June 2015 - UK auction previews
20 May, 2015
Star lot at Bonhams’ Goodwood Festival of Speed sale on 26 June is a 1961 Porsche RS61, owned by Sir Stirling Moss, with a pre-sale estimate of £1,700,000 – 2,000,000. Although Moss never raced chassis number 718-070 in period he did campaign a similar RS60 in the 1961 Targa Florio, sharing the driving with Graham Hill. The pair teamed up again, this time in an RS61, for the Nurburgring 1000 km race. Moss bought the car at auction in 2010 and raced it in historic events until his retirement from active competition in 2011.
The celebrity theme continues with the former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman offering two of his cars at the sale; a 1971 Citroën SM (£35,000 – 40,000) and a 1966 Mercedes-Benz 250 S (£20,000 – 25,000).
A 1935 Aston Martin Ulster ex-Works Team Car that has been in family ownership since 1969 is estimated at £1,600,000 – 2,000,000. Chassis number LM19 was raced by Dick Seaman, Tommy Clarke, Maurice Faulkner and Charlie Martin and competed in the 1935 Le Mans 24 Hour race, 1935 Ards TT, 1936 Mille Miglia and 1936 French Grand Prix. With Bonhams having sold four Mercedes-Benz 300 SLs at their recent sale in Stuttgart they will no doubt be hoping to repeat the success when their 1958 left-hand drive roadster goes under the hammer at Goodwood. The car is estimated at £800,000 – 1,000,000.
Top lot at Bonhams’ Oxford sale is expected to be a 1934 Talbot AV105 ‘Alpine Replica’ Tourer, described as having been rebuilt to the desirable works team car specification, with an estimate of £120,000 – 160,000. Continuing the ‘works’ theme the sale also sees a 1974 BMW 2002, being one of two cars built by BMW Motorsport in 1974/75 using a modified M12/7 Formula 2 engine. Chassis number '3635815' was rallied in period by Achim Warmbold and later driven by Bjorn Waldegaard and Ari Vatanen (estimate £120,000 – 150,000).
With demand for early Range Rovers increasing a notable example in the Bonhams’ sale is this rare 1982 Monteverdi four-door edition which was originally owned by Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi (estimate £25,000 – 30,000). An unusual 1924 Rolls-Royce 40/50hp Silver Ghost is offered on behalf of the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation, with an estimate of £70,000 – 90,000. The body had been converted to that of a 'shooting brake' and includes a platform on the roof, another folding down at the rear and fittings for a third at the front, all for the mounting of ciné cameras.
A Series II left hand drive Lamborghini Espada is being offered at Historics at Brooklands on 6 June, estimated at £45,000 – 55,000. Further exotica includes a 1968 Iso Grifo 7-Litre (estimate £240,000 – 280,000) and a 51,500-mile 1973 Iso Fidia with a pre-sale estimate of £75,000 – 85,000).
Classic Car Auctions hold their first sale at the Warwickshire Exhibition Centre on 6 June, among the cars already consigned is a UK supplied 1992 Lancia Delta Integrale Evo estimated at £15,000 – 18,000.
A Rolls-Royce Phantom V, believed to be the 1963 Motor Show car, which was subsequently taken in to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother’s stable of cars, goes under the hammer at Barons sale on 16 June with an estimate of £50,000 – 65,000.
A 1987 Ford Sierra RS Cosworth is due to go across the block at Anglia Car Auctions' 13 June sale, with an estimate of £15,000 – 20,000. The two-owner car has been dry-barn stored in recent years and has covered 59,445 miles.
As H&H’s June auction at Burghley House is held in association with the Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts’ Club the marque, not unsurprisingly, features heavily in their sale. Among the entries is a magnificent 1923 Silver Ghost Shooting Brake, with an estimate of £100,000 – 120,000.
Charterhouse's 14 June sale features a 1965 Jaguar E-Type Series I 4.2 which was restored in South Africa by the previous owner before being repatriated to the UK in 2002. Since acquiring the Jaguar the vendor's family has spent approximately £25,000 on the car (estimate £60,000 – 65,000).