Bonhams|Cars held an incredibly successful sale in Knokke-Heist, Belgium alongside the Zoute Grand Prix in 2023, and the auction house has just returned yet another stellar result at this year’s event – totalling €21,300,064 with a sell through rate of 95%. Although slightly down from 2023’s blockbuster €26.8m result, the result marks this sale as Bonhams|Cars highest grossing auction of the year, outstripping their Monterey auction by some margin.
Top seller of the day was the red-on-red 2010 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Stirling Moss pictured above, which sailed past its €1.5-2.5m estimate making €3,220,000. There were a few other limited-run Mercedes offered, all at no reserve. The 2007 CLK DTM AMG Cabriolet proved popular at €540,500, as did the 54km 2008 SLR McLaren Crown Edition at €483,000.
Next up was the 1956 Porsche 550RS, notable because this Equipe Nationale Belge team car was back on home turf for the first time in decades. It sold to a local collector for €2,530,000, below estimate. One notable no-sale was headlining 1951 Ferrari 340 America Berlinetta, which failed to gain enough bids to trouble the reserve on the day. A 1926 Bugatti Type 35A also failed to sell.
There were mixed fortunes for Aston Martins on the day. A striking bronze One-77 (the first car built, coming from its original owner with just 550km on the clock) attracted a healthy €1,437,500 total price, but the interesting 1959 DB4 4.7-litre Works Prototype ‘DP2155’ failed to find a new home.
Philip Kantor, Bonhams|Cars International Chairman based in Belgium, said: “We’re thrilled to continue to see our partnership with The Zoute Grand Prix flourish year after year, elevating each edition to unprecedented levels of success.”
