'Birkin'
Bentley breaks world record to sell for £5 million at Bonhams Goodwood Festival
of Speed Sale
A
record-breaking British car from the 'tween-war years has broken another record
at the Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed sale this Friday 29 June. It is now
the most expensive Bentley ever sold at public auction.
The ex-Sir
Henry 'Tim' Birkin 1929 4 ½-litre supercharged 'Blower' Bentley single-seater,
which when new raised the Brooklands Outer Circuit record to 137mph, sold for
£5,042,000.
The Bentley
was sold as part of a collection once owned by famed watchmaker George Daniels
of seven cars, two motorcycles and assorted automobilia.
Daniels was
a huge fan of Birkin, and also on sale at the Bonhams Goodwood FOS sale was
another Birkin car. The 1932 Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 Long Chassis Touring Spider
which formed part of Birkin's
1932 Le
Mans 24-Hour Endurance Race entry with his friend Earl Howe, sold for more than
£2.5 million.
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