Bonhams "Les Grandes Marques à Monaco" 2024 - Smart as a surprise, disappointing racing cars
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Created on May 13, 2024
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Summary
49 rare and special cars went under the hammer at Bonhams on May 10, 2024 on the occasion of the Grand Prix Historique de Monaco at Villa Vigie in Monte-Carlo. While a Smart sold for almost five times the price of an Estiimate, the racing cars on offer were less popular with the public. Only two of the ten most expensive cars were sold. This auction review analyzes the results and shows all the cars in pictures.
This article contains the following chapters
- The contested Smart from Roger Moore
- Racing car without fortitude
- The more expensive super classics were left standing
- Neoclassics in high demand with exceptions
Estimated reading time: 4min
Preview (beginning of the article)
As part of the Grand Prix Historique de Monaco, Bonhams auctioned off 49 rare cars alongside a number of automobiles at the Villa La Vigie in Monte-Carlo on Friday, May 10, 2024. The vehicles were valued at a total of EUR 17.4 million and were on average 42 years old. Seven Aston Martins, six Ferraris and four Porsches together accounted for almost a third of the cars. 41% of the cars went under the hammer without a reserve price. Despite this, only 63% of the cars were sold. The biggest surprise of the Bonhams auction was certainly the Smart Fortwo City Car from 2012, which found an owner for an impressive EUR 31,944 (CHF 31,305) instead of the expected EUR 5,000 to 8,000.
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