Aston Martin and Lagonda Motor Cars and Related Automobilia Saturday 17 May, 2014 Newport Pagnell ONE THING MATCHES OUR PASSION FOR ASTON MARTIN ...YOURS At Aston Martin Works, the historic home So whether you are seeking a new ASTON MARTIN WORKS of Aston Martin, we passionately protect Aston Martin sports car, would like an the experience, heritage and values that assured previously-owned car, need help Tickford Street, Newport Pagnell have made our great British brand an iconic finding or restoring a classic Aston Martin Buckinghamshire, MK16 9AN name in the world of luxury sports cars. or are simply looking for a trusted Aston Martin service and repair facility, Tel: Sales: +44 (0) 1908 610620 Uniquely, we are home to one of the you will find that your passion for Tel: Service: +44 (0) 1908 619264 world’s newest and most advanced Aston Martin is always matched by ours. Email: [email protected] Aston Martin sales and servicing centres as well, of course, as our renowned www.astonmartinworks.com heritage restoration and parts service. EXPERIENCE MATTERS AMW Bonhams Advert.indd 1 07/04/2014 12:44 ASTON MARTIN A Sale of Aston Martin and Lagonda Motor Cars and Related Automobilia the property of various owners Saturday 17 May 2014 Welcome, friends, to the 15th annual Bonhams auction here at Aston Expansion, investment and redevelopment here at Aston Martin Martin Works in Newport Pagnell – the historic home of Aston Martin Works would count for nought, of course, if we were not supporting for almost 60 years. It hardly seems a year ago that many of us were that investment with a corresponding investment in staff. The gathered here for a truly exceptional auction event – when records workforce here at Aston Martin Works has more than trebled since were smashed and iconic sports cars once again changed hands we began our ambitious redevelopment and expansion plans, and a amid a flurry of excited bidding from eager buyers around the globe. key part of that expansion in headcount has been the development of the Apprenticeship Programme. Truly, the annual auction event here at Aston Martin Works has become a mainstay not only of the global Aston Martin calendar, You are familiar, no doubt, with the painstaking process required to but of the classic sports car collectors’ calendar. This year, as in all faithfully and accurately recreate, for instance, the nose of a DB5 recent years, we will see rare and exceptional Aston Martins find new from flat sheets of sterile aluminium. Scores of hours spent carefully homes with buyers around the world – underlining once again the fashioning panel sections using authentic tools such as the famous old global significance of this once tiny sports car company. English Wheel are what’s needed to do the job correctly, and here at Aston Martin Works we recognise that investing in the perpetuation of Now proudly pushing on into a second successful century of luxury these rare and precious skills is as vital to the future of Aston Martin’s sports car making, Aston Martin is nothing less than a worldwide heritage as smart new workshops or impressive sales rooms. motoring phenomenon. The new cars built only 50 miles or so from here over at Gaydon, in Warwickshire, continue to win praise not It’s a dedicated, five-year, journey to acquire these skills and we are proud only for their exceptional beauty and classic style, but also for their to say that a number of local teenagers are embarking on that journey spirited performance and grin-inducing handling. It’s safe to say that with passion and enthusiasm. These youngsters will, quite literally, keep the spirit of iconic sports car-making so carefully nurtured here at the future of the brand safe in their hands and we are all comforted, as Newport Pagnell is very much alive and well at Gaydon today – a you should be, to see such exceptional craftsmanship protected. situation which must make every Aston Martin enthusiast optimistic for the future of our beloved brand. Consummate skills of quite another sort will be on show at the Bonhams auction as the parade of exciting sports cars you see More hope and expectation around the future success of the brand documented in this catalogue make their way across ‘the block’ should be drawn from the very buildings around us today. Aston Martin once again. The Bonhams team have become a family friend here at Works – formerly Aston Martin Works Service – has recently completed Newport Pagnell and we never cease to marvel at their auctioneering a two-and-a-half year, multi-million pound redevelopment that makes prowess – just one more reason, perhaps, why this sale in an it, almost literally, a one-stop shop for all things Aston Martin. otherwise sleepy corner of Buckinghamshire has become such a globally-significant occasion. The addition of the exceptional new car showroom in 2012 has been further supported by the complete redevelopment of the Modern Car Of course the sale is far more than simply a parade of rare, desirable Workshop, Heritage Workshop, Panel Shop and Paint & Bodyshop and exciting sports cars: automobilia of all shapes and sizes will also – creating a suite of workshop facilities that are unrivalled in their change hands over the course of the event with rare and precious quality and depth of skill. spare parts, accessories and all manner of Aston Martin-branded ephemera heading off to join collections around the world. But it’s perhaps the relatively recently-opened Heritage Showroom It bears repeating, then, that today’s auction is something really in the building nicknamed ‘Olympia’ – because of its resemblance rather special. If you are lucky enough to attend you will be witness, to that famous old exhibition space in London, of course – that will most likely, to more memorable moments – moments that go to chime most closely with the interests of Bonhams’ auction-goers. make up the almost impossibly rich and fascinating 101- year history Re-built to showcase Aston Martin’s epic ‘back catalogue’ to its very of Aston Martin. best advantage, Olympia now regularly houses some of the most interesting, beautiful, and valuable, classic Aston Martin sports cars The entire team at Aston Martin Works, and our friends at Bonhams, to come to the market. wish you a fun and enjoyable day that we all hope you will remember with fondness for years to come. Good luck! THE asTon marTin SALE aston martin and Lagonda motor Cars and related automobilia Saturday 17 May 2014 at 11:00, 14:00 and 14:30 Newport Pagnell ViEwing Please note that bids should be EnquiriEs CusTomEr SerVices submitted no later than 16:00 on Friday 16 May 17:00 - 20:00 Motor Cars Monday to Friday 08:00 - 18:00 Friday 16 May. Thereafter bids Saturday 17 May from 09:00 +44 (0) 20 7468 5801 +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 should be sent directly to the +44 (0) 20 7468 5802 fax Bonhams office at the sale venue. Please see page 2 for bidder sale TimEs [email protected] +44 (0) 20 7468 5802 fax information including after-sale Automobilia Part 1 - 11:00 Automobilia collection and shipment We regret that we are unable to Automobilia Part 2 - 14:00 +44 (0) 8700 273 618 accept telephone bids for lots with Motor Cars 14:30 +44 (0) 8700 273 625 fax Please see back of catalogue a low estimate below £500. [email protected] for important notice to bidders sale numbEr Absentee bids will be accepted. New bidders must also provide 21900 proof of identity when submitting IllusTraTions Front cover: Lot 242 bids. Failure to do so may result CaTaLoguE in your bids not being processed. £30.00 + p&p Live online bidding is bids available for this sale Please email [email protected] +44 (0) 20 7447 7448 with “Live bidding” in the subject +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax line 48 hours before the auction To bid via the internet please visit to register for this service www.bonhams.com Bonhams 1793 Limited Bonhams 1793 Ltd Directors Bonhams UK Ltd Directors Registered No. 4326560 Robert Brooks Chairman, Colin Sheaf Chairman, Jonathan Baddeley, Andrew McKenzie, Simon Mitchell, Jeff Muse, Registered Office: Montpelier Galleries Colin Sheaf Deputy Chairman, Antony Bennett, Matthew Bradbury, Mike Neill, Charlie O’Brien, Giles Peppiatt, Montpelier Street, London SW7 1HH Malcolm Barber Group Managing Director, Harvey Cammell, Simon Cottle, Andrew Currie, Peter Rees, Julian Roup, Iain Rushbrook, Matthew Girling CEO UK and Europe, David Dallas, Paul Davidson, Jean Ghika, John Sandon, Tim Schofield, Veronique Scorer, +44 (0) 20 7393 3900 Geoffrey Davies, Jonathan Horwich, Charles Graham-Campbell, Miranda Grant, James Stratton, Roger Tappin, Ralph Taylor +44 (0) 20 7393 3905 fax James Knight, Patrick Meade, Robin Hereford, Asaph Hyman, Charles Lanning, Shahin Virani, David Williams, Caroline Oliphant, Hugh Watchorn. Sophie Law, Camilla Lombardi, Fergus Lyons, Michael Wynell-Mayow, Suzannah Yip. Paul Maudsley, Gordon McFarlan, admission methods of Payment Bonhams has the right at its sole discretion without It is important you are aware of the following regarding assigning any reason therefore to refuse admission registration and payment: to its premises or attendance at any of its sales by any person. The name and address in which you register will be the name and address on your invoice, if successful. We cannot amend absentee bids the details on your invoice, once issued. 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 bids and Reserves. the payment is sent must match the buyer’s details as per on the bidder registration form and the issued invoice.