Bonhams Sale at Brooklands

[trando]

Some interesting Mercs have been sold today at the Bonhams auction at Brooklands. Those at the GTG yesterday had a chance to check some of the cars out. Full details of all the cars on sale can be found at the Bonhams website - http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/publ...sContinent=EUR&screen=catalogue&iSaleNo=18220 - but here are some highlights:

1997 Mercedes-Benz AMG E50 Saloon Chassis no. WDB2100721A276159
Estimate £6,000 to £9,000
Sold for £6,325 inclusive of Buyer's Premium

1964 Mercedes-Benz 300SE Convertible Chassis no. 11202322005915 Engine no. 18998722000138
Estimate £18,000 - £20,000
Sold for £23,575 inclusive of Buyer's Premium

1971 Mecedes-Benz 600 Saloon Limousine Chassis no. 10001212001969
Estimate £20,000 - £30,000
Sold for £29,900 inclusive of Buyer's Premium

1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL 'Gullwing' Coupé Chassis no. 198.0405500159 Engine no. 198.9805500169
Estimate £350,000 - £400,000
Sold for £441,500 inclusive of Buyer's Premium

The ex-Elvis Presley,1970 Mercedes-Benz 600 Saloon Limousine Chassis no. 10098012001547
Estimate £150,000 - £200,000
Sold for £80,700 inclusive of Buyer's Premium

1966 Mercedes-Benz 230SL Convertible Chassis no. 11304222013734 Engine no. 12798122003293
Estimate £20,000 - £25,000
Sold for £25,300 inclusive of Buyer's Premium

1991 Mercedes-Benz AMG SL60 Convertible Chassis no. WDB1290661F027241 Engine no. 11996012014776
Estimate £14,000 - £18,000
Sold for £16,100 inclusive of Buyer's Premium

Single family ownership from new,1984 Mercedes-Benz 280SL Convertible Chassis no. 1070422A006813 Engine no. 11099022005238
Estimate £4,000 - £6,000
Estimate £14,000 - £18,000
Sold for £4,370 inclusive of Buyer's Premium


I presume that the Evo 2 either didn't sell or was withdrawn as there is no mention of it being sold... if that changes, I'll post an update.

The only car that missed it's estimate by miles was the Elvis owned one. Maybe he's losing his touch...

 

[buccal]

A few of us were well-out with the Sl60 then!

 

[trando]

If you take off the 15% buyers premium that brings it down to nearer £14k which is the bottom estimate. Personally I wouldn't have spent that much on it....

 

[Howard]

Any idea how much the yellow carbon cobra went for ?

The Corniche convertible and the Azure convertible were nice too.

As were the Countach and the Testarossa.

 

[trando]

Yellow cobra - no details
Azure - same
One of the 2 corniches sold for £59,800
Countach £84,000
Testarossa £35,600

Sounds cheap for a Testarossa...

 

[st4]

As were the Countach and the Testarossa.

Those were the two cars I lusted after when I was not so tall or able to eat the way I can now....

 

[C240Sport97]

I was so tempted by the white pagoda .. but could not get the money together quickly enough to bid

 

[EDZ649]

That SL60 was way overpriced.....

 

[Setanta]

Agreed - I cannot believe it went for that money.

Auctions are odd things - I have seen cars go for way over the odds, and more than a few instances of traders buying them and then sitting in the classifieds for ages, with the price gradually falling.

 

[abecketts]

on the EVO2 have I read the description correctly it implies no history pre 1999 and with such a high estimate, or is that no UK history?

 

[dinoy]

That SL60 was way overpriced.....

specially when u can buy with full history for 13k neg

 

[Will]

Can't believe that someone paid that for the SL60!

LHD, loads of non-original bits (1991 car but with a mish-mash of MY98 bits - ie replacement boot lid, side plastics, bumpers, but not all (mirrors etc?)), very 'questionable' interior colour, etc.

I thought it was originally up for less than that as a Private sale?!

Personally, I'm surprised it made much more than £10-12k tops.

Will