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#1 Bonhams Zoute Sale
Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2024 8:01 pm
by Rothman
Anyone see the OBL sell no reserve for £117k plus premium? What a shocker. I'd be gutted.
#2 Re: Bonhams Zoute Sale
Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2024 9:15 pm
by Heuer
Gutted would be buying a Porsche Taycan turbo S EV for £187,000 and finding it was worth £78,000 three years later. Even worse a Mercedes EQs EV which cost £84,000 new is now valued at £48,000 ... after three months! Classics are not immune unfortunately and prices across the board are dropping. Restoration is now a passion project with little chance of recuperating expenditure.
#3 Re: Bonhams Zoute Sale
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2024 9:10 am
by paydase
To be noted, there was a Saleroom notices by Bonhams for that car:
"Although the head and engine block bear the correct serial numbers with an accurate font, and the block itself has a casting number indicating an early manufacture, we are unable to categorically confirm the authenticity of the engine."
A surprising comment...
Maybe that played a role for the potential customers of an OBL as they are usually quite keen on originality.
#4 Re: Bonhams Zoute Sale
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2024 1:55 pm
by 1954Etype
There are OBLs and there are OBLs.
#5 Re: Bonhams Zoute Sale
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2024 9:04 pm
by Rothman
paydase wrote: ↑Tue Oct 08, 2024 9:10 am
To be noted, there was a Saleroom notices by Bonhams for that car:
"Although the head and engine block bear the correct serial numbers with an accurate font, and the block itself has a casting number indicating an early manufacture, we are unable to categorically confirm the authenticity of the engine."
A surprising comment...
Maybe that played a role for the potential customers of an OBL as they are usually quite keen on originality.
Yes, seems an odd note to add. Why the doubt?