Veteran Motor Cars Auction - Bonhams Auction House

Richard Hudson-Evans says, The annual fixture for Veteran Motor Cars and related automobilia at Bonhams New Bond Street salerooms was once again a near sell-out, reports Richard Hudson-Evans, with only one Veteran failing to hook a buyer from the target audience of automobilists gathered for the weekend’s London to Brighton Run.
The top seller, attracting £66,000 more the guide price, was a 1902 Panhard-Levassor Type A with Rear-Entrance Tonneau open accommodation for four for which £216,000 was forthcoming from a new owner.
Believed to be the oldest surviving Argyll currently licensed for the road, a 1901 dated 5hp Spindle-Sat Rear-Entrance Tonneau fetched £136,800, £26,800 more than forecast £136,800. Reportedly the oldest running car in Portugal, a two owners from new in circa 1899 Hurtu 3½hp with dos-a-dos seating arrangement for four raised the required £79,000.
A 1901 De Dion Bouton 3½hp Voiturette project made a more than double top estimate £44,400. Whilst a 1900 Marot-Garden De Dion-engined Tricycle, also for restoration and which would be eligible for both the high profile Veteran Car Run as well as the Sunbeam Motorcycle Club’s Pioneer Run to Brighton, was taken on for £24,725, close to its top estimate.
Only ten early cars crossed the block in the West End this time compared to fifteen offered here last year. But then rivals RM had sold five out six Veterans in their Battersea Park auction earlier in the week. The fourteen changes of ownership achieved at the two locations with only two lots not selling - an 87.5 per cent sale rate for the sector - indicates therefore that both demand and prices for London to Brighton Run eligible automobiles continue to be strong.

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