A very rare and handsome 1954 Aston Martin DB2/4 Cabriolet previously owned by that legendary British Grand racing character, Innes Ireland, sold for a remarkable £606,500 ($974, 350) today (July 1, 2011) at Bonhams’ annual sale of Collectors’ Motor Cars and Automobilia at Goodwood Festival of Speed. Recently restored to concours condition, it had attracted a pre-sale estimate of £500,000 – 700,000. Today's rate of exchange is £1 = $1.607.
Another top tot, a well-known, competition-winning 1925 Bugatti Type 35B Grand Prix two-seater, formerly owned by past Bugatti Owners’ Club director and editor of Bugantics magazine, Jack Perkins, fetched £430,500, having been estimated at £400,000 – 500,000. It was accompanied in the sale by another beautiful Bugatti, a 1926 Type 37 Monoposto, which made £197,300 (estimate £120,000 – 160,000).
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