Rare Lamborghini up for Auction

[MummyChunk]

Must be nice to purchase something like this for 1.2 mil



From AB







Record Day at Bonhams Greenwich Auction

- Largest Ever Offerings Deliver Best Result in Sale History
- 1 Jun 2014, Greenwich Concours d'Elegance Auction

(June 2, 2014) Greenwich, CT ￜ Standing room only crowds packed the
Bonhams tent at the 7th annual Greenwich collector motorcar auction
with the sale totaling in excess of $8 million dollars-besting last
year's record breaking total by over 40%, with over 93% of lots
offered finding new homes. The capacity crowd grew nearly silent as
the catalog cover lot, a 1975 Lamborghini Countach LP 400
'Periscopica', sold for over $1.2 million dollars to a bidder seated
in the front of the room, beating out over a dozen telephone bidders
from around the world, doubling its presale high estimate and
rocketing past the previous world record price for a Countach that
Bonhams set at its Quail Lodge Auction in August of last year. Another
front row bidder triumphed over the competition for a stunning
external bonnet latch, flat floor 1961 Jaguar E-Type Series 1
3.8-Liter Roadster, among the first one hundred left-drive E-Types
constructed, that sold for $335,500 while the one-of-a-kind 1966 Fitch
Phoenix, which was Connecticut's own late, great John Fitch's unique
road-going prototype, sold to a local buyer for $253,000 with a round
of applause from the crowd.

Over one hundred collector vehicles crossed the block in the one day
sale, attracting bidders worldwide with nearly a dozen countries
represented, competing against the knowledgeable and enthusiastic
collectors in attendance. An award-winning 1959 Fiat-Abarth 750 Record
Monza Bialbero Coupe sold to a telephone bidder for $203,500 winning
against the room, as did a 1959 Jaguar XK150S 3.4-Liter Roadster, also
selling for $203,500.

"It was a record turnout at this year's Greenwich auction,"
Rupert Banner, Vice President and head of the Bonhams motorcar
division East Coast said. "We were pleased to bring this year's
expansive offering of quality motorcars to this wonderful event, and
extend our most sincere thanks to all the attendees, the event
organizers, and the loyal clientele who participated."

A 1925 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Piccadilly Roadster, a versatile and
elegant tour car with provenance that includes a series of prominent
collectors like Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance founding chairman
Alton Walker, sold for $250,000, and the ex-Otto Zipper and William
Harrah 1927 Amilcar CGSS Two Seater Sports, eligible for the world's
top historical events such as the Mille Miglia, sold after an intense
volley among bidders present and absentee, for $191,400-a new world
record for the model. The 1910 Stoddard Dayton Model 10K Baby Tonneau,
an excellent performing brass era car, sold for $170,500. An
unrestored survivor, the 1963 Maserati 3500 GTi Superleggera Coupe was
snapped up for $176,000 and a beautifully preserved 1973 Volvo 1800ES
Sport Wagon with only 13,000 original miles sold for $92,000-a new
world record for a Volvo motorcar.

Over 250 lots of automobilia began the day's auction action, with
rare, circa 1920's historic photographs and vintage racing memorabilia
from Ben Duncan, the ex-Peter De Palo Chief pit attendant selling for
$26,250, well above the presale estimate of $3,000 ￜ $5,000, to a
collector keen on preserving this important piece of motorsports
history. Porsche memorabilia and spares also excelled with an original
Porsche Type 356 Speedster driver's manual selling for $4,000 against
an estimate of $200-400. The crowd enthusiastically snapped up the
offerings, with over 98% of the automobilia lots sold.

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