Monday 20th July 2015

Coys Blenheim Palace sale results

A Ferrari Daytona record, another mega bucks Porsche RS and a few lovely Jags

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Another auction, another suggestion this classic car bubble won't burst anytime soon. Coys has released results from its Blenheim Palace sale which saw a Ferrari 365 GTB/4 sell for £765,540. That's a UK record for Daytonas. Why? It's one of the first right-hand drive cars delivered to Britain and is described as a "museum quality example". Could it be that the soaring values of mid-engined 12-cylinder Ferraris are dragging up the front-engined cars yet further?

£427,000...

On a Ferrari note, the auction saw a 458 Speciale with 2,000 miles sell for £225,800, a pair of Testarossas make £69,000 and £74,600 plus a 612 Scaglietti with a winning bid of £55,560. Is the latter now the most affordable way into a 12-cylinder Ferrari?

It wouldn't be a classic car auction without some silly money being thrown at an air-cooled Porsche, as proven by the £427,400 paid for a 2.7 RS Touring. A Swedish car optioned with the limited-slip diff, Recaro seats and long range fuel tank, it's clearly a very special 911. Amazingly that sale price is at the lower end of its £425-£500,000 estimate...

£222,000. Huh?

Want some reference on that? That money would also have bought the Jaguar E-Type Semi-Lightweight, XK120 and XK140 also sold by Coys. Madness.

Interesting results elsewhere include a very late original Mini (2000MY) with 183 miles selling for £16,520, an Alfa Romeo SZ at £30,680 (they're creeping up) and Rod Stewart's old Lamborghini Diablo VT Roadster, which made £178,760. It was subsequently owned by "iconic mystic former British wrestler Kendo Nagasaki". If the cars could talk...

Coys next auction is at the Nurburgring on August 8 as part of Oldtimer GP weekend. PH preview to follow soon!

Full list of results here, Coys stocklist here.

 

 

[paulyv]

Willing to be bold and say I think that SZ a little cheap. No?

[CampDavid]

paulyv said:

Willing to be bold and say I think that SZ a little cheap. No?

I think it was yellow which won't help it's cause. 8k mile Spitfire sounds good. Nearly a million quid for a gullwing makes me wonder when the market will go through a "correction"

[ManOpener]

I was thinking about what a well-resolved and forward thinking design the Z1 was, and how much I'd like one, just yesterday.
Looks like I've got quite a lot of saving to do.

[Joe911]

Personally I thought the Daytona looked pretty shabby - certainly NOT concourse. 'Museum quality' - if you mean it's old and tatty Regardless - a strong price.

I sold my 964RS at that auction.

[Ursicles]

£52,200 for a 2003 996 Turbo ... bloody hell the mkt on these has gone ballistic in the past yr!!

[wtdoom]

Kendo Nagasaki's lambo ? That's brilliantly hilarious

[Joe911]

wtdoom said:

Kendo Nagasaki's lambo ? That's brilliantly hilarious

You're showing your age there Perhaps the Porsche tractor was owned by Giant Haystacks?

[Ursicles]

Joe911 said:

wtdoom said:

Kendo Nagasaki's lambo ? That's brilliantly hilarious

You're showing your age there Perhaps the Porsche tractor was owned by Giant Haystacks?

Haystacks/Tractor comment is potentially the best comment ive read on PH!

[soad]

Kendo Nagasaki? Had to goggle him...

[leedsutd1]

I could not see the prices next to the cars ?

[soad]

leedsutd1 said:

I could not see the prices next to the cars ?

This one? http://www.coys.co.uk/past-auctions.php?auctionID=...

[g7jhp]

A254 Blenheim Palace
Wed 15th July 2015 at 4:32pm
103 1953 Volkswagen Beetle £10,620
108 2005 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti £55,560
109 1957 Mercedes-Benz 190 SL with Supercharger £70,120
111 1956 Triumph TR3 £21,476
114 1959 Porsche Tractor Mono-cylinder Junior £9,086
115 1938 Mercedes-Benz 320 Cabriolet £166,440
116 1974 Renault Estafette 'Gordini' Campervan £6,136
119 1938 Red Panther Model 20 £3,540
120 1989 BMW Z1 – 1 of 50 UK delivered cars £26,550
122 2014 Ferrari 458 Speciale - 2,000 miles from new £225,800
123 1959 Austin Healey 100-6 £23,600
124 1970 Volkswagen Camper - one owner from new £18,290
126A 1964 Bentley S3 Mulliner Park Ward Continental £56,680
128 1960 Alvis TD21 Drophead Coupe – £70,000 restoration £63,400
129 1951 AC Ace Ford 2.6 Ruddsport - FIA papers See Descriptio £93,640
131 1959 Austin Healey 3000 Mk1 £38,760
132 1969 Lamborghini Islero S - One of 100 produced £165,320
132A 1939 MG TB - NO RESERVE £14,750
135 1978 Triumph Spitfire 1500 - One private owner from new - 8,000 £5,900
136 2000 Rover Mini Cooper 183 miles from new, Last classic Mini £16,520
137 1960 Mercedes-Benz 190 SL £125,000
137A 1987 Ferrari Testarossa £74,600
138 1992 Porsche 964 Carrera RS Lightweight – 2 Owners from new £113,800
142 1956 Mercedes-Benz 300SL 'Gullwing' - The 1956 International £925,000
146 1969 Porsche 911S coupe £65,000
148 1990 Ferrari Testarossa – Full Service history £69,000
150 1919 Sunbeam 16hp Tourer £36,520
153 1991 Jaguar XJS Convertible - 15,000 miles from new £23,600
154 1972 Jaguar E-Type Series III V12 Roadster £46,600
155 1955 Jaguar XK140 Drophead Coupe £112,680
156 1969 Jaguar E-Type Series II 4.2 Litre Roadster £58,360
157 1958 Jaguar XK 150 Drophead £53,320
162A 1961 Jaguar E-Type Series 1 3.8 Litre Flat Floor Roadster £110,000
165A 1954 Jaguar XK120 Roadster £89,160
166 1959 Jaguar XK150 S Roadster £81,320
168 1967 Jaguar E-Type Series I 4.2 Litre Fixedhead Coupe £79,080
169 1962 Jaguar E-Type Series I 3.8-litre Semi-Lightweight £222,440
171 1950 Jaguar XK120 Roadster - with current owner since 1972 £57,800
175 1968 Jaguar E-Type Series 1 4.2 Litre Fixedhead Coupe £67,880
178 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS Touring (472) Last owner since 19 £427,400
180 1958 Aston Martin DB MkIII Sports Saloon Coachwork by Tickford One o £136,200
180A 2004 Aston Martin DB7 Vantage Volante £23,600
185 2003 Captain Nemo's (Naseeruddin Shah) Nautilus Car £31,860
186 1955 Fiat 600 Mare 'Spiaggina' £31,860
187 1970 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona - RHD - UK chassis No.1 £765,640
188 1991 Alfa Romeo SZ £30,680
190 2003 Porsche 996 Turbo - 24,500 Miles £52,200
192 1984 Mercedes-Benz 280 SL £10,620
197 1993 Bentley Continental R Coupé £31,860
198 1989 Maserati Karif £15,635
199 1954 Lancia Aurelia B20 GT - one owner for over 40 years £57,800
200 1970 Mercedes-Benz 280SE 3.5 £82,440
202 1964 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Speciale – Original UK delivered car £99,240
203 1967 Ferrari 330 GT 2+2 Series III £149,640
208 1987 Mercedes-Benz 560 SL Roadster £15,930
209 1950 Bentley Mk VI Special £48,840
216 1914 Clyno Motorcycle £60,000
217 1968 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow “Shooting Brake” £62,280
218 1999 Lamborghini Diablo VT Roadster - Diablo VT Roadster £178,760
220 1973 KTM GS 125 £5,605
221 1954 Chevrolet Corvette £46,600
224 1972 Jensen Intercepter SP £24,780
225 1952 Fiat 1100 Pick-up £20,060
226 1953 Chevrolet 3100 Stepside Pick-Up £11,800
238 1972 SWM 125 £295

A few of those cars look great buys (obviously haven't seen them in the metal)!

[HeMightBeBanned]

Joe911 said:

Personally I thought the Daytona looked pretty shabby - certainly NOT concourse. 'Museum quality' - if you mean it's old and tatty Regardless - a strong price.

I sold my 964RS at that auction.

I attended the auction and spent a long time admiring 'your' 964RS. I also thought that the Daytona was shabby, given the price it fetched. "Patina" is an interesting term...

The article fails to mention the very large number of cars that didn't reach their reserve. Chatting with a classic car dealer mate, he reckons that this is symptomatic of the market because people are losing confidence in the elevated values of classics and aren't so willing to sink daft sums into them.

The most interesting was the barn-find Aston Martin DB Mk3. It was an utter ruin with an upper estimate of £55k in the Coys brochure. In the end it went for well in excess of £100k. £120k + fees, if memory serves.

It was a good day out and I'd thoroughly recommend a visit to one of these high-end auctions. They seem to attract lots of very pretty girls!

[Joe911]

HeMightBeBanned said:

I attended the auction and spent a long time admiring 'your' 964RS. I also thought that the Daytona was shabby, given the price it fetched. "Patina" is an interesting term...

The article fails to mention the very large number of cars that didn't reach their reserve. Chatting with a classic car dealer mate, he reckons that this is symptomatic of the market because people are losing confidence in the elevated values of classics and aren't so willing to sink daft sums into them.

The most interesting was the barn-find Aston Martin DB Mk3. It was an utter ruin with an upper estimate of £55k in the Coys brochure. In the end it went for well in excess of £100k. £120k + fees, if memory serves.

I thought that car was hilarious - it had a label on it saying ... "one owner last 3 decades" - i thought ... one fking careless owner last 3 decades.
I have a pic somewhere ...

[Joe911]

(bloody iphones!)

[firebird350]

I was keeping an eye on the Maserati Karif which I confess I thought would go for more than it did (just over £15K). Okay, it's very much an oddball styling-wise but they're rare and seem to find eclectic owners who cherish and look after them.

As a result, they're generally in good condition without the neglect which usually accompanies the 'ordinary' sister BiTurbo cars. They're fast too and discreet (less so in red) and I've seen them advertised in the past (before the classic car boom, in fact) for close to £30K.

I have a sneaking regard for the Karif but I wouldn't admit that in public!!! After all I don't want Specsavers ringing me up all the time...

[patch5674]

Have no idea on the spec, but I thought Speciales were changing hands for more than 225 in the classifieds etc.

[jamies30]

CampDavid said:

paulyv said:

Willing to be bold and say I think that SZ a little cheap. No?

I think it was yellow which won't help it's cause.

It was red like all factory SZs bar a couple, and it definitely looks like someone got a bargain.

[greggy50]

Joe911 said:

Personally I thought the Daytona looked pretty shabby - certainly NOT concourse. 'Museum quality' - if you mean it's old and tatty Regardless - a strong price.

I sold my 964RS at that auction.

Paid 29k sold for almost 120k not bad!

[Mark-C]

Not often you see a Kendo Nagasaki reference outside of a Half Man Half Biscuit song these days ....