The results of the Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale

Market is cooling down

After many years it seems the market for the classic Porsches is cooling down. The results of auctions at the Paris Retromobile and Scottsdale were slighly indicative. The results at the Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale show the direction of the prices furthermore. But this doesn’t mean you can add a good car to your collection cheap. I just mean the times that prices seemed to know no limits is over.. at least for now. Who knows what the future will bring.

From the 18 Porsches that came up for sale at the Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale, no less than 8 didn’t change hands and remained unsold. No surprise to me when it comes to the 2 replicas that were offered by Bonhams. The 1967 Porsche 911S  Sunroof Coupe however was a car that I thought would definitely change hands. I even thought this car would change hands for a rather good price, as the early Porsche 911S remains a highly wanted car.

The cars that did sell, all remained on the lower side of the estimation. The Porsche 356 Carrera Speedster didn’t reach the 1 million Euro mark. This would definitely have been when this car was sold like 2 years ago. The 2010 Porsche 911 GT2 RS sold for 324.110. A good price. Funny to know is that this very day, Porsche presented the new Porsche 911 GT2 RS at the Festival of Speed.

Prices are premium not included

Lot 203 1957 PORSCHE 356A 1.7-LITRE RALLY CAR : Hammer price € 50.038
Lot 214 1978 PORSCHE 911 SC 3.0-LITRE COUPÉ UNSOLD
Lot 218 1957 PORSCHE 356A CARRERA SPEEDSTER Hammer price  €932.528
Lot 223 1955 PORSCHE 356 ‘PRE-A’ SPEEDSTER WITH HARDTOP Coachwork by Reutter Hammer price  €307.051
Lot 231 1993 PORSCHE 911 TURBO 3.6-LITRE TYPE 964 COUPÉ Hammer price  €138.741
Lot 236 2005 PORSCHE 911 TYPE 996 TURBO S COUPÉ Unsold
Lot 245 1973 PORSCHE 911 RS LIGHTWEIGHT Hammer price  €841.549
Lot 251 1952 PORSCHE 356 ‘PRE-A’ 1600 COUPÉ Hammer price  €145.565
Lot 253 1974 PORSCHE 911 TYPE 935 REPLICA Hammer price  €68,000 – 91,000
Lot 254 2010 PORSCHE 911 TYPE 997 GT2 RS COUPÉ Hammer price  €324.110
Lot 257 1967 PORSCHE 911S ‘SUNROOF’ COUPÉ   Unsold
Lot 259 2000 PORSCHE 911 GT3 COUPÉ   Unsold
Lot 267 1975 PORSCHE 911S 2.7-LITRE COUPÉ   Unsold
Lot 268 1982 PORSCHE 911 TYPE 930 TURBO COUPÉ Hammer price  €125.095
Lot 272 1980 PORSCHE 911 SC 3.0-LITRE GROUP 4 REPLICA COUPÉ Unsold
Lot 276 1975 PORSCHE 911 2.7-LITRE GROUP 4 REPLICA COUPÉ Unsold
Lot 281 1958 PORSCHE 356A 1600 COUPÉ Hammer price  €77.900
Lot 282 Originally owned by Peter Sellers 1978 PORSCHE 911 TYPE 930 TURBO COUPÉ Unsold

Pictures courtesy of Bonhams Auctions