HISTORICS AUCTION –4TH MARCH
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Auction lots on display.
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good few eyebrows were raised in 1997 as the ebullient Eddie Jordan successfully took on the Formula One establishment in that year’s World Championship with rookie Ralf Schumacher and F1 novice Giancarlo Fisichella. 20 years later – at the 28th Historics auction on 4th March – Fisichella’s car, now less engine and gearbox, again caused startled looks as it soared like a rocket to sell to an international bidder at over £94,000… or a stunning 400 per cent over estimate.
This tempo was maintained throughout the day in a thoroughly buoyant auction that bristled with strong results across the wide spectrum of consign- ments. The day closed at a fraction under £3 million, with 80 per cent of the cars offered going to new owners, which is consistent with the high rate of sale throughout Historics auctions in 2016.
Fisichella’s F1 car.
Arthur Whittaker’s Jaguar MKIV with his granddaughters.
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Enjoyment is at the root of classic ownership, and so it was smiles all round as a superb 1948 Jaguar MkIV – first owned by the Deputy Chairman of Jaguar Cars – was purchased by his four granddaughters, 67 years after he parted with the car. They discovered the car’s impending sale purely by chance a fortnight earlier and fought off rival bidders to buy it for £70,000. It will return to the eldest granddaughter Lucy’s home in Kenilworth, just miles from the former Jaguar factory in Brown’s Lane, Coventry where it was manufactured. Will it become a museum piece? Not if the granddaughters have their way: “It’s just too lovely to leave locked away. The plan is to share enjoyment of the car amongst all our families, including granddad’s seven great grand- children... All we need now is the picnic hamper and a bit of sun!”
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