Bonhams' Monterey week sale will include a Private Collection. It’s a mix of elegant ‘Grand Routiers’ of the late pre- and early post-war period together with some more modern devastating racing machinery like this 1972-3 Porsche 917/10-015 estimated at $450,000 - 550,000.
As part of the famous ‘Rosso Bianco’ Collection in Germany this car, like many of the other ‘museum’ entries, is in original condition, well maintained but not up to a return to the tracks without considerable preparation and checking – particularly considering its turbocharged flat-12 capable of producing 850 HP...
ex-L&M Carl Haas/Jackie Stewart team, 1971 Lola-Chevrolet T260 - $240,000 - 280,000
Also in this part of the sale are several more ex-CanAm cars such as the ex-L&M Carl Haas/Jackie Stewart team, 1971 Lola-Chevrolet T260 at $240,000 - 280,000, the 1974 AVS Shadow-Chevrolet DN4, $240,000 - 280,000, and the unbelievable (with its horizontal steering wheel) ex-works Don Nichols, AVS Shadow-Chevrolet ‘Lowline’ CanAm Racing Sports Initial Prototype at $100,000 - 140,000.
More conventional historic racing fare is the ex-Terry Drury/Ron Fry/Martin Johnson Targa Florio history, 1968-69 Ford GT40 GT40P/1073 at $700,000 - 900,000 and the ex-Jack Ensley/Pat O’Connor Sebring 12-Hours ‘number 8’, 1956 Jaguar D-Type ‘Shortnose’ XKD553 at $1,800,000 - 2,200,000. Both very original looking cars as is the ex-Brussels Salon/John von Neumann/Phil Hill/ ‘On the Beach’ movie,1955 Ferrari 750 Monza Chassis 0492M at $750,000 - 1,000,000. Truly wonderful cars that deserve to be seen on the track again.
 1968-69 Ford GT40 GT40P/1073 - $700,000 - 900,000 |
 1956 Jaguar D-Type ‘Shortnose’ XKD553 - $1,800,000 - 2,200,000 |
 1938 Talbot-Lago ‘Special’ 150 SS Goutte d’Eau Coupé with bodywork by Figoni & Falaschi - ‘Refer Dept.' |
 1971 Lola-Chevrolet T222 Sports-Racing CanAm Spider - $180,000 - 240,000 |
The car that may well provide the headliner of Bonhams’ Sale at Quail Lodge comes from the other part of the Private Collection, the elegant French two-seater sports cars of a more stylish age. The ex-Rob Walker, Countess of Strafford, 1938 Talbot-Lago ‘Special’ 150 SS Goutte d’Eau Coupé with bodywork by Figoni & Falaschi is ‘Refer Dept.’ for price but these ‘teardrop’ cars have a habit of going for colossal money during the Monterey auction week (Christie’s 2006 sale; 1937 Talbot Lago T150 C SS Teardrop Coupé for $3,535,000, RM’s 2006 Sale; 1938 Talbot-Lago T150-C Lago Coupé for $3,685,000). There are three other Talbot-Lagos, all T26s, two cabriolets and a 1950 Grand Sport T26 GS Coupé at $350,000 - 400,000.
Of the other lots, there’s the usual variety found at American sales (although Bonhams tend to leave the ‘US muscle’ to home-grown competition) and cars that include a 1929 Duesenberg Convertible Sedan $500,000 - 600,000 (Pre-War ‘Great Gatsby’), a 1963 Aston Martin DB4 Series 5 Vantage Saloon $115,000 - 135,000 (classic British) and naturally a 1956 Mercedes-Benz 300SL ‘Gullwing’ Coupé (European exotica) at $350,000 - 450,000.
 1957 Bentley S1 Continental Sports Saloon - $110,000 - 150,000 |
 1970 Ferrari 365GT 2+2 Berlinetta - $80,000 - 100,000 |
The Sale will be held at the Quail Lodge Resort & Golf Club, Carmel, California, on 18 Aug 2006 with Motor Cars starting at 15.30 pm. The Sale commences with over 300 lots of Collectors' Automobilia at 11.00 am.
Please click HERE to see a full Motor Cars lotlist.
For more information, visit www.bonhams.com.
Text: Steve Wakefield
Photos: Bonhams & Butterfields
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