The one car of the 15 that didn’t sell on the day? That – incredibly – was a 1961 Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato, one of the most revered and sought-after cars this country has ever produced. It had come with a guide of £7-9m but that proved too rich. The last DB4 GT Zagato to sell at auction was at the Bonhams Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard sale at Goodwood in 2018, when the ex-Jim Clark car ‘2 VEV’ sold for £10.1 million.
All told, the auction of the 15 cars, all from an exceptional single owner collection, raised £34 million including the premiums, against a pre-sale estimate of £37m – still not a bad day’s work…
Here’s what the cars sold for, including the premium, with presale estimates in brackets:
- 1934 Bugatti Type 59 Sports, sold for £9.535m (£10m plus)
- 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante, sold for £7.855m (£7m plus)
- 1955 Aston Martin DB3S, sold for £3.011m (£3-4m)
- 1928 Bugatti Type 35C Grand Prix, sold for £3.935m (£3m plus)
- 1935 Aston Martin Ulster, sold for £1.583m (£1.6-2.2m)
- 1971 Lamborghini Miura P400 SV, sold for £3.207m (£1.6-2m)
- 1919 Rolls-Royce 40/50 Silver Ghost, sold for £1.023m (£1-1.4m)
- 1924 Vauxhall 30-98, sold for £1.247m (£800-1.2m)
- 1955 Lancia Aurelia B24S Spider America, sold for £709,400 (£700-900,000)
- 1939 Bentley 4.25-litre Cabriolet, sold for £517,500 (£450-600,000)
- 1965 Lamborghini 350 GT, sold for £379,500 (£400-550,000)
- 1959 Lancia Flaminia 250 Sport, sold for £310,500 (£400-500,000)
- 1927 Bentley 3 Litre Speed sports tourer, sold for £345,000 (£350-450,000)
- 1924 Lancia Lambda Torpedo, sold for £391,000 (£320-400,000)
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