Bonhams Olympia Auction 2018 - the old again convinced more than the young
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Created on December 8, 2018
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Summary
As every year, Bonhams auctioned 77 classic cars with a total value of £5.4 million on December 3, 2018 at the Olympia exhibition center in West Kensington, a district of London. New owners were found for 68% of the vehicles in the British-influenced range, while 25 cars were left behind. A Mercedes-Benz 250 (/8) from 1970 was sold particularly cheaply, while a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost from 1921 was the most expensive car. In general, pre-war vehicles performed significantly better than the post-war fraction. This report analyzes the results of the auction and shows all the cars in pictures.
This article contains the following chapters
- British-influenced offer
- Older cars steal the show from the young ones
- No new owner for one of only 235 RHD Dino 246 GTS
- Two attractive E-Types sold
- Mixed result for the Aston sextet
- Rolls-Royce as the most expensive car
- The affordable Mercedes-Benz /8
Estimated reading time: 4min
Preview (beginning of the article)
Every year, Bonhams organizes an end-of-year auction at the Olympia exhibition center in West Kensington, a district of London. On December 3, 2018, it was that time again and 77 cars worth £5.4 million went under the hammer. Each vehicle is expected to fetch around £69,000 (EUR 77,650, CHF 87,360). Over half of the cars, which were on average 56 years old, came from the island. Aston Martin was represented with six, Bentley also with six and Rolls-Royce even with seven vehicles. In addition, there were four Jaguars, three Austin-Healeys, two Austin, two Daimler, two MGs and two Sunbeams, as well as individual Lotus, Lagonda, Morris, Jensen, Land Rover, Ranger Rover Triumph, Talbot and Wolseley models.
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