hi,just been noseying through bonhams auction site for todays auction at stafford
appears they had a profitable day again
a few snippets for anyone interested
lot76 box of rusty brough bits £5125
lot85 stainless steel sidecar £6250
lot162 hailwoods helmet £6250
ditto £1500
lot251 1955 goldstar complete with 30 years of rust £8280
lot313 triumph hurricane £24150
lot333 vincent shaddow,partner of the above sidecar£51000
lot334 series a comet £29900
lot335 series d rapide£34500
lot336 seriesb rapide£27600
lot357 brough ss100(moby dick) £210500
lot358 brough ss80 £100500
there was a few bargains to be had,but quite a few lots were withdrawn,and others failing to sell
that concludes my report,if you want any more google bonhams and click on todays page,cheers rick

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Hi Rick..Prices as expected on the Vincents and the Broughs I guess...the one that jumps out at me is the Hurricane for £24,150...that's a high price for a triple...and the Comet did well compared to the twins...Ian

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these prices has got to be investors like the crash some years ago they were buying car but when they bank rate went back up they started to sell them but the prices went down some people because they couldnt get a good price sold off bit and scapped the engine and chassis or had garage fires to claim the over insured price

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Over 100k for an SS80? well thats one dream dashed

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I like the 11/50..so my drem is even more dashed... ..Ian

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And remember the comet was a pre-war "A" model.

So it was Douglas..I didn't notice that and it explains the price..Spookily it is virtually the same price I paid for my house approx. 20 years ago!...Ian

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Remember that to the hammer price you have to add 15% buyers premium and 20% VAT on that. John

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