Bonhams Bond Street 2024 - Bidders in search of Christmas presents?
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Every year, Bonhams holds an auction on Bond Street in London shortly before Christmas, as it did on December 12. Around two dozen automobiles and cars went under the hammer. The vehicles represented a value of £5.15 million, and two thirds were sold at surprisingly high prices in some cases. However, not everything was to the bidders' liking. This auction review analyzes the results and shows all the vehicles in pictures.
This article contains the following chapters
- Christmas gift-worthy neoclassics in contention
- Only one of two Bugatti sold
- Hyper sports car with mixed results
- Less popularity for older cars
Estimated reading time: 4min
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The annual auction on Bond Street at Bonhams' London headquarters has become a cherished tradition in the run-up to Christmas. On December 12, 2024, around two dozen automobiles (including paintings, car parts and racing helmets) and 23 cars with a total value of around £5.15 million went under the hammer. On average, the cars were 42 years old, with years of manufacture between 1910 and 2022. A third of the cars were offered without a reserve price. Five cars were sold for significantly more than expected, with a further five cars selling for around the estimated value. A closer look at the positive surprises revealed some similarities. In all cases, these were cars built between 2007 and 2008. And all of them could very well be imagined as a gift for a loved one, whether it was the BMW Alpina B6 Cabriolet or a Bentley Brooklands Coupé.
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