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Records Tumble In Bonhams' £2-Million Motorcycle Sale
The Classic MotorCycle Show, Stafford, 27 April 2008
Bonhams celebrated its best ever motorcycle sale at Stafford yesterday (27 April
2008), achieving several world record prices in a storming sale that realised
£2,112,099. This is the highest ever sale total for any UK motorcycle sale, emphatically
confirming Bonhams' position as clear market leader for collectors' motorcycles.
This was the first of four dedicated motorcycle sales at Bonhams this year, and
launched the 2008 calendar in commanding fashion, with 88% of all lots selling
and the top three bikes each realising over £100,000 – all three selling to UK
private collectors.
The 1934 Brough Superior 996cc SS100 made top price of £166,500 – a world record
price for the model and the highest price ever paid for a British motorcycle at
auction. This beat the previous record of £163,600 for a 1954 AJS Porcupine also
sold by Bonhams at Stafford in 2000.
The Brough Superior, a rare example of this legendary pre-war superbike, represented
the JAP-engined SS100 in its ultimate form. Incorporating ‘two of everything'
(carburettors, magnetos, oil pumps), it was one of only six made to this specification
in 1934 and retained its original frame, engine and registration mark. The machine
formed part of the Murray Motorcycle Museum Collection in the Isle of Man from
1973 to 2005.
Other highlights included:
1928 Coventry-Eagle 980cc Flying-8 – sold for £100,500 . One of only a relative
handful of overhead-valve-engined Flying-8s known to survive, this 1928 example
was in highly original ‘oily rag' condition and was offered for sale for the first
time in 25 years.
1928 Windhoff 746cc Four – sold for £100,500. A rare survivor of this innovative German marque, this unique and imposing machine had undergone a complete restoration prior to the sale.
1953 Vincent 998cc Series-C Black Shadow – sold £58,700. This highly sought-after Vincent – owned by two brothers for the first 50 years of its life – was sold by the third owner who undertook a sympathetic restoration of the remarkably original machine.
Vincent and Brough models were very much in demand and were 100% sold in the Bonhams' sale. These included a 1950 Vincent 998cc Series-C Shadow (£41,100), the Vincent Owners Club Spares Company 2007 998cc Black Shadow (£34,500) and the 1935 Brough Superior 982cc SS80 (£36,700).
The ex-Geoff Dodkin, Barcelona 24 Hours, Brands Hatch 500 miles, Isle of Man TT class-winning 1964 Velocette Thruxton 498cc Production Racing Motorcycle sold for £37,800.
Two helmets sold for well above pre-sale estimates: the Barry Sheene Bell racing helmet, worn during the 1974 season and the first to carry his famous number 7, sold for £5,520 , and the Premier racing helmet worn by Phil Read to win his final 500cc World Championship, sold for £6,210.
Ben Walker, Head of Bonhams' Motorcycle Department said:
"We were naturally delighted with the results we achieved for our vendors. We attracted worldwide interest and the depth of competitive bidding on some motorcycles was extraordinary. We have a list of many customers still anxious to acquire various models and this all bodes well for the special single owner collections that Bonhams will be handling later this year: The Professor Fritz Ehn Museum Collection in June and the Brian Verrall Collection in September."
For further information contact Rebecca Ruff on 020 7468 8210 or press@bonhams.com
Notes to Editors:
Bonhams, founded in 1793, is one of the world's oldest and largest auctioneers
of fine art and antiques. The present company was formed by the merger in November
2001 of Bonhams & Brooks and Phillips Son and Neale UK. In August 2002, the company
acquired Butterfields, the principal firm of auctioneers on the West Coast of
America and in August 2003, Goodmans, a leading Australian fine art and antiques
auctioneer with salerooms in Sydney, joined the Bonhams Group of Companies. Today,
Bonhams is the third largest and fastest growing auction house in the world with
a global network of offices and regional representatives providing sales advice
and valuation services in 25 countries. It offers more sales than any of its rivals,
through two major salerooms in London: New Bond Street, and Knightsbridge, and
a further 10 throughout the UK. Sales are also held in San Francisco, Los Angeles,
New York and Boston in the USA; and Switzerland, Monaco, Australia, Hong Kong
and Dubai.
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