Pursuits
Bentley ‘Blower’ Sells for 5 Million Pounds at Bonhams
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A 1929 Bentley single-seat racer that once reached 137 miles per hour sold today for 5 million pounds ($7.8 million), making it the most expensive example of the U.K.-made marque ever sold at public auction.
The 4.5-liter supercharged “Blower” Bentley was the star lot at Bonhams’s sale of the Daniels Collection of classic autos at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in Sussex, southern England.