Auctions
A summary of classic and racing auctions from around the world in numbers
RM Auctions
Battersea Park September 8/9
120 cars sold for £21.1m including all four from the Laidlaw collection featured in Motor Sport‘s September issue
90 per cent of all lots sold including 74 cars from the Ultimate Mercedes-Benz Collection
1957 Maserati 2503 Ulm (driven by Jim Hall and Carroll Shelby)
1967 Ferrari 275 GTBI4 £1.Gm (new world record for the model)
1965 Porsche 90416 Carrera GTS £1.2m
007 LOTUS ESPRIT ‘submarine car’ £616,000 The unique prop used in the underwater scenes of The Spy Who Loved Me, sold to an anonymous telephone bidder
“To have achieved sales in excess of £21 million is testament to the fact that the market remains very strong and that auctions continue to be the most effective way for collector cars to be bought and sold in a global market.” Max Girardo, Managing Director, RM Europe.
Russo and Steele
Monterey August 14-17
New world record set by more than $250,000 for one of Ferrari’s first road cars:
1949 Ferrari 166 Inter Berlinetta Coupe $1.05m (one of only 37 examples)
1962 Shelby Cobra C3X2012 Independent Comp Roadster £850,000
Bonhams
Goodwood September 14
1935 ALFA ROMEO TIPO C C-3 5 ‘50013’ 5.9M
New world record for Alfa Romeo set at Goodwood Revival auction
Scuderia Ferrari No 65, driven by Tazio Nuvolari Previous record beaten by £1.7m
“Selling something like this, one is aware that history is a guest at the auction, due to the car’s past, its performance today and what all automotive enthusiasts will say about the car in the future. It is more than a car for all of us who are passionate about cars.” James Knight, International Managing Director, Bonhams
Other cars of note
1931 Invicta 4.5-litre 3-Type ‘low chassis’ £953,500 Competed at Brooklands and Dundrod and driven by George Field and Dudley Fray
1972 Lamborghini Miura SV Coupe £919,900 Delivered new to Rod Stewart One of only seven right-hand-drive examples. Restored this year at the Lamborgini factory
September/October Auction Calendar
26-28 BARRETT-JACKSON Las Vegas Sale, Mandalay Bay Event Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
26-28 RUSSO AND STEELE Las Vegas Auction, Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada
3/4 AUCTIONS AMERICA Fall Carlisle Sale, Carlisle Expo Center, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
10/11 RM AUCTIONS Hershey Sale, Hershey Lodge, Pennsylvania 10-12 MECUM Chicago 2013, Schaumburg Convention Center, Schaumburg, Illinois
12 COYS Classic and Collectors’ Motor Cars, Ascot Racecourse, Ascot 16 I-161-1 Classic and Collectors’ Cars, Imperial War Museum, Duxford
27 BARONS Classic, Collectors & Sports Cars, Sandown Park Exhibition Complex, Surrey 30 I-161-1 Classic and Collectors’ Cars, The Pavilion Gardens, Buxton