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1986
Ferrari
Testarossa
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Artcurial's
'Sport
et
Luxe'
Sale
on
7th
July
saw
few
cars
of
interest
on
offer
and
many
were
returned
unsold
to
vendors,
including
the
Ferrari
Testarossa
previously
registered
to
Princess
Caroline
of
Monaco,
hawked
around
the
trade
prior
to
the
sale.
Canadian
outfit
Iegor
held
a
small
sale
of
classic
cars
on
9th
July
including
a
Bugatti
Type
57C
Cabriolet
by
Gangloff
(CAN$281,750)
and
a
standard
Type
57
Cabriolet
(CAN$241,500)
alongside
an
array
of
more
prosaic
models
Bonhams'
traditional
Goodwood
Festival
of
Speed
Sale
saw
fewer
quality
entries
than
usual
and
most
of
the
star
cars
failed
to
attract
buyers,
highlighting
how
difficult
it
is
at
present
to
source
good
quality
private
entries.
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1973
Ferrari
365
GTB/4
Daytona
Berlinetta
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Top
seller,
and
deservedly
so,
was
the
right-hand
drive
Ferrari
Daytona
with
an
astonishing
2000
miles
covered
from
new
which
achieved
£92,000
plus
premium,
leaving
the
black
sister
car
formerly
owned
by
Sir
Anthony
Bamford
unsold
-
again,
provenance
is
everything.
The
Lagonda
LG45
Drophead
was
spot
on
the
money
at
£65,000,
and
the
ex-John
Whitmore
Lotus
Cortina
drew
a
round
of
applause
at
£55,000,
nearly
double
top
estimate.
A Ford
RS200
with
no
less
than
600bhp
will
be
joining
a
Swiss
collection
at
£72,000,
whilst
bargain
of
the
sale
had
to
be
a
clean
example
of
BMW's
landmark
M1
supercar
at
a
very
affordable
£26,500.
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A couple
of
weeks
later
Bonhams
were
in
action
again,
this
time
at
Lord's
Cricket
Ground
where
they
held
a
record
sale
back
in
1991.
Although
no
'mega'
cars
were
on
offer,
the
Bentley
8
Liter
with
replica
touring
coachwork
raised
a
very
deserved
£143,000,
the
day's
highest
price.
The handsome
Rolls-Royce
Silver
Ghost
bodied
by
Hibbard
&
Darrin
of
Paris
with
town
car
coachwork
stopped
at
£56,000,
short
of
reserve,
whilst
the
attractive
early
Rolls-Royce
Corniche
Convertible
puzzled
by
not
selling
at
mid-estimate.
Bargain
of
the
sale
was
the
1949
Bentley
Mk6
bodied
by
James
Young
on
one
of
their
'off'
days,
but
gloriously
quirky
and
almost
certainly
unique
-
a
great
deal
of
car
and
history
for
just
£11,050.
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Simon
Hope's
H&H
team
were
back
in
Buxton
on
23rd
July
for
one
of
their
regular
sales
of
classic
cars
to
suit
all
tastes
and
pockets.
The
Fittipaldi
F8C
show
car
at
£5,100
offered
great
value
even
if
the
new
owner
decides
to
use
it
as
a
garden
sculpture,
whilst
yet
another
XJ220
was
offloaded,
this
time
at
£81,500
-
how
the
mighty
have
fallen.
At
the
other
end
of
the
spectrum
a
1988
Jaguar
XJS
with
'go-faster'
TWR
skirts
was
an
awful
lot
of
car
for
the
price
of
a
good
dinner
(assuming
Oliver
Reed
and
Richard
Harris
are
choosing
the
wine)
and
a
Maserati
Quattroporte
at
£1,600
will
no
doubt
have
fellow
owners
crying
in
their
Lambrusco.
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Back
in
London
on
28th
July,
Coys
of
Kensington
offered
an
interesting
MG
based
collection
from
near
Cologne
in
Germany,
most
of
which
were
sold
near
bottom
estimate.
A
Lotus
11
offered
an
entry
ticket
into
a
wide
variety
of
events
for
just
£38,000,
and
the
Indian
Chief
motorbike
from
the
same
collection
provided
Marlon
Brando
style
glamour
at
just
£7,200,
just
over
half
bottom
estimate.
August
is
the
big
month
for
classic
car
auctions,
with
no
less
than
three
flagship
events
taking
place
in
Monterey,
California,
where
Bonhams,
RM
and
Christie's
go
head
to
head
over
the
same
weekend.
Stay
tuned.
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