Bonhams "The Golden Age of Motoring" auction 2023

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Created on November 4, 2023

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Orient 4hp Type A Buckboard (1904) - offered as lot 201 at Bonhams "The Golden Age of Motoring" auction on November 3, 2023

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Milwaukee Racer 6hp Steam Car (1901) - offered as lot 202 at the Bonhams "The Golden Age of Motoring" auction on November 3, 2023

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Benz Patent Motorwagen Replica (1886) - offered as lot 203 at Bonhams "The Golden Age of Motoring" auction on November 3, 2023

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Oldsmobile Model R 'Curved Dash' Runabout (1903) - offered as lot 204 at Bonhams "The Golden Age of Motoring" auction on November 3, 2023

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Lanchester Model 25 Tourer (1912) - offered as lot 205 at Bonhams "The Golden Age of Motoring" auction on November 3, 2023

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De Dion Bouton 4 1/2 hp Type G Vis-à-Vis (1901) - offered as lot 206 at the Bonhams "The Golden Age of Motoring" auction on November 3, 2023

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Marot Gardon 1.25hp Tricycle (1897/1898) (1897) - offered as lot 207 at the Bonhams "The Golden Age of Motoring" auction on November 3, 2023

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Aster 16/20hp Four-Cylinder Four-Seat Rear-Entrance Tonneau (1904) - offered as lot 208 at Bonhams "The Golden Age of Motoring" auction on November 3, 2023

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Brown 490cc Motorcycle (1905) - offered as lot 209 at Bonhams "The Golden Age of Motoring" auction on November 3, 2023

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Brown 18/20hp Four-Cylinder Side-Entrance Tourer (1905) - offered as lot 210 at Bonhams "The Golden Age of Motoring" auction on November 3, 2023

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Brown 8hp Twin-Cylinder Rear-Entrance Tonneau (1903) - offered as lot 211 at Bonhams "The Golden Age of Motoring" auction on November 3, 2023

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Daimler 15hp Model TD15 Tourer (1911) - offered as lot 212 at Bonhams "The Golden Age of Motoring" auction on November 3, 2023

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Talbot 14hp Model 4 CBX Tourer (1914) - offered as lot 214 at the Bonhams "The Golden Age of Motoring" auction on November 3, 2023

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Sears 14hp Model K Motor Buggy (1910) - offered as lot 215 at Bonhams "The Golden Age of Motoring" auction on November 3, 2023

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Renault 4 1/2 hp Type D Rear-Entrance Tonneau with Canopy (1901) - offered as lot 216 at the Bonhams "The Golden Age of Motoring" auction on November 3, 2023

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Isotta-Fraschini Tipo PM Roadster (1912) - offered as lot 217 at the Bonhams "The Golden Age of Motoring" auction on November 3, 2023

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De Dion Bouton 275cc Single-Cylinder Quadricycle (1900) - offered as lot 219 at Bonhams "The Golden Age of Motoring" auction on November 3, 2023

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Givaudan 277cc Motorcycle (1904) - offered as lot 220 at Bonhams "The Golden Age of Motoring" auction on November 3, 2023

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Richard-Brasier 16hp Type O Four-Cylinder Side-Entrance Tonneau (1904) - offered as lot 221 at Bonhams "The Golden Age of Motoring" auction on November 3, 2023

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Dürkopp 8hp Twin-Cylinder Rear-Entrance Tonneau (1901) - offered as lot 222 at the Bonhams "The Golden Age of Motoring" auction on November 3, 2023

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Gladiator 10hp Twin-cylinder Rear-entrance Tonneau (1903) - offered as lot 223 at Bonhams "The Golden Age of Motoring" auction on November 3, 2023

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Clément Type B Voiturette (1902) - offered as lot 224 at the Bonhams "The Golden Age of Motoring" auction on November 3, 2023

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De Dion Bouton 2 1/4 hp Single-Cylinder Quadricycle (1899) - offered as lot 225 at Bonhams "The Golden Age of Motoring" auction on November 3, 2023

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Augé 8/9hp Twin-Cylinder 'Cyclope' Dos-à-Dos Phaeton (1900) - offered as lot 226 at Bonhams "The Golden Age of Motoring" auction on November 3, 2023

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Panhard et Levassor Type A2 7 hp Twin-Cylinder Rear-Entrance Tonneau (1902) - offered as lot 227 at Bonhams "The Golden Age of Motoring" auction on November 3, 2023

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Rolls-Royce 40/50 hp Silver Ghost Salamanca (1914) - offered as lot 228 at Bonhams "The Golden Age of Motoring" auction on November 3, 2023

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Gladiator 14 hp Four-Cylinder Demi-Limousine (1904) - offered as lot 229 at Bonhams "The Golden Age of Motoring" auction on November 3, 2023

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Gasmobile 9 hp Three-Cylinder Stanhope (1901) - offered as lot 230 at Bonhams "The Golden Age of Motoring" auction on November 3, 2023

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Clément-Panhard Voiture Légère Type VCP Two-Seater (1899) - offered as lot 231 at the Bonhams "The Golden Age of Motoring" auction on November 3, 2023

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Stanley 20hp Model SV252-A Fixed-head Tourer (1925) - offered as lot 232 at Bonhams "The Golden Age of Motoring" auction on November 3, 2023

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Summary

In the run-up to the London to Brighton Run, Bonhams organized its annual auction of early-built two to four-wheelers on 3 November 2023. 31 vehicles were offered, 26 of which sold for an average of £108,064. However, non-London-Brighton vehicles provided the biggest surprises. This auction review analyzes the results and shows all the vehicles in the picture.

This article contains the following chapters

84 % sales rate
From two to four wheels
Valuable minimalism
Younger cars underestimated?
Extremely rare vehicles
Most expensive car without a new owner

Estimated reading time: 3min

Preview (beginning of the article)

An auction where the average age of the vehicles on offer is almost 120 years is unusual. But of course it fits in with the London-Brighton Run, the annual race for vehicles up to 1904. Although Bonhams has no longer been an official partner of the veterans' event for two years, the auction of suitable vehicles has been maintained and customers seem to appreciate this. Now you might think that interest in such "bulky" and hardly usable old classics in everyday life would be rather low, but the opposite was the case. 26 of the 31 vehicles on offer were sold, with an average bid of 92% of the median estimate. The highest bid for hardly any of the vehicles was below the lower estimate.

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