Quail Lodge A Sale of Exceptional Motorcars and

Quail Lodge
A Sale of Exceptional Motorcars
and Automobilia
Friday August 15, 2008
Quail Lodge Resort and Golf Club
Carmel, California
Inquiries
Mark Osborne and Eric Minoff
+1 415 391 4000
+1 415 391 4040 fax
220 San Bruno Avenue
San Francisco, California 94103
Rupert Banner and Sophie Crosthwaite
+1 212 461 6514
+1 212 644 9007 fax
580 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10022
[email protected]
www.bonhams.com/quail
© 2008, Bonhams & Butterfields Auctioneers Corp.
All rights reserved. Bond No. 57bsbes3248.
Principal Auctioneer: Malcolm Barber, NYC License No. 1183017
Quail Lodge
Final call for consignments
The ex-Dan Gurney/Walt Hansgen, Jack Brabham
and Bruce McLaren, Cunningham Team
1960 Jaguar ‘E2A’ sports-racing
Le Mans prototype
A Jaguar legend offered here for the first
time ever on the public market. The car of
Champions, in one family ownership ex-works
for over 40 years, the legendarily unique and
unspoiled link between Jaguar’s D-Type and
E-Type models – as raced by Dan Gurney/Walt
Hansgen at Le Mans 1960, by double-World
Champion Jack Brabham at Riverside and
by future multiple CanAm Champion Bruce
McLaren at Laguna Seca.
All color photos credit: Classic & Sportscar,
to be featured in August 2008 issue
Back cover: E2A flashing through the Esses at
Le Mans, 1960 24-Hour Grand Prix d’Endurance
Photo credit: GP Library
The ex-Luigi Scarfiotti, Scuderia Ferrari
1930 Alfa Romeo 6C-1750 Gran Sport. Chassis no. 8513033
Class winner in the 1932 Mille Miglia: one of the first Alfa Romeos to be prepared
and entered by the newly-created Scuderia Ferrari at its Modena base. Driven
by Luigi Scarfiotti whose son Ludovico would win the 1966 Italian Grand Prix for
Ferrari. This glorious 1750 is a three-times in period Mille Miglia contestant.
April 12/13, 1930 - Mille Miglia Scarfiotti and Carraroli tearing down the Futa Pass.
Photo credit: The Zagari-Spitzley Collection
The second Continental built,
ex-Capt. Kruse, ex-Margaret Allen
1933 Monte Carlo Rally Entered
1930 Rolls-Royce Phantom II
Continental Sportsman’s Coupe
by Barker & Co
Ordered new by serial Rolls buyer
Capt. J.F.C. Kruse, 42 GX build sheets
denote the chassis to be ‘absolutely
as fast as it is possible to make it’.
The next owner, R.H.W. Jaques
used the Continental on the 1932
RAC 1000 mile Rally and permitted
Brooklands 120mph badge holder
Margaret Allen to campaign the car
on the Monte Carlo Rally in 1933.
Passing through just three further
ownerships to the current family
in 1997, the car has recently been
the subject of a concours winning
restoration.
Margaret Allen at the finish
of 1933 Monte Carlo Rally
Photo credit: Sir Henry Royce Trust
One of only three remaining
1913 Isotta Fraschini Tipo KM 120hp Sports Tourer
A splendid surviving example of the finest quality Italian highperformance pioneer, technically derived from aero engine design,
10.6-liters, chain-drive and front wheel brakes. The model described
by respected historian Angelo Tito Anselmi as being ‘One of the most
powerful sports cars to be produced commercially prior to World War I’.
Photo credit: Classic & Sportscar
The ex-Pierre Boncompagni ‘Pagnibon’, Ecurie Nice
1939 Talbot-Lago T150C-SS
Bonhams & Butterfields is extremely
pleased to present the Ex-Pierre
Boncompagni ‘Pagnibon’, Ecurie Nice
1939 Talbot-Lago T150 C-SS as one
of the star consignments of Quail
Lodge. This extraordinary motorcar
is one of only four such examples
of Portout’s coachwork fitted to
the famous Talbot-Lago T150 C-SS
chassis and designed by Georges
Paulin, whose innovative coachwork
‘cheated the wind’ and produced
such brilliant motorcars as the
‘Embiricos’ Bentley.
The post-war racing success achieved
by this pre-war Talbot is a
testament both to Paulin’s
progressive coachwork design and
to the superior driving skill of the
famous ‘gentleman racer’ known to
his fans simply as ‘Pagnibon’ who
campaigned this racing machine as
part of the Ecurie Nice. Participating
in AGACI events in Southern France
with ‘Pagnibon’ behind the wheel,
this motorcar frequently found
itself adorned with the laurels of a
champion.
This August will be the first time that
this historic motorcar has been
offered for sale publicly, having been
in long-term ownership with the
current owner since 1962. Bonhams
& Butterfields presentation of this
celebrated racing machine represents
an extraordinary opportunity to
purchase one of George Paulin’s
design masterpieces in highly
original condition.
Vintage photo credit: R et B Editions
Color photo credit: Scott Williamson
McQueen at Quail
The McQueen/Revson Porsche 908 leads the Siffert/Redman/
Kinnunen Porsche 917. Photo credit: Porsche Werkphoto
‘McQueen Drives Porsche’
He certainly does.
McQueen behind the
wheel, heading for a
second place finish at the
1970 12 Hours of Sebring
Photo credit: Harry E Hurst
Pit stop for the McQueen/Revson Porsche 908.
Photo credit: Porsche Werkphoto
Rico Steinemann with
Steve McQueen at the
postrace celebration
the day after Sebring
Photo credit:
Porsche Werkphoto
The ex-Solar Productions/Steve McQueen/Peter Revson
1969-70 Porsche 908/2 Pflunder
This is the 3-liter air-cooled flat-8 Spyder in which Steve McQueen/
Peter Revson finished 2nd overall in the 1970 Sebring 12-Hours. Later
used as the camera car for McQueen’s legendary movie Le Mans and
itself a five-times competitor in the world’s most charismatic sports
car race, the Le Mans 24-Hour Grand Prix d’Endurance.
Ex-Solar Plastics Engineering Division/Steve McQueen/Bud Ekins
1967 ‘Baja Boot’ Off Road Racing Buggy
Built by Vic Hickey and Drino Miller
Bud Ekins and Steve McQueen on the Stardust 7-11, Las Vegas 1968
Photo credits: Motor Trend Archive
Automobilia
1 A rare opalescent ‘Chrysis’ glass
mascot by René Lalique, French,
1930s, catalog number 1183
2 A collection of superb engineer’s
models by Gerald Wingrove:
1/15 scale 1938 Bugatti Type 57SC
1/15 scale 1933 Duesenberg SJ Weymann
1/20 scale 1913 Mercer Raceabout
1/15 scale Bugatti Type 57 engine
1/20 scale 1933 MG J2 Midget
3 ‘New York to Paris 08’, motoring
bronze by Stanley Wanlass,
1 of a limited edition of 30
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4 A fine and rare ‘Ballot Moteurs’
showroom display bronze/deskpiece
by Emile Peynot, French, 1917
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1 1914 Cadillac Model 51
Special order Limousine by C.P. Kimball & Co. of
Chicago, Illinois for Mr. W. J. Moore of Caro, Michigan
3 1958 John Fray Special Champ Car
Hilborn fuel-Injected 220/234cid Offenhauser-powered
speedway special
2 1933 Alfa Romeo 6C-1750 6th Series Gran Sport
Drophead Coupe Coachwork by Castagna
Chassis no. 121215037
A numbers matching Gran Sport with unusual,
but compact and sporting all-weather two seater
bodywork
4 The second factory prototype car,
ex-works driver Helmut Koinigg
1972 Porsche 911 2.7S/RS
5 The ex-Roger Penske/Mark Donohue
1969 Lola-Chevrolet T163 CanAm
sports-racing roadster
Photo credit Pete Lyons
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