Bonhams at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2017 - unexpected top prices for specialties
Summary
While racing cars roared up the narrow path to Lord March's Goodwood Castle Hill outside, James Knight from Bonhams auctioned off 87 automobiles with vintages between 1908 and 2011 worth almost 16 million pounds sterling on the afternoon of June 30, 2017. 63% of the vehicles were sold, some at surprisingly high prices. This auction article reflects the mood on site, comments on and lists all the results, illustrated with the entire sales offer.
This article contains the following chapters
- Valuable midget
- Highly valued veterans
- "Spirited and sporting battle"
- "Cheap as chips"
- Mixed results for the super classics
Estimated reading time: 6min
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While outside, racing cars roared up the narrow path to Lord March's Goodwood Castle Hill, James Knight from Bonhams auctioned 87 automobiles with vintages between 1908 and 2010 worth almost GBP 16 million on the afternoon of June 30, 2017. 63% of the vehicles on offer were sold, the highest bid reached an average of 87% of the median estimate, the total turnover amounted to GBP 10.7 million, but above all there were a few surprises and many exciting bidding battles. The late MG Midget with rubber bumpers is not exactly considered the ultimate collector's vehicle. However, Bonhams was able to offer a very late 1500 from a special series practically as a new car, so the £ 10,000 to 15,000 (EUR 11,000 to 17,000 or CHF 12,000 to 19,000) that was asked for seemed ambitious, but not impossible.
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