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LONDON OLYMPIA Collectors’ Motor Cars and Automobilia Wednesday 6 December 2017 Olympia, London LONDON OLYMPIA Collectors’ Motor Cars and Automobilia Wednesday 6 December 2017 Olympia, London LONDON OLYMPIA Collectors’ Motor Cars and Automobilia Wednesday 6 December 2017 at 12:00 and 14:00 Olympia, Kensington, London, W14 8UX VIEWING Please note that bids should ENQUIRIES CUSTOMER SERVICES be submitted no later than 18:00 Monday to Friday 08:30 - 18:00 Tuesday 5 December Motor Cars on Tuesday 5 December 2017. +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 16:00 to 19:30 +44 (0) 20 7468 5801 All bids should be sent Wednesday 6 December +44 (0) 20 7468 5802 fax directly to the Bonhams office, Please see page 2 for bidder from 09:00 [email protected] +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax or information including after-sale Email: [email protected] collection and shipment SALE TIMES Automobilia +44 (0) 8700 273 619 Automobilia 12:00 We regret that we are unable to [email protected] Please see back of catalogue Motor Cars 14:00 accept telephone bids for lots with for important notice to bidders a low estimate below £500. SALE NUMBER Absentee bids will be accepted. ENQUIRIES ON VIEW AND SALE DAYS ILLUSTRATIONS 24125 New bidders must also provide Front cover: 230 +44 (0) 8700 270 090 proof of identity when submitting Back cover: 282 +44 (0) 8700 270 089 fax CATALOGUE bids. Failure to do so may result in your bids not being processed. £30.00 + p&p IMPORTANT INFORMATION (admits two) The United States Government Live online bidding is has banned the import of ivory available for this sale into the USA. Lots containing BIDS Please email [email protected] ivory are indicated by the with “Live bidding” in the subject +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 symbol printed beside the lot line 48 hours before the auction Ф +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax number in this catalogue. [email protected] to register for this service. To bid via the internet please visit www.bonhams.com Bonhams 1793 Limited Bonhams International Board Bonhams UK Ltd Directors Registered No. 4326560 Robert Brooks Co-Chairman, Colin Sheaf Chairman, Gordon McFarlan, Andrew McKenzie, Registered Office: Montpelier Galleries Malcolm Barber Co-Chairman, Harvey Cammell Deputy Chairman, Simon Mitchell, Jeff Muse, Mike Neill, Montpelier Street, London SW7 1HH Colin Sheaf Deputy Chairman, Antony Bennett, Matthew Bradbury, Charlie O’Brien, Giles Peppiatt, India Phillips, Matthew Girling CEO, Lucinda Bredin, Simon Cottle, Andrew Currie, Peter Rees, John Sandon, Tim Schofield, +44 (0) 20 7393 3900 Patrick Meade Group Vice Chairman, Jean Ghika, Charles Graham-Campbell, Veronique Scorer, Robert Smith, James Stratton, +44 (0) 20 7393 3905 fax Jon Baddeley, Rupert Banner, Geoffrey Davies, Matthew Haley, Richard Harvey, Robin Hereford, Ralph Taylor, Charlie Thomas, David Williams, Jonathan Fairhurst, Asaph Hyman, James Knight, David Johnson, Charles Lanning, Grant Macdougall Michael Wynell-Mayow, Suzannah Yip. Caroline Oliphant, Shahin Virani, Edward Wilkinson, Leslie Wright. General Information Admission Methods of Payment NMT Bonhams has the right at its sole discretion without It is important you are aware of the following regarding Motor vehicle lots marked ‘NMT’ in the catalogue orginate assigning any reason therefore to refuse admission registration and payment: from or are registered in another EU member state and have to its premises or attendance at any of its sales travelled less than 6,000km from new. Accordingly, HMRC and by any person. The name and address in which you register will be the name the DVLA classify such machines as ‘New Means of Transport’ and address on your invoice, if successful. We cannot amend under the NOVA Scheme and are subject to VAT at 20% on Absentee Bids the details on your invoice, once issued. the hammer price. Bonhams will execute bids when instructed. Lots will be bought as cheaply as is allowed by other Furthermore, when making payment, the account from which Artists Resale Right Regulations 2006 bids and Reserves. the payment is sent must match the buyer’s details as per on On certain Lots, which will be marked “AR” in the Catalogue the bidder registration form and the issued invoice. and which are sold for a Hammer Price [together with Buyer’s References Premium] of €1000 or greater (converted into the currency Intending Buyers should supply bankers’ references. We are unable to accept any third party payments. Should of the Sale using the European Central Bank Reference rate The references should be supplied to Bonhams in a third party payment be made this will result in a delay prevailing on the date of the Sale), the Additional Premium time to allow them to be taken up before the Sale. in your payment being processed and your ability to collect will be payable to us by the Buyer to cover our expenses Unless arrangements are made with Bonhams for your purchase. relating to the payment of royalties under the Artists Resale payment in advance of the Sale all Lots will be Right Regulations 2006. The Auctioneer will announce the removed to storage immediately after the Sale at the Purchases can only be released when full settlement (inclusive equivalent of €1,000 in the currency in which the Sale will take Buyers’ cost. In any event, the Purchase Price should of all charges) of all invoices issued to the buyer is received place at the beginning of the Sale. An Additional Premium will be paid to Bonhams not later than 12 noon on the in cleared funds. Before bidding, you should ensure that be a percentage of the amount of the Hammer Price [plus day after the Sale. Attention is specifically drawn you have the necessary funds available and be able to pay Buyer’s Premium], please refer to notice to bidders section 7, to Condition 6 of the Buyers’ Agreement as printed according to one of the methods set out below. All cheques and shall not exceed €12,500 (converted into the currency in this Catalogue. should be made payable to Bonhams 1793 Limited. of the Sale using the European Central Bank Reference rate prevailing on the date of the Sale). Bidder Registration We accept the following methods of payment: To recognise bidders during the Sale all intending • Sterling cheque drawn on a UK branch of a bank or Vintage Sports-Car Club Buyers are required to complete a Bidder Registration building society: all cheques must be cleared before you can Eligibility Documents Form giving full identification and appropriate collect your purchases unless agreed with us in advance, or Any eligibility document issued to the owner of a car is merely references before the Sale which will enable them to unless you provide an irrevocable letter of guarantee from your to certify that the vehicle is eligible to compete in VSCC events bid by means of a number allocated to them. bank. Cheques drawn by third parties cannot be accepted. on the basis of the rules and regulations currently in force. It is Cheques drawn by third parties cannot be accepted; not intended to be used for any trade or commercial Premium • Cash: you may pay for lots purchased by you at this purposes. It does not provide any guarantee as to the Like the vast majority of auctioneers Bonhams charge Sale with notes or coins in the currency in which the Sale standard of design, manufacture, condition or its authenticity, what is known as a Buyer’s Premium on the Hammer Price of is conducted (but not any other currency) provided that the provenence or history. VSCC eligibility documents lose validity each Lot purchased and is subject to VAT. Some lots may also total amount payable by you in respect of all lots purchased on transfer of ownership of the vehicle and a new application be subject to VAT on the Hammer Price and these lots will be by you at the Sale does not exceed £3,000, or the equivalent is therefore required. clearly marked with a symbol ( †, Ω, *, NMT ) printed beside in the currency in which the Sale is conducted, at the time the lot number in the catalogue. when payment is made. If the amount payable by you for lots The Veteran Car Club of Great Britain exceeds that sum, the balance must be paid otherwise than Dating Plates and Certificates For Automobilia the Buyer’s Premium is 25% on the first in coins or notes. When mention is made of a Veteran Car Club Dating Plate or £175,000 of the Hammer Price, 20% from £175,001 • Bank Transfer: You may electronically transfer funds to our Dating Certificate in this Catalogue, it should be borne in mind to £3,000,000 of the Hammer Price, and 12.5% on the Trust Account. Please quote your paddle number and Invoice that the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain using the services of balance thereafter. number as the reference. Our Trust Account details are as follows. Veteran Car Company Ltd, does from time to time, review cars Bank: National Westminster Bank Plc already dated and, in some instances, where fresh evidence For Motor Cars the Buyer’s Premium will be 15% on the first Address: PO Box 4RY becomes available, the review can result in an alteration of £50,000 of the Hammer Price of each Lot, and 12% on the 250 Regent Street date. Whilst the Club and Veteran Car Company Ltd make balance thereafter. London W1A 4RY every effort to ensure accuracy, the date shown on the Dating Sort Code: 56-00-27 Plate or Dating Certificate cannot be guaranteed as correct and Buyers’ attention is drawn to Condition 7 of the Notice to Account Name: Bonhams 1793 Limited Client Bank Account intending purchasers should make their own enquiries as to the Bidders.
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