Bonhams has announced its global motoring sales schedule for 2009. There are a number of enhancements to the calendar next year, including the location of its first UK sale in March.
Having acquired and developed new auction rooms in the heart of the Cotswolds earlier this year, Bonhams has decided to move its first UK sale from Stoneleigh to Oxford in March 2009. The salerooms are perfectly positioned. Five miles north of Oxford, they are close to Oxford Airport, M40, A34, A44 and A40 trunk roads, and close to the pretty market town of Woodstock.
James Knight, International Director of Motoring at Bonhams, who took the decision to depart Stoneleigh, says: “The new location is the perfect venue for a Collectors’ Motor Car auction and has all the in-house facilities customers would expect from a fully operational auction house. The Bonhams Oxford saleroom was previously a Mercedes-Benz main agent and therefore has ample free parking for customers, even if they chose to bring their trailers.”
The Bonhams Oxford salerooms will also host a further Motorcycle auction in June 2009, to coincide with the famous annual VMCC Banbury Run, where 600 pre-1931 machines take part in the event.
International Motoring Sales 2009 Calendar:
7 February
Retromobile, Paris
Exceptional Motor Cars and related Automobilia
8 March
Bonhams, Oxford
Collectors’ Motor Cars and Automobilia
5 April
Sydney, Australia
Collectors’ Motor Cars, Motorcycles and Automobilia
20 April
RAF Museum, Hendon
Collectors’ Motor Cars and Automobilia
26 April
The International Classic Motorcycle Show, Stafford
Important Pioneer, Vintage and Collectors’ Motorcycles and Related
Memorabilia
2 May
Legend of the Motorcycle, California
Exceptional Motorcycles
9 May
Aston Martin Lagonda Limited Works Service, Newport Pagnell
Aston Martin and Lagonda Motor Cars and Related Automobilia
18 May
Monaco
Les Grandes Marques à Monaco
7 June
Greenwich Concours, Connecticut
Collectors’ Motorcars and Automobilia
13 June
R-REC Annual Rally, Kelmarsh Hall
Rolls-Royce, Bentley Motor Cars and Automobilia
20 June
Bonhams, Oxford
Collectors’ Motorcycles and Related Memorabilia
3 July
Goodwood Festival of Speed, Chichester, Sussex
Important Collectors’ Motor Cars and Automobilia
25 July
Silverstone Classic
Collectors’ Motor Cars featuring Jaguar and Related Automobilia
26 July
Sydney, Australia
Collectors’ Motor Cars, Motorcycles and Automobilia
14 August
Quail Lodge, Carmel, California
Exceptional Motor Cars and Automobilia
12 September
Beaulieu Autojumble, National Motor Museum
Collectors’ Motor Cars, Motorcycles and Automobilia
18 September
Goodwood Revival, Chichester, Sussex
Collectors’ Sports Cars, Motor Cars, Motorcycles and Automobilia
26 September
Vintage New England, Brookline, Massachussetts
Important Motorcars and Automobilia
18 October
The Motorcycle Mechanics Show, Stafford
Collectors’ Motorcycles and Related Memorabilia
30 October
New Bond Street, London
Veteran Motor Cars and Related Automobilia
14 November
California Classic, Petersen Automotive Museum, Los Angeles
Important Motorcars, Motorcycles and Memorabilia
15 November
Sydney, Australia
Collectors’ Motor Cars, Motorcycles and Automobilia
18 November
Yorkshire Event Centre, Harrogate
Collectors’ Motor Cars, Motorcycles and Automobilia
7 December
Olympia, London
Important Collectors’ Motor Cars, Motorcycles and Automobilia
December
Palace Hotel, Gstaad
Ferrari et les Prestigieuses Italiennes
Motor Cars and Automobilia
For further details on Bonhams’ Motoring Sales, please visit: www.bonhams.com/motoring