Supercars and classics headline the Bonhams|Cars Members’ Meeting sale

Ranging from an almost-new Lamborghini Revuelto to an Edwardian Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost via a Ferrari 365 GT4 Berlinetta Boxer once owned by Eric Clapton, the top seven lots were nothing if not varied.

1967 Ferrari 330 GTC Coupé

Sold for £402,500 including premium

The lot that sold for the highest figure during the 82MM sale was the Ferrari 330 GTC Coupé. It started life finished in maroon with beige Connolly leather and its first owner was based in Rome. In 1970 it was exported to the United States before moving to the UK in 2011. A couple of years later, it was given a three-year bare-metal respray which is when it was refinished in its current blu sera paintwork with grigio leather. At the Bonhams|Cars sale, it sold for a figure just over its lower estimate at £402,500 including premium.

2024 Lamborghini Revuelto

Sold for £333,500 including premium

The newest car in the Bonhams|Cars sale at Members’ Meeting was this Lamborghini Revuelto, delivered to its first owner less than a year ago. As a V12 scissor-doored Lamborghini flagship, it follows a lineage that reaches back to the Countach. With most auction lots it’s interesting to understand the car’s history, but this one has virtually none – with just 600 miles on the clock, it’s pretty much in showroom-fresh condition. At £333,500 including premium, it was a bargain for its second owner. By comparison, the new price was £564,627.

2002 Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 VT

Sold for £319,700 including premium

Next up is one of the Revuelto’s predecessors. Hailing from 2002, this Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 VT is one of the last of its kind. Only 343 were built, of which just 30 were right hand drive. Being one of the last of the line Diablos, it benefits from the quality improvements instigated by Audi, which took control of Lamborghini in 1998. It has been in the same ownership for more than ten years and comes with a comprehensive history file. It added up to a sale price of £319,700 including premium, very close to its offspring above.

1928 Bentley 41/2-Litre

Sold for £290,950 including premium

This 1928 Bentley 41/2-Litre was originally built as a Weymann saloon by HJ Mulliner. By 1974, it had passed through several owners and had lost its original bodywork. It was, effectively, a rolling chassis in need of new bodywork. It was reborn as a Vanden Plas style tourer and has been used in its current guise in events around the world. The vendor has spent considerable time in an effort to bring it back to being reliable, safe and enjoyable so that it can continue to be used enthusiastically. It sold for  £290,950 including premium.

1988 Aston Martin V8 Vantage Volante X-Pack

Sold for £212,750 including premium

Flaired wheelarches, an integrated boot spoiler and an extended front splitter are the visual clues that mark the Volante out against a regular Aston Martin Vantage. It’s backed up by additional power, while the X-Pack equipment of this example gives it extra kudos. Recent work includes an £80,000 refurbishment at Aston Martin Works (triggered by some front-corner damage in 2016) and a further £52,000 cosmetic refurbishment since. Buyers could clearly see the value and it was bid to £212,750 including premium.

1912 Rolls-Royce 40/50hp Silver Ghost

Sold for £195,500 including premium

In 1908, Rolls-Royce consolidated its range to offer only the six-cylinder 40/50hp, which would go on to be known as the Silver Ghost. It was the model that cemented the Rolls-Royce as the best car in the world. This example passed through a Bonhams|Cars auction in 2003 in completely dismantled form. The buyer then spent £600,000 having a restoration carried out to the highest standard with hand-formed Rois des Belges aluminium bodywork with a dark green buttoned leather interior. It sold for £195,500 including premium.

1975 Ferrari 365 GT4 Berlinetta Boxer

Sold for £178,250 including premium

The 365 GT4 Berlinetta Boxer was Ferrari’s first flat-12 engined road car and, when it went on sale in 1973, it was the world’s most expensive car. If that doesn’t capture attention enough, how about the fact that the first owner of this example was Eric Clapton? He bought it after seeing George Harrisons BB. Clapton had only covered 43 miles in the car before it was involved in an accident, and a photo of the crashed car features on the inside cover artwork of his album Slowhand. The vendor has owned the car since 1975, keeping it in his kitchen and bringing its total mileage to just 14,900. It sold for £178,250 including premium.

Thumbnail photography by Pete Summers. Other images courtesy of Bonhams|Cars.