Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed 2023 - Rain and restraint
Summary
On the Friday before the Festival of Speed, which was canceled for Saturday due to thunderstorms, Bonhams auctioned 79 cars in nasty weather conditions, 49 of which were sold for a total of £ 10.2 million. Some valuable classics fell short of the reserve prices, including the DB4 GT once driven by Peter Sellers. This auction review analyzes the results and shows all the cars in pictures.
This article contains the following chapters
- Picky bidders
- DB4 GT by Peter Sellers not sold
- Aston Martin at the front
- Better a restoration object than an almost perfect DB5
- Unsold factory Quattro
- Exotics mostly sold below expectations
Estimated reading time: 5min
Preview (beginning of the article)
Bonhams is simply part of the Goodwood events, in fact the 30th auction took place on July 14, 2023 on the occasion of the Festival of Speed. The company has been involved since the beginning and has now held 66 auctions as part of Goodwood events. Around 150 automobilia and 79 cars with a value of almost £20 million were offered on the rather nasty Friday. On average, the vehicles are just over 44 years old. 29% of the vehicle lots were offered without a reserve price. On average, the highest bids for the 79 cars were around 81% of the median estimate. The spectrum ranged from bids below half the estimate to bids at more than one and a half times the estimate.
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