Northamptonshire: 22nd September 2022: The 2022 Bonhams Goodwood Revival sale concluded with some shocking outcomes and a sell-through fee of 67%. Here are the heaps that caught the attention of Hagerty’s UK Price Guide Editor, John Mayhead.
Bonhams Goodwood Revival heaps
Lot 15: 21 Brooklands Race Programs
Estimate: £800 – £1000
Sold for £3200 (+premium)
The Revival sale provided over 2 hundred high-quality automobilia heaps, and this group of official race playing cards and programmes from 1934 to 1939 races at Brooklands was a pleasant group in honest situation. These have a tendency to alter fingers for between £60 and £100 a duplicate, however the bidding rapidly exceeded the highest estimate. Hagerty has seen an increase in memorabilia values lately, however, this was an sudden outcome.
Lot 307: 1985 Ferrari Testarossa ‘Monospecchio’
Estimate: £90,000 – £120,000
Sold for £93,150
Testarossa values have risen sharply in the newest replace to the Hagerty Price Guide. This automobile was a straight Condition 3 ‘fair’ automobile, a little bit stone-chipped across the edges, with vinyl peeling from the sprint and rust on the wheel hubs and it bought for just about spot-on the Hagerty worth. But this was a automobile with so much going for it: right-hand drive with early ‘monospecchio’ mirror and single-nut wheels, it has just lately been recommissioned with receipts for £20,000 of labor in 2020.
Lot 330: 2009 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722S Roadster
Estimate: £240,000 – £320,000
Sold for £687,000 (inclusive of premium)
Hagerty has been watching the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren very intently in latest months. In collectability phrases it has an enormous quantity going for it: the best badges on the bonnet, F1 DNA, gorgeous seems to be, and the Midas contact of a Gordon Murray design. The estimate on this appeared very low given present costs and this was a improbable instance: supply mileage with a color mixture of Crystal Fayalite Green over Silver Arrow leather-based. The estimate might have been tempered by the extra 20% VAT and 10% import responsibility that any UK purchaser must pay, however it didn’t postpone bidders, and the sale value of £687,000 was a press release of this automobile’s collectability.
Lot 345: 1973 Ferrari 365 GT4 2+2
Estimate: £52,000 – £60,000
Sold for £69,000 (inclusive of premium)
The Ferrari 365 GT4 and later 400/412 iterations have turned a nook in the previous few years. The boxy four-seater was as soon as looked-down upon however just lately the attraction of a V12 Colombo engine, a sensible four-seat inside and wedge styling immediately appeared to daybreak on many patrons. This automobile seemed nice, an outstanding color, presenting very nicely and with a Ferrari Classiche certificates. Being a 365, it has a handbook gearbox and is a uncommon right-hand drive automobile. At simply over the Hagerty Price Guide ‘Excellent’ worth, this looks as if an incredible purchase.
Lot 351: 1964 Porsche 904 GTS Coupé
Estimate: £500,000 – £600,000
Sold for £614,200 (inclusive of premium)
This little Porsche 904 was previously a part of the Petitjean Collection and on static show for 27 years, it’s a very fairly automobile and eligible for all types of historic competitions. This one has been fitted with a 911 six-cylinder engine and appears prefer it wants a little bit fettling to make it able to race however the hammer value near Hagerty’s Condition 4 worth of £557,000 appeared like a good value. These vehicles needs to be value extra.
Lot 358: 1922 2-Litre ‘Strasbourg’ Sunbeam
Estimate: £700,000 – £800,000
Sold for £597,400 (inclusive of premium)
Sunbeam entered three works vehicles within the 1922 Strasbourg Grand Prix, one of many first post-war races to happen. One caught hearth throughout testing, so the spare automobile was drafted in. Drivers Kenelm Lee Guinness, Henry Seagrave and Jean Chassagne did what they may with the automobile, however the engine proved to be fragile, and the Sunbeam couldn’t problem the dominant Fiats. This lot is a type of vehicles and has been the topic of quite a lot of latest analysis. Sunbeam weren’t clear with their chassis numbering on the entry sheet, so proving which automobile was which has been troublesome.
However, {the catalogue} recognized this because the spare/ prototype automobile that occurred within the race. One of the opposite group vehicles bought in 2009 for £493,500 and this estimate appeared honest, however the bidding didn’t rise and the hammer fell a way in need of the low estimate.
Lot 366: 1935 MG K3 Replica
Estimate: £85,000 – £100,000
Sold for £117,300 (inclusive of premium)
An unique instance of MG’s preeminent Nineteen Thirties racer with no tales is now value nicely over £500,000 so a really detailed reproduction, full with ENV pre-select gearbox and is a lovely proposition. This automobile introduced as a brand new automobile and lacked any feeling of historical past however that didn’t postpone the bidders and it bought for nicely over prime estimate. Hopefully it is going to now see some use and achieve the odd battle scar.
Lot 375: Aston Martin DB3 Sports Racing Two-Seater
Estimate: £2,800,000 – £3,300,000
Not bought
The star lot of the Bonhams Revival sale acquired quite a lot of curiosity on viewing day. With a improbable mixture of race historical past and present restored situation, it seemed nice in darkish inexperienced paint and contrasting yellow grille. A interval Mille Miglia entry and winner of the Goodwood 9 Hours race, Bonhams have been eager for this automobile to promote and estimated at a few third of the worth of a DB3S, this appeared like purchase. The cash wasn’t within the room although and bidding stalled at £2,300,000. That was a shock.
Lot 390: 1961-64 Cooper-Zerex-Oldsmobile ‘Transformer’ Sports-Racing Two-Seater
Estimate: Refer to division
Sold for £911,000 (inclusive of premium)
‘Refer to department’ meant that Bonhams had no actual thought of how this lot can be perceived by the bidders. A bent, battered, and rusty body, a seized engine and some bits of operating gear made an fascinating sight mounted on a plinth within the Bonhams tent, however the picture behind confirmed why: this was the primary sports-racing automobile to put on the Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Team badge and raced at Goodwood within the RAC Tourist Trophy Race.
Even earlier than it was purchased by McLaren, it had quite a few race wins beneath its belt, pushed by Roger Penske. After years laying in a South American farm, it was just lately returned to the UK. The story actually hit residence with bidders who quickly pushed up the worth and the sale value of £911,000 drew absolutely justified applause. Hagerty suspects that we’ll see this automobile once more, absolutely restored, and on the Goodwood grid earlier than too lengthy.
Lot 421: 1981 Vauxhall Chevette HSR
Estimate: £45,000 – £60,000
Sold for £59,800 (inclusive of premium)
Only 18 HSR Chevettes are believed to exist of the unique 33 constructed, and this one seemed to be in good situation with a respray round eight years in the past still holding up. A uncommon ‘homologation special’ the plaid inside made a improbable distinction to the silver, box-arched physique and bidders actually appreciated it. The sale value, just below the highest estimate and over the Hagerty Price Guide ‘Excellent’ worth, was still shocking.
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