In 1929, during the very first Monaco Grand Prix, a Bugatti Type 35B took the checkered flag. It was the...
Bonhams
Bonhams classic and vintage car auctions department specializes in auctions, valuations and private sales of some of the rarest and most collectible classic and vintage motor cars. It is one of the largest auction houses to hold auction sales of classic motor cars, motorcycles and related memorabilia. The auctions are held in conjunction with some of the most renowned global motoring events throughout the annual classic car calendar, at places like Goodwood, Geneva, Monterey and Monaco. Bonhams enjoys world-wide success and often smashes world record auction prices, which gives you a sense of the assets they find to auction.
The upcoming Bonhams Zoute Sale that will be held on October 10 have a few prized legendary Italian cars. 1994...
Bonhams announced that the collection of the late Rhode Island-based collector Ted Leonard will lead its annual auction at the Greenwich Concours d’Elegance in Connecticut, on Sunday, June 7th 2009. Built over a number of years, Mr. Leonard prided himself on acquiring cars that had been owned by celebrities or...
The final Bonhams automobile auction in 2012 was held 3rd December at Mercedes-Benz World in Weybridge, Surrey, UK, resulting in...
While there were records set at the Arizona auctions, they were individual benchmarks. The overall auctions’ results, reduced to a...
Bonhams, Westin Kierland Resort, Scottsdale, Arizona, January 19, 2012 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Bonhams joined the Arizona auction extravaganza this year, finding a choice location at the Westin Kierland Resort just across Scottsdale Road from the Scottsdale airport, about as centrally located as it’s possible to...
Bonhams raised over £750,000 at their annual Silverstone Classic sale held on Saturday, July 25th, with 97% lots sold by...
Bonhams announced that it would hold its first-ever auction in Amelia Island, Florida to conincide with the Amelia Island Concours...
Bonhams unveiled the line-up for its annual sale of Important Collectors’ Motor Cars & Fine Automobilia at London’s Olympia on December 7th, 2009. Leading the charge is a 1906 Rolls-Royce Light 20hp Tourer, one of only two survivors of the 17 built when the company was in its infancy and...
Bonhams will be holding their first collector car sale in Italy, the city of fashion, in five years. The new...
Bonhams held its Beaulieu Autojumble auction on 10 September 2011 at the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu, Hampshire, UK, resulting...
• The Fabulous Fifties held its annual Lindley Bothwell Award dinner in early December at the Proud Bird restaurant near Los Angeles International Airport, where it honored George Follmer with its Lifetime Achievement Award. Follmer is, of course, the only driver ever to win two major U.S. professional racing championships...
The 2008 Bonhams Goodwood Revival Auction was held Saturday, September 19th at the annual Goodwood Revival in West Sussex, UK....
A 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 driven to racing success by the legendary Juan Manuel Fangio will be offered for sale at...
• The Great South American Challenge, organized by H&H Classic Rallies, crossed the finishing line in Ushuaia—the world’s most southerly town—after 14,500 gruelling kilometers of action, triumph and adventure, stretching from Rio de Janeiro to the very tip of the world. The start on February 14 was organized to coincide...
Bonhams, Quail Lodge, Carmel Valley, California, August 14, 2015 Bonhams had little hope of following up last year’s blockbuster two-day...
The attention of the classic car world turns toward Arizona in the coming weeks as both the Arizona Concours d’Elegance...
A 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196R shattered auction records at the Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed 2013 auction, selling for £19,601,500 (USD $29,650,095, €22,701,864) on Friday 12 July. The sales price for the ex-Juan Manuel Fangio Formula 1 racing car is the new world record for an automobile sold at public auction,...
The Bonhams Scottsdale 2015 Auction was held Thursday, January 15th at the Westin Kierland Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona, resulting in...
Bonham’s recent Bond Street Sale (May 19, 2021) was the first live auction for the UK motor car group in...
The Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed 2017 auction was held Friday 30 June on the Tapestry Lawn at Goodwood House in Chichester, UK, resulting in more than £10 million in total sales. The top sale at Bonhams 25th annual Festival of Speed sale went to 1962 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster...
A 1911 Rolls-Royce 40/50hp Silver Ghost Semi-Open Drive Limousine will be one of the main highlights at the Bonhams Golden Age...
The Bonhams Paris 2020 auction was held 6th February at the Grand Palais in Paris, resulting in €19,693,000 in total...
At last weekend’s trio of collector car auctions in conjunction with the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, 27 cars fetched more that $1 million, led by the highest-priced car ever sold at Amelia, a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California SWB Spider that Gooding & Co. sold for $17,160,000. Second place in...
The Bonhams Quail Lodge 2019 auction was held August 15-16 on the grounds of the Quail Lodge in Carmel Valley,...
It’s hard to believe it is already January 2013! With the coming of the New Year comes renewed attention and...
The Bonhams Quail Lodge Auction 2012 will be held August 16-17 at the Quail Lodge in Carmel, California. Bonhams’ two-day sale, held annually during Monterey Classic Car Week, moves to a new, larger and much more accommodating venue on the existing Quail Lodge grounds. The 15th annual Bonhams Quail Lodge...
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Ferraris were once again the undisputed focal point of the collector car marketplace in 2016. Given their importance to the...
The George Daniels Collection of motorcars and motorcycles will headline the 2012 Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed auction, scheduled for Friday 29th June on the Tapestry Lawn at Goodwood House in Chichester, Sussex. The seven automobiles and two motorcycles consigned to the Bonhams Goodwood sale are expected to realise in...
