Auction Results: Bonhams’ Goodwood Revival sale 2012

Bonhams’ European operations returned to Goodwood this past weekend, Sept. 15, 2012, for the annual Goodwood Revival festivities. Following on the heels of the company’s successful Festival of Speed sale earlier this summer, in which a Bentley Blower set a record as the most expensive British car ever sold at auction, Bonhams continued to record impressive results. In all, $21.7M was recorded from the sale of 66 of the 84 cars on offer (79%). This figure exceed the past three years’ collective total.

Top sale was the 1928 “missing Mercedes” 36/220 6.8-litre S-Type Four-Seat Open Tourer that sold for $4,555,519. The supercharged car was in unrestored original condition and had been owned by the same family from new. It generated significant interest on the block and sold to an anonymous phone bidder. The third highest sale went to a 1939 Lagonda V12 Le Mans team car, which set a record as the most expensive Lagonda ever sold.

A 1953 Bentley R-Type Continental fastback sold for a surprising $639,970. The last R-Type Continental that sold at auction achieved nearly $1M more.

Top 10:

1. 1928 Mercedes-Benz 36/220 6.8-litre S-Type Four-Seat Open Tourer sold for $4,555,519
2. 1930-31 Maserati Tipo 26 Sport Road Racing Four-Seater sold for $2,734,287
3. 1939 Lagonda V12 Le Mans Team Car sold for $2,096,856
4. 1929 Alfa Romeo 1750 SS Competition Tourer sold for $1,787,247
5. 1930-31 Maserati Tipo 26 Sport Road Racing Two-Seater sold for $867,524
6. 1929-30 Type Maserati V4 Sedici Cilindri By Hartley Formule Libre Grand Prix Racing Two-Seater sold for $703,613
7. 1965 Ferrari 275 GTS Spyder sold for $650,440
8. 1953 Bentley R-Type Continental Sports Saloon sold for $639,870
9. 1955 Lancia Aurelia B24 Spider sold for $594,340
10. 1966 AC Cobra 289 Mark III COB Roadster sold for $404,931

Bonhams next European motor car sale will be held Nov. 2, 2012, in London. The company’s next automotive sale is scheduled for Oct. 8, 2012, in Philadelphia.