COYS Autosport International auction saw bidders battling for Freddie Mercury’s Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow, which reached £74,600, more than six times its estimate.
This very special Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow was bought for Freddie Mercury’s personal use by his managing company Goose Productions Ltd. in 1979 and pre-sale expectations estimated it could sell for just £9,000 to £11,000.
After fierce bidding, on the telephone, with four active callers at one point, the car was finally sold to a Russian businessman.
Chris Routledge, Managing Director of international auctioneers COYS, said: “Autosport 2013 proved to be another successful event for COYS in Birmingham on Saturday January 12. It underlined the global reach of this event with the Freddie Mercury Rolls-Royce selling to Russia and other notable sales being made to Japan, the west coast of the U.S. and Colombia.”
Other important collectors’ cars that went under the hammer included a unique 1935 BMW Typ. 309/328 Veritas with FIA papers that sold for £249,000, a 1966 427 AC Shelby Cobra that hit £205,000 and a 1955 Alfa Romeo Disco Volante Evocazione that went for £91,700. COYS next auction will be the “Spring Classics” on March 12th at London’s Royal Horticultural Society.
