{"id":492557,"date":"2012-09-01T03:04:10","date_gmt":"2012-09-01T10:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=25278"},"modified":"2024-12-06T03:35:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T03:35:53","slug":"birkin-bentley-sets-auction-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/birkin-bentley-sets-auction-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Birkin Bentley Sets Auction Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just 35 miles away from the fabled Brooklands race circuit where eight decades ago this single-seat racing Bentley astonished spectators by sprinting its way into the record books, Sir Henry \u201cTim\u201d Birkin\u2019s dramatic 4.5 Liter Supercharged \u201cBlower\u201d Bentley returned to record-breaking form by reaching a sale price of \u00a34.5 million when auctioned by Bonhams at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This new Bentley auction record for Birkin\u2019s striking 240-bhp supercharged red racer outstrips the previous mark for a Bentley sold at auction, established when the Speed Six known as \u201cOld No. 2\u201d achieved \u00a32.8 million at the Le Mans Classic in 2004.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In March 1932, Birkin set a record 137.96 mph (219.93 kph) at Brooklands, a feat even a man renowned for pushing back the limits in motor sport would describe as hair-raising: \u201cThere are bumps which jolt the driver up and down in his seat and make the car leave the road and travel through the air,\u201d said Birkin then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just 35 miles away from the fabled Brooklands race circuit where eight decades ago this single-seat racing Bentley astonished spectators by sprinting its way into the record books, Sir Henry \u201cTim\u201d Birkin\u2019s dramatic 4.5 Liter Supercharged \u201cBlower\u201d Bentley returned to record-breaking form by reaching a sale price of \u00a34.5 million when auctioned by Bonhams at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. This new Bentley auction record for Birkin\u2019s striking 240-bhp supercharged red racer outstrips the previous mark for a Bentley sold [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":533079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10112,464,11577],"tags":[7366,465,17348],"class_list":["post-492557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-auctions","category-bentley","category-auction-action","tag-auctions","tag-bentley","tag-bentley-prices"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Birkin Bentley Sets Auction Record<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Birkin Bentley Sets Auction Record\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/birkin-bentley-sets-auction-record\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Birkin Bentley Sets Auction Record\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Birkin Bentley Sets Auction Record\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/birkin-bentley-sets-auction-record\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-09-01T10:04:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-06T03:35:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/RACEn4-201209-p1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"SportsCarDigest Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"SportsCarDigest Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/birkin-bentley-sets-auction-record\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/birkin-bentley-sets-auction-record\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"SportsCarDigest Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/51d193ee53f997a3f6d82ce34de31baa\"},\"headline\":\"Birkin Bentley Sets Auction Record\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-09-01T10:04:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-06T03:35:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/birkin-bentley-sets-auction-record\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":159,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/birkin-bentley-sets-auction-record\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/09\\\/RACEn4-201209-p1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Auctions\",\"Bentley\",\"Bentley (Prices)\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Auctions\",\"Bentley\",\"The Market\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/birkin-bentley-sets-auction-record\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/birkin-bentley-sets-auction-record\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/birkin-bentley-sets-auction-record\\\/\",\"name\":\"Birkin Bentley Sets Auction Record\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/birkin-bentley-sets-auction-record\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/birkin-bentley-sets-auction-record\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/09\\\/RACEn4-201209-p1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-09-01T10:04:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-06T03:35:53+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/51d193ee53f997a3f6d82ce34de31baa\"},\"description\":\"Birkin Bentley Sets Auction Record\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/birkin-bentley-sets-auction-record\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/birkin-bentley-sets-auction-record\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/birkin-bentley-sets-auction-record\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/09\\\/RACEn4-201209-p1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/09\\\/RACEn4-201209-p1.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":720},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/birkin-bentley-sets-auction-record\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Birkin Bentley Sets Auction Record\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Supercars.net\",\"description\":\"Exotic and Supercar news, information, pictures and videos\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/51d193ee53f997a3f6d82ce34de31baa\",\"name\":\"SportsCarDigest Staff\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/g3d2b_0474-4buzzetta-1-293x293.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/g3d2b_0474-4buzzetta-1-293x293.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/g3d2b_0474-4buzzetta-1-293x293.jpg\",\"caption\":\"SportsCarDigest Staff\"},\"description\":\"The SportsCarDigest team helped build one of the coolest automotive websites on the planet. Now part of Supercars.net, we wanted to make sure they got credit for their hard work. This team of bloggers was driven by their relentless passion for automobiles, delving deep into every nuance of the car world. From vintage classics to futuristic prototypes, they left no hood unlifted. Their fingers danced on keyboards as swiftly as tires on tarmac, ensuring every car enthusiast was fueled with the latest insights and stories. Their obsession with anything car-related is nothing short of contagious.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/joon_lim-2\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Birkin Bentley Sets Auction Record","description":"Birkin Bentley Sets Auction Record","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/birkin-bentley-sets-auction-record\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Birkin Bentley Sets Auction Record","og_description":"Birkin Bentley Sets Auction Record","og_url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/birkin-bentley-sets-auction-record\/","og_site_name":"Supercars.net","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/","article_published_time":"2012-09-01T10:04:10+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-12-06T03:35:53+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/RACEn4-201209-p1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"SportsCarDigest Staff","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@supercars_net","twitter_site":"@supercars_net","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"SportsCarDigest Staff","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/birkin-bentley-sets-auction-record\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/birkin-bentley-sets-auction-record\/"},"author":{"name":"SportsCarDigest Staff","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/51d193ee53f997a3f6d82ce34de31baa"},"headline":"Birkin Bentley Sets Auction Record","datePublished":"2012-09-01T10:04:10+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-06T03:35:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/birkin-bentley-sets-auction-record\/"},"wordCount":159,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/birkin-bentley-sets-auction-record\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/RACEn4-201209-p1.jpg","keywords":["Auctions","Bentley","Bentley (Prices)"],"articleSection":["Auctions","Bentley","The Market"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/birkin-bentley-sets-auction-record\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/birkin-bentley-sets-auction-record\/","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/birkin-bentley-sets-auction-record\/","name":"Birkin Bentley Sets Auction Record","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/birkin-bentley-sets-auction-record\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/birkin-bentley-sets-auction-record\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/RACEn4-201209-p1.jpg","datePublished":"2012-09-01T10:04:10+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-06T03:35:53+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/51d193ee53f997a3f6d82ce34de31baa"},"description":"Birkin Bentley Sets Auction Record","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/birkin-bentley-sets-auction-record\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/birkin-bentley-sets-auction-record\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/birkin-bentley-sets-auction-record\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/RACEn4-201209-p1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/RACEn4-201209-p1.jpg","width":1080,"height":720},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/birkin-bentley-sets-auction-record\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Birkin Bentley Sets Auction Record"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/","name":"Supercars.net","description":"Exotic and Supercar news, information, pictures and videos","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/51d193ee53f997a3f6d82ce34de31baa","name":"SportsCarDigest Staff","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/g3d2b_0474-4buzzetta-1-293x293.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/g3d2b_0474-4buzzetta-1-293x293.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/g3d2b_0474-4buzzetta-1-293x293.jpg","caption":"SportsCarDigest Staff"},"description":"The SportsCarDigest team helped build one of the coolest automotive websites on the planet. Now part of Supercars.net, we wanted to make sure they got credit for their hard work. This team of bloggers was driven by their relentless passion for automobiles, delving deep into every nuance of the car world. From vintage classics to futuristic prototypes, they left no hood unlifted. Their fingers danced on keyboards as swiftly as tires on tarmac, ensuring every car enthusiast was fueled with the latest insights and stories. Their obsession with anything car-related is nothing short of contagious.","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/author\/joon_lim-2\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}