At the recent classic car auction at the Goodwood Festival of Speed record sale prices were achieved for a Rolls Royce and Bentley.
£4.71m was paid for the Corgi Silver Ghost Double Pullman Limo that became the top selling Rolls Royce ever to be sold at auction.
£5.04m was paid for the Birkin Brooklands Supercharged 4.0-Litre Single-Seater that was the most a British car has gone for at auction.
The auction achieved £22.01m in sales that was the most ever banked at any auction of collector cars in the UK.
An Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 raced by a factory team at the Le Mans 24 hour race in 1932 got £2.69m and a 1929 Alfa 6C 1750 SS Supercharged Spyder cost £371,100.
Some of the other classic cars sold that are worthy of mention were a 1929 Bentley 4.0-litre with open four seater cabin achieved £471,900. A 1954 Bentley R Type Continental Fastback went for £628,700 that was far in excess of what it was expected to achieve. A Daimler Type TP 4S that has a powerful 10.6-litre engine that was originally, in 1907, in the possession of the 4th Earl of Craven went for £359,900.
By the end of the day 65 of the 82 cars in the auction were sold for a premium-inclusive £22,011,970. Furthermore, most of the automobilia was sold with a Rendall of Paris 1904 leather-cases picnic basket and gold plated accessories going for £18,750. The spares item achieving the highest price was a heavy crankshaft, crankcase and sump for the Bentley 4.0-litre fetching £34,850.
From the Lotus collection of Olav Glasius the highest price achieved was £158,300 for a Monte Carlo sports racer – the1962 Lotus-Buick V8 Type 19.
So, not only did classic car enthusiasts get to see some absolutely fantastic classic car racing but were also able to witness, and some no doubt participate in, a record-breaking auction.
