Classic Car Auctions (CCA) achieved an impressive 80 per cent sales rate when it offered 160 cars to a packed sale room at the Warwickshire Exhibition Centre near Leamington Spa on 10th June with a total sales value of £1.8 million.
Bidding was lively throughout the day with Porsche, BMW and Mercedes marques proving exceptionally popular. However, it was a replica Lamborghini Countach that stole the show when an intense two-way bidding war broke out over the Dave Shorts example taking the final price, including premium, to £50,050, over £30,000 more than its original lower estimate.
Headline cars such as the 1971 Series III Jaguar E-Type, a 1967 Austin Healey 3000 and a 1970 Mercedes Benz 280 SL Pagoda were all hammered away successfully with the E-Type achieving £68,200 and the big Healey £60,500. The 280SL, with its Riviera cachet, attracted brisk bidding on the ‘phones and eventually sold for £62,700, almost £13,000 over its lower estimate. A pristine 1978 Daimler Sovereign, with only 400 miles on the clock after spending most of its life in a museum, attracted a huge amount of attention prior to the sale and sold for a very respectable £36,250 which was over £11,000 more than its lower estimate.
Porsches, as always, proved popular when all but one of the 16 on offer sold successfully, topped by a 964 series 1990 Porsche 911 Carrera 2 that climbed nearly £3,500 past its lower estimate to a final price of £43,450. A 1984 930 series 911 Turbo was sold to an internet bidder from Belgium for £59,000 including premium.
Established classic marques continued to attract the most serious attention with Mercedes-Benz cars achieving a 94% sales rate, led by the aforementioned 280SL Pagoda and the ever popular 190E Cosworth, an example of which went for £15,950, almost £6,000 over its lower estimate.
BMWs also proved popular with 75% selling on the day with a 1982 635 CSi outstripping its estimate by over £9,000 to reach a final sale price of £34,320. An E36 M3 EVO convertible, first registered in 1997, sailed past its lower estimate by almost £6,000 to finish with a final total of £12,980.
Interest in modern classics continues to grow as illustrated by a 1991 Honda NSX manual attracting huge attention in the room, on the ‘phones and on the internet which helped push the final price £9,000 over its lower estimate to £41,250. A 1990 Lancia Delta Integrale 16v sold for £19,800, passing its lower estimate by £4,800 and a 2010 Ford Focus RS achieved a similar feat with a final sale price of £31,900.
Following a recent trend several of the Jaguar XJS models on offer caused excitement with a 1990 V12 convertible sliding easily past its lower estimate by £2,700 to £11,220 including premium and a 1989 model achieved £20,350.
Minis and MGs also did well on the day. A 1966 Downton-tuned Austin Cooper enjoyed close inspection pre-sale from crowds of enthusiasts and was successfully hammered away for £36,300, while an impressive 1968 MGC GT rocketed past its lower estimate by almost £9,000 to fetch £23,650 on the day.
To view the full list of results from CCA’s June Sale at the Warwickshire Exhibition Centre please visit http://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/cca-june-2017-classic-car-sale/view_lots/pn/all.
