10.6 million euros of income for Ecurie Ecosse collection
Posted on 03-12-2013 at 16:48 by sir_smokalot – 21 Comments”
After the announcement in september was last weekend, the auction of an arsenal of vehicles from the legendary Ecurie Ecosse team at the camp site. When the smoke cleared was the counter at 8.8 million GBP, or 10.650.000 euro.
Although the collection of fragments about several buyers have auction house Bonhams and former owner Dick Skipworth likely to grind to.
The biggest surprise was probably the two-stroke 1960 Commer TS3-transporttruck, that after a 20 minute bidding war for 1.8 million GBP to be awarded was to an American buyer, who is also a 5.5 million GBP counted down for a C – and D-Type.
Below are the results:
- Jaguar XK120 1952 – 707.000 GBP
- Jaguar C-Type from 1953 – to 2,900,000 GBP
- Jaguar D-Type 1956 – 2.600.000 GBP
- Tojeiro-Jaguar from 1959 – 382.300 GBP
- Cooper T49 1960 – 219.900 GBP
- Austin-Healey ‘Sebring’ Sprite from 1961 – 61.980 GBP
- Tojeiro-Buick Coupe from 1962 – 214.300 GBP
- Commer Ecurie Ecosse Transporter (the van with place for three cars, and a fitting workshop) – 1.800.000 GBP
During the same auction was also Michael Schumachers Benetton-Cosworth Ford B194-racer under the hammer: a German museum in Böblingen had £617.500 (750,000 euros) for down.
Gallery: Ecurie Ecosse Le Mans racing team
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