{"id":34933,"date":"2022-03-21T23:39:11","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T22:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/?p=34933"},"modified":"2022-03-21T23:39:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T22:39:14","slug":"bonhams-extends-multi-year-partnership-with-stafford-classic-bike-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/bonhams-extends-multi-year-partnership-with-stafford-classic-bike-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"BONHAMS EXTENDS MULTI-YEAR PARTNERSHIP WITH STAFFORD CLASSIC BIKE SHOWS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bonhams Motorcycles, the world record-setting auction house specialist department, will continue as the exclusive auction partner of Mortons Media Group Ltd, owners of the Stafford Classic Bike Shows, for a further three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the renewed agreement, Bonhams will continue to host its internationally acclaimed bi-annual Collectors\u2019 Motorcycle sales at the Stafford Classic Motorcycle Shows, staged at the Staffordshire County Showground. In return, the auctions will be promoted across Morton\u2019s extensive international portfolio of magazines, including Classic Bike Guide and The Classic Motorcycle.<\/p><div class=\"autoestrada-nel-contenuto autoestrada-entity-placement\" id=\"autoestrada-648101465\" style=\"position: relative;padding: 30px;border: 2px solid red;margin: 25px auto 35px;text-align: center;width: fit-content;\"><div class=\"autoestrada-adlabel\">Advertising<\/div><div id=\"autoestrada-3083832377\"><!-- START ADVERTISER: from tradedoubler.com -->\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\nvar uri = 'https:\/\/impfr.tradedoubler.com\/imp?type(img)g(25346028)a(2263928)' + new String (Math.random()).substring (2, 11);\r\ndocument.write('<a href=\"https:\/\/clk.tradedoubler.com\/click?p=289682&a=2263928&g=25346028\" target=\"_BLANK\"><img src=\"'+uri+'\" border=0><\\\/a>');\r\n<\/script>\r\n<!-- END ADVERTISER: from tradedoubler.com --><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent years Bonhams motorcycles has achieved consistently high results, with an average sell-through rate of 93%, the highest of any motorcycle auctioneer in the Europe, and sales totals of more than \u00a35 million per annum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Bonhams Stafford sales are renowned for setting auction world records, including the sale of a 1940s AJS 497cc E90 &#8216;Porcupine&#8217; Grand Prix racing motorcycle, previously owned by post-war AJS works rider Ted Frend, which achieved \u00a3293,250, a&nbsp;new auction world record for the model, at last year\u2019s Summer Stafford Sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Bonhams Motorcycles team is currently gearing up for its latest sale at the West Midlands venue on 22-23 April, which will offer more than 400 lots of collectors\u2019 motorcycles, spares and motorcycle-related memorabilia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Early consignments include a brace of barn find Brough Superiors, a 1929 996CC SS100 \u2018Alpine Grand Sports\u2019 Sprint Special (estimate \u00a370,000 \u2013 100,000), campaigned by notable Brough-Superior riders Reg Barton and Dick Knight, and a 1936 982cc SS100 (estimate \u00a3120,000 \u2013 180,000) offered from 50 years of current ownership, plus a 1948 Velocette 348cc KTT MkVII Racing Motorcycle, (estimate \u00a350,000 \u2013 70,000), ridden to victory by Les Graham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ben Walker, Global Head of Bonhams Motorcycles, commented: \u201cThe Spring and Autumn sales at Stafford are the flagship sale events of the motorcycle calendar, connecting genuine motorcycles with enthusiasts and collectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cStafford is our second home and everyone in the Bonhams motorcycles team is delighted to extend the partnership with Mortons.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nigel Hole, Commercial Director, Mortons Media Group, added: \u201cWe\u2019re delighted to continue working with Bonhams and further developing a very successful formula that has produced record breaking auctions at record breaking shows!\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bonhams Motorcycles, the world record-setting auction house specialist department, will continue as the exclusive auction partner of Mortons Media Group Ltd, owners of the Stafford Classic Bike Shows, for a further three years. Under the renewed agreement, Bonhams will continue to host its internationally acclaimed bi-annual Collectors\u2019 Motorcycle sales at the Stafford Classic Motorcycle Shows, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[140],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34933"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34938,"href":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34933\/revisions\/34938"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}