A MERCEDES-BENZ 60, ONCE OWNED BY THE 'KING OF ROCK AND ROLL', ELVIS PRESLEY, AND A 2000 FERRARI 550 GTZ WILL BE FEATURED AT BONHAM'S TRADITIONAL END OF THE YEARS SALE OF IMPORTANT MOTOR CARS AND FINE AUTOMOBILIA ON 6.DECEMBER, WHICH THIS YEAR TAKES PLACE AT AN OUTSTANDING NEW VENUE, MERCEDES-BENZ WORLD IN SURREY. RESTORED TO A VERY HIGH STANDARD, AND ONE OF ONLY A HANDFUL OF CARS THAT PRESLEY REGISTERED IN HIS NAME, THE MERCEDES-BENZ HAS ATTRACTED A PRE-SALE ESTIMATE OF £150,000 – 200,000. PRESLEY KEPT THE CAR, WHICH WAS ONE OF TWO 600 MERCEDES HE OWNED, FOR TWO YEARS, BEFORE GIVING IT TO A FRIEND, JAMES LEROY ROBERTSON. IT WAS PURCHASED BY THE VENDOR IN 2005 FROM ROBERTSON MOTORS MEMPHIS, AND EXPORTED TO THE UK. THE FERRARI 550 GTZ IS ONE OF ONLY FIVE EXAMPLES OF THE CAR BODIED BY THE FAMOUS ITALIAN CARROZERIA ZAGATO AND THE ONLY RIGHT HAND DRIVE EXAMPLE. BONHAM'S IS DELIGHTED TO INTRODUCE MERCEDES-BENZ WORLD AS THE NEW VENUE FOR THIS YEAR'S AUCTION. THE BONHAMS DECEMBER SALE IS TRADITIONALLY THE LARGEST, BY VALUE AND VOLUME, OF THE SEASON AND OFFERS A WIDE VARIETY OF MOTOR CARS SPANNING ALL PERIODS, TYPES AND MARQUES. MERCEDES-BENZ WORLD, SITUATED WITHIN THE BANKING OF BRITAIN'S FIRST EVER PURPOSE BUILT RACING CIRCUIT, THE FAMOUS BROOKLANDS MOTOR COURSE, NEAR WEYBRIDGE, PROVIDES AN EXCITING AND FITTING LOCATION FOR THE SALE TO TAKE PLACE. AS WELL AS ITS REMARKABLE SETTING, THE AVANT-GARDE VENUE IS EXCELLENTLY EQUIPPED, FEATURING TWO REFRESHMENT AREAS, CAFE 1886 AND THE GULLWING RESTAURANT, AND THE PRESTIGIOUS NEW BROOKLANDS HOTEL JUST NEXT DOOR.
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