Bonhams Padua auction 2018 - cautious Italian bidders?
Summary
A total of 58 vehicles, including a boat, were auctioned off by Bonhams at the Auto e Moto d'Epoca classic car fair in Padua (Italy) on October 27, 2018, including two cars belonging to film stars. The classic cars, which were on average almost fifty years old, did not quite live up to expectations: on average, only 75 percent of the median estimate was bid and 45 percent of the vehicles remained unsold. This auction article shows all the vehicles in pictures and with the results and analyzes the course of the event.
This article contains the following chapters
- In the middle price segment
- Cautious bidders?
- Karin Dors 300 SL
- Alfa Romeo, Fiat, etcetera
- Mainly post-war cars
- Attractive BMW coupés
- Early E-Types generated interest
- Flagship Ferrari 250 GT
- Exotic items too
Estimated reading time: 4min
Preview (beginning of the article)
Every year, the classic car fair Auto e Moto d'Epoca attracts not only enthusiasts and collectors from Italy, but also from Switzerland, Germany and Austria, as well as many other countries. This provides an opportunity to use the public's interest for an auction, which Bonhams did for the first time in 2017. On October 27, 2018, the Padua Auction took place for the second time on Saturday afternoon and Bonhams had worked hard to put together an attractive selection of 58 vehicles (the Alfa Romeo 155 GTA was unfortunately withdrawn before the auction). With vehicles worth a total of EUR 4.7 million (CHF 6 million) and an expected average price per lot of EUR 92,300 (CHF 105,000), the Padua auction was in the mid-price segment. 13 lots were called without a reserve price.
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