A 1954 Aston Martin DB2/4 Cabriolet previously owned by Innes Ireland, sold for £606,500 at Bonhams’ annual sale of Collectors’ Motor Cars and Automobilia at Goodwood Festival of Speed. Recently restored to concours condition, it had attracted a pre-sale estimate of £500,000–700,000. Another top Lot, a  1925 Bugatti Type 35B formerly owned by past Bugatti Owners’ Club director and editor of Bugantics magazine, Mr Jack Perkins, fetched £430,500, having been estimated at £400,000–500,000. It was accompanied in the sale by another beautiful Bugatti, a 1926 Type 37 Monoposto, which made £197,300 (estimate £120,000 – 160,000).

Top prices were also paid for a 1967 Lamborghini 400GT 2+2 once owned by Sir Paul McCartney, which sold for £122,500 (estimate £100,000–120,000); two cars from the Patrick Collection – the 1986 Lancia Delta S4 Stradale and 1990 Alfa Romeo SZ Coupe – which fetched £100,500 and £37,800 respectively; and a 1928 Bentley 3-Litre Speed Model, owned by the same family since 1945, which made £128,000.

Meanwhile, a modern highlight, the 2004 7.3-Litre Pagani Zonda C12 Roadster, painted in an ‘Elvis Presley Cadillac Pink’, which has had only one owner from new, sold for £320,500 (estimate £200,000 – 250,000), while a 1989 Ferrari F40 sold for £353,500 (estimate £320,000 – 350,000); and a 1954 Bentley R-Type Continental Sports Saloon made £298,500 (estimate £120,00-150,000).

In addition, a BMC Competition Department Transporter, described by Bonhams as ‘an eye-catching and stylish addition to any historic race meeting’, fetched £35,600; and a 1992 Hacker 28’ Runabout, which was commissioned by J Paul Getty as a tender to his 80-metre private yacht, Talitha G, sold for £47,700.
In total the sale made £7,250,000 with 84% sold by lot and 89% sold by value.

James Knight, Group Head of Bonhams Motoring Department, said, 'This is one of the best ever Goodwood Festival of Speed sales. The quality of cars attracted multiple bidders on each lot with world-wide interest from both buyers and sellers.'

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