Link:
www.christies.com/features/Christies-to-auction-Daniel-Craig-Aston-Martin-8888-1.aspx?sc_lang=en#FID-8888

 

Hopefully it is in better shape than the one H-O bought and is having all kinds of problems...now blown motor...

 

Is the winning purchase tax deductible?

 

I'd love to see proof he "owned" the car as is claimed. Craig has carte blanche and can drive any Aston he wants for free at any time, not that he can't afford anything he wants also. But I would be more inclined to believe it was his US driver while still owned by Corporate, just like mine was. "Show me the title."

 

SOOOOOLD!

https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/furniture-lighting/daniel-craigs-personal-aston-martin-a-2014-6137941-details.aspx?from=salesummery&intobjectid=6137941& sid=ea7060e0-39f0-4f56-ad6d-d4411d6c4aa9

$468,500, not bad for a $185,000? car. Maybe mine's actually worth what I have it in. [maybe not but nice to think so LOL]

 

I was outbid on this one. I did bid low. Andy Palmer wrote this was owned by Craig, and so do some paperwork I saw with his name. Including photos of Marek and Craig at the factory. That to me is enough provenance.

 

It took 3 weeks of pestering but I got the VIN and ran the Carfax and it was registered in NY as a personal vehicle in 2014. I was pretty certain the title was in his name. She couldn't seen to grasp why that was important. I don't doubt he probably got a pretty good deal on it, not that he needed the discount

 

What a beautiful car .

chr

 

If you don’t mind me asking, what was your bid?

 

 

The $468.5 wasn't including buyers premium? That would be a shift for Christies to publish a sale price where the BP wasn't included. All the houses do that as it's the actual sale price, not hammer price.

If I had know Craig was going to be there I'd have drive up!

 

Well, flew 5 hours to see it. Anyway, his wife was there too. Very sophisticated, gracious approachable couple. This Aston was a sculpture with 1,100 miles and Q unique options. I thought the hammer was @ 468.5, so suspected there was a premium too. Maybe different/no prem with charity. Actually, I lost total interest in final hammer when outbid twice. Once was on the phone, once in the room.

 

Did you approach?


It had some Q that would have made it a tough sell if it wasn't a Craig car. If it had denim seats [which it seemed from the description but it wasn't really well described] that would almost kill the sale in most circles.


I figured it had to include commission because it would not be their regular bid structure, $450, 475, 500, then 550, and Christies has always adhered strictly to the schedule [although I've never seen them sell something for charity and that could have altered the process] where Bonhams will deviate from the schedule at whim just to get another $2000.

 

Respect your logic. Makes sense. All I know, my bidder contact was the buyer pays a 10% commission on top of the hammer price.

My thought, if wasn't for charity, and seemingly Hollywood people were there for this event, that it had 50% add-on factor. Plus add the cars provenance. Recall @ B-J, there was a Corvette Carbon for charity, it hammered for 1.4M Probably 10-15X% over list. A donated 2017 Ford sold for 2.5M. "All" for charity. Much was hype from the audience and celebs on stage. All I care about is money really goes to the charity, not SG&A. In all these cases, I suspect it did. But don't want to get off topic, which I'm beginning to do. Apologies.

 

I don't doubt it was for the charity named, the legalities otherwise and Christies wouldn't be involved with. BJ definitely has a clientele that is used to paying 15x for a charity, on national TV. They get as much publicity as they do a tax deduction. In the private rooms of NY, with a clientele there to buy cool stuff, including a Vanquish, and they were bidding on the car at a decent multiple, not really to spend mega dollars to benefit a charity and get a tax deduction with no cameras to show the world how benevolent they are. Just another opinion but that's what we discuss, opinions