Hammer down
Racers that are going, going, gone…
Bonhams’ Important Sports and Competition Motor Cars sale at the Goodwood Revival on September 16 saw mixed results. The 1929 Monaco Grand Prix-winning Bugatti Type 35B was withdrawn after failing to reach its reserve, although a 1935 Type 56/508 GP car reached an impressive £815,000. The 1960/61 Emeryson-Climax F1 car failed to sell as did the unraced 1985 Jaguar XJR-5 IMSA sports-prototype and the 1963 Lightweight E-type. The 1961 Sunbeam Harrington Alpine, Le Mans Index of Thermal Efficiency winner featured in last month’s Motor Sport, was sold for £54,300 (including buyer’s premium), while the Chris Lawrence Deep Sanderson 301 made £34,500.
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RM’s August sale at Monterey grossed an astonishing £17 million, biggest seller being the Ford GT40 driven to victory in the Daytona 24 Hours by Ken Miles and Lloyd Ruby which sold for £1,390,276. At the same sale a restored Chaparral 1 sportscar made £320,833 and a Shelby Cobra 289 with an impressive period drag racing history sold for £250,556.
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Highlight of Gooding’s concurrent sale at the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center was a Jaguar D-type with Bonneville competition history knocked out for £1,008,333.