Exceptional RV8 sold at H&H Buxton auction today

Follow the V8 Bulletin Bard thread on the auction and this exceptional car, the second production car. V8BB thread

The key question is why was the car not prepared better for the auction? But despite that the hammer price was for an exceptional car.














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Godfrey Dennis posted his report on the V8 Bulletin Board
I went to Buxton today to attend the car auction. I have an Oxford Blue RV8 (1610) and naturally was interested in the RV8 with the Reg. No. K2 MGW coming under Lot 65 about 12 cars from the end of the sale. To me, and I'm no expert, the car looked immaculate. The body work showed no sign of dinks or damage, the interior was spotless, the wooden facia was in excellent condition, the hood condition was A1, and the engine bay was also in good nick. It was shod with Pirellis, with good treads, and all in all I thought it was a fine car. The car had only done some 14,000 miles, and one would expect a car like that to be in good condition, and it was. I didn't get to have a look underneath, but I'm pretty sure that would have been OK.
The bidding started off around £11k, and slowly moved up to around £15k. There were bidders by phone and internet, and the price eventually reached £19,000 at which the hammer went down. The buyer has bought a nice car, and I'm sure the seller was pleased.

Martin Ashby reports I attended the H&H auction today in Buxton so managed to have a good look round RV8 252 (K2 MGW) and watch it sell. Overall the car was in very good condition as would be expected from its 14,000 miles. Looking at the date stamp on the tyres I believe it is still wearing its original Michelin tyres. There were a few minor blemishes visible in the paintwork, including quite a few stone chips on the bonnet, paint blending on driver's side front wing and paint repair on driver's side rear bumper corner. Slightly surprisingly the car had not been prepared for sale with care as the interior had lots of leaves and debris in the footwells. The paintwork was also in
need of a polish but these are only minor issues.
Bidding was strong and started at £10,000 and finally reached £19,000 hammer price. There is 12% commission plus VAT to add to this price which works out to £21,736. And before you ask, I didn't buy it. I was prepared to bid if the bidding had stalled a few thousand earlier. See Martin Ashby's photo report.