2017, the former
being a re-creation of the car raced by Claude Storez in 1958/9, both of which were top ten sales. There was
also a nice clean 1968 Alfa Romeo Giulia GTA 1300 Junior “Stradale”, posting another sale, as did the unique
1995 prototype Ascari FGT designed by Lee Noble, whilst a 2006 Aston Martin DBRS9 British GT
Championship winning race car, complete with spares package, seemed a bargain at £185,000.
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