New motoring sales in 2009 for Bonhams

Bonhams is delighted to announce 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, visit bonhams.com/motoring