The Gentleman Magazine Issue 4 | August/September | Page 27

BONHAMS ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL ITALIAN AUCTION
Bonhams Motoring Department is delighted to announce
the inaugural Italian auction of collectors’ motorcars at Auto e
Moto d’Epoca, Italy’s most widely attended classic car show, on
28 October 2017.

Since its debut in 1983, the show, held in Padua, near Venice,
has become known as the quintessential Italian event for
motoring fanatics. It has grown in popularity year on year, with
a record 90,000 visitors attending in 2016 and a remarkable
4,500 vehicles on display.

Rupert Banner, Bonhams Group Head of Motoring said, “The
Bonhams motoring team is very active on continental Europe,
whether it be regular sales such as Paris, Spa, Zoute, Chantilly,
Monaco, or special one-off sales such as the Frederiksen
Collection in Denmark. The time is right to expand our
calendar by presenting a sale in Italy at the prestigious Auto e
Moto d’Epoca.”

Bonhams European sales have seen remarkable results over the
past year, including:
• 2009 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Stirling Moss sold for
€2,300,000 at The Mercedes-Benz Sale 
• 1953 Jaguar C-Type sold for €7,245,000 at Les Grandes
Marques à Monaco 
• 1935 Mercedes-Benz 500 K Roadster sold for €5,290,000 at
The Chantilly Sale 
• 2016 Porsche 911 R sold for €483,000 at The Zoute Sale 
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