One of the finest collections of \u201950s and \u201960s sports racing cars ever assembled by a single owner will cross RM\u2019s auction block at its Battersea Park location in London as part of the St. James Concourse of Elegance on September 7-9. That owner, Irvine Laidlaw, considers himself an enthusiast rather than a collector, and since he\u2019s stopping racing has decided to make his Laidlaw Competition Car Collection available for sale.<\/p>\n
The highlight of the collection is the ex-works, ex-Ecurie Ecosse 1955 Jaguar D-Type (chassis XKD 504), a long-nose example driven in period by Duncan Hamilton, Paul Fr\u00e8re and Peter Sutcliffe. Among the other significant cars in the collection are: the 1958 Maserati 250S (chassis 2432), the only 250S originally built with a 2.5-liter engine, that was raced by Carroll Shelby and Jim Hall; the ex-Scuderia Camoradi 1960 Maserati Tipo 61 Birdcage (chassis 2464) driven by Masten Gregory and Gino Munaron; the ex-Ecurie Francorchamps 1966 Ferrari 275 GTB\/C Berlinetta Competizione (chassis 09027) that finished 10th at Le Mans that year; an ex-works 1965 Porsche 904\/6 (chassis 906-012) once raced by Peter N\u00f6cker and G\u00fcnther Klass; and a pair of Chevrons, a 1970 B16 (chassis DBE-B16-4) and a 1971 B19 (chassis B19-71-3). For further information, please visit www.rmauctions.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One of the finest collections of \u201950s and \u201960s sports racing cars ever assembled by a single owner will cross RM\u2019s auction block at its Battersea Park location in London as part of the St. James Concourse of Elegance on September 7-9. That owner, Irvine Laidlaw, considers himself an enthusiast rather than a collector, and since he\u2019s stopping racing has decided to make his Laidlaw Competition Car Collection available for sale. The highlight of the collection is the ex-works, ex-Ecurie […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":538397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10112,11577],"tags":[7366,2302],"class_list":["post-493242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-auctions","category-auction-action","tag-auctions","tag-rm-sothebys"],"yoast_head":"\n