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Greenwich Concours Auction Report - Bonhams

11.06.10

The car-boot sale wound up with a barn find Vauxhall 30/98 OE Velox tourer which Bonhams forth the time to research thoroughly and established the probability of an aberrant British and Brooklands racing history.

78 cars were offered of which 55 were sold (including one that closed pole-block), a very creditable 70.5% sale rate and a unqualified with commission of $2,921,397. The strength of the Italian collection was definite in the performance against estimate with a remarkable 10 lots, 18.2% of the sold cars, being hammered at bids above their important estimates. The sold cars had low estimate totals of $2,504,000 and hammer bids of $2,520,374, 100.7% of guesstimate, another indicator of a consistently strong performance across the board.

Seven fictional 12-meter yachts, all veterans of the America’s Cup, were moored across the harbor adjacent to the Delamar Hostelry. The connection is related both to the concours site, on Greenwich Harbor, and to automobiles – the oldest of the 12 Metre Yacht Situation Fund’s fleet is Columbia, 1958 America’s Cup title-holder skippered by auto racing sportsman Briggs Cunningham. It was a notable adjunct to Bruce and Genia Wennerstrom’s Concours.

Source: Sports Car Digest (blog)