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Sep 12, 2016 7:54 pm
Sep 12, 2016 7:54 pm
Subject: Re: 1953 Brooklands 2.6 /3.0 litre dhc
Er, famous owner? I don't think a car dealership loaning a car to a famous person for a couple of years is the same thing as ownership, do you?
Famous first owners commission the cars concerned and that's what should give them added value, in my view (and considerably so in certain cases e.g. film stars, racing drivers, directors of the marque concerned, etc.). If the buyer of the NP Bonhams car paid much of a premium on the 'loaner' basis, it's a matter for them of course (but, personally, I think it a daft thing to do).
I rather thought that the NP car did well because it was a very good project car and a rare beast in its own right. The modest Fangio connection was (for me) just the icing on the cake.
Er, famous owner? I don't think a car dealership loaning a car to a famous person for a couple of years is the same thing as ownership, do you?
Famous first owners commission the cars concerned and that's what should give them added value, in my view (and considerably so in certain cases e.g. film stars, racing drivers, directors of the marque concerned, etc.). If the buyer of the NP Bonhams car paid much of a premium on the 'loaner' basis, it's a matter for them of course (but, personally, I think it a daft thing to do).
I rather thought that the NP car did well because it was a very good project car and a rare beast in its own right. The modest Fangio connection was (for me) just the icing on the cake.