World’s most remarkable hypercar, the Bugatti Chiron, to auction at Bonhams
It’s been described as “the most daunting hypercar ever built”, and now, only a year after it rolled off the production line, this Bugatti Chiron is heading to auction. The […]
By Tom Meyrick
2018-07-31
1961 Aston Martin achieves record $13.2m at Goodwood sale
An iconic 1961 Aston Martin ‘MP209’ DB4GT Zagato led Bonhams’ Goodwood sale with a final bid of £10m ($13.2m), setting a new record for a British car sold in a […]
By Tom Meyrick
2018-07-17
Joe Strummer’s Clash shirt offered in punk sale
Legendary Clash singer Joe Strummer’s hand-painted shirt will be the headliner in the sale of the Mark Jay Collection of Punk Memorabilia at Bonhams with an estimate of £8,000-12,000 ($10,528-15,793). […]
By Tom Meyrick
2018-07-02
Robert Frost’s Stopping by the Woods draft makes $69,000
Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening is among American poet Robert Frost’s most celebrated works. Last night in London, Bonhams sold an original draft manuscript of the text for […]
By Tom Meyrick
2018-06-21
Den Hartogh Museum Ford auction includes over 100 classics
The Den Hartogh Museum in Hillegom, Netherlands is believed to be the world’s largest single owner collection of Ford motorcars. The entire collection is now being primed to cross the block […]
By Tom Meyrick
2018-06-13
German Enigma machine codebook sets new record
A German Enigma machine codebook designed for use aboard a second world war U-boat has smashed its estimate at auction. Valued at $30,000, it sold for a phenomenal $225,000. That’s […]
By Tom Meyrick
Poet Edward Thomas’ notebook to feature at Bonhams
A notebook belonging to the war poet Edward Thomas will feature in a June 20 auction of fine books and manuscripts at Bonhams with an estimate of £30,000-40,000 ($40,222-53,630). It […]
By Tom Meyrick
2018-06-12
Albert Einstein’s passport photo featured at Bonhams
Albert Einstein’s original passport photo for his US citizenship application will be offered with an estimate of $8,000-12,000 in Bonhams’ June 12 fine books sale. In 1933, the Nazis came […]
By Tom Meyrick
2018-06-07
Suprematist Kazimir Malevich’s correspondence to sell
A collection of correspondence and writings connected with Russian suprematist artist Kazimir Malevich will auction at Bonhams. The 340-piece collection forms part of the house’s sale of fine books and […]
By Tom Meyrick
2018-06-06
Oliver Cromwell’s funeral escutcheon to sell
Bonhams is offering a silk escutcheon – or funeral standard – flown from Oliver Cromwell’s hearse during his funeral in 1658. The estimate for the lot stands at £8,000-12,000 ($10,664-15,997) […]
By Tom Meyrick
2018-05-31
James Bond’s Goldeneye Aston Martin DB5 to star in Bonham’s Goodwood sale
Bonhams will offer a 1965 Aston Martin DB5 that appeared in popular James Bond movie Goldeneye (1995) in its Goodwood Festival of Speed sale on July 13. The annual auction […]
By Tom Meyrick
2018-05-24
Whisky auction record smashed twice in a night
A 1926 Macallan Valerio Adami 60-Year-Old has smashed the record for a whisky bottle at auction. The rare 750ml tipple, from the distillery’s celebrated “artists series”, sold for $1.1m at […]
2018-05-22
Enigma machine codebook to auction at Bonhams
A number of Enigma machines have come to auction over the past couple of years. Much rarer are the codebooks used to operate them. Bonhams’ June 12 Books and Manuscripts […]
2018-05-21
Tribal arms offered at Bonhams LA on May 22
Bonhams will offer an extraordinary collection of tribal arms from Africa and the south Pacific in a May 22 sale in Los Angeles. Among the finest is a pole club […]
2018-05-17
Stravinsky opera set designs to be exhibited in London
A collection of drawings by set designer Alexander Golovin for Igor Stravinsky’s opera Le Rossignol (The Nightingale) will be exhibited at Bonhams London. Titled “Music, Magic and Flight: Alexander Golovin’s […]
By Tom Meyrick
