Bonhams Collectors' Motor Cars Auction Results
Auction Location: Olympia 2, Hammersmith Road, London W14
Auction Date: Monday 7 December 2009
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Both the largest sale total and highest percentage sold rate of the UK end of season sales were recorded by Bonhams at London’s Olympia, reports Richard Hudson-Evans, where both of the early Rolls-Royces belonging to the late Thomas Love realised the required money. His 1906 Light 20hp with minimalist factory ‘On-Test’ bodywork fetched £441,500 and £199,500 was available for his 1913 40/50hp Silver Ghost which had also been rebodied with Open-Drive Limousine coachwork in the 1970s.
A 1963 AC Shelby Cobra Mk2 Roadster with 289ci/4.7-litre motor, formerly owned by major collector Peter Agg and ex-F1 racer Rupert Keegan, made £232,500 and £146,700 with premium was paid for a Chris Shenton rebuilt and super mint 1962 Aston Martin DB4 Series 4.
A quartet of cars from the well stocked stable of the late Ivor Silverstone magnetised much interest with his 1953 Bentley R Type with Abbott Coupe bodywork raising a more than double top estimate £109,300 and a nicely patinated from earlier restoration 1950 Jaguar XK120 Roadster going for £63,100.
Two historically significant Jensens also changed hands again here. An ex-1938 RAC Rally S Type 3½-Litre Dual-Cowl Tourer attracted £65,300 and the 1973 Interceptor III Convertible owned in turn by best seller writers Harold Robbins and Frederick Forsyth was acquired for £24,150.
Milestone results from what was a £392,000 2009 UK record automobilia session were the £25,300 invested in a file of Ferrari related ephemera, which included an Enzo Ferrari signed letter, and the £5750 paid for a 1943 celebratory post-mission dinner menu autographed by the ‘Damn Busters’.
The European market leaders 2010 auction calendar - containing 15 sale dates for Europe so far - kicks off with a top car fixture on the first Saturday 23 January of Retromobile in Paris followed by UK season openers at Bonhams Kidlington salerooms Saturday 6 March and RAF Museum Hendon Monday 19 April.
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