The raging bull market for Aston Martin DB6s shows no sign of slowing, Historics at Brooklands being the latest firm to announce the Kamm-tail DB model as a sale top-seller, at its first outing of 2012 on 18 February.
Changing hands at Mercedes-Benz World for £186,000 including 10% buyer's premium, against a £120-140,000 estimate, the 1965 right-hand-drive Vantage (top) headlined Historics' second successive £1m-plus sale, with 61 of 102 vehicles finding new homes. As the more mathematically brilliant of you will have spotted, that translates to a 60% sale rate.
There were strong results for Italian classics, with an estimate-busting £33,000 for a 1970 Alfa Romeo GTAm Evocazione (replica to you and me, pictured above), £67,200 for a 1954 Lancia Aurelia B20 GT and £25,800 for a 1938 Lancia Aprilia.
There were some pretty unusual lots, too, such as ‘The Bugaloos Buggy’ (just visible in the picture above beside a 1975 Alfa Spider and 1988 Porsche 911, £14,400) and 'Snake Pit' (£18,600) by George Barris, and 'Bunk Beds' by Bob Reisner (£11,100).
