Bonhams steps into gear with Middle East's inaugural classic car event

Notes and media contacts

Bonhams Collectors' Motor Car Symposium will be held at One & Only Royal Mirage Hotel, Dubai on Thursday 20th November from 6pm - 7pm

Bonhams second Middle East auction for modern and contemporary Arab, Iranian, Indian and Pakistani art will be held on Monday 24th November at 7pm.

Biography - James Knight:

James Knight is International Managing Director of Bonhams' Motoring department and has overall responsibility for specialist collectors' motor cars, motorcycles and automobilia auctions held throughout the world-wide Bonhams Group.

He is an acknowledged motor auctioneering expert having specialised in the subject since 1984. James has worked on, and co-ordinated, record-breaking sales from the late 1980s to the present day, and has personally handled such prestigious collections as the Holthusen Collection of Lagondas, the Leyba Collection of Aston Martins, the Autocar Collection of Gordon Crosby Artwork, the Gerald Wingrove Collection of scale models, the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust Sale, and the Rosso Bianco Collection. Notable motor cars to have come under his hammer recently are the 1904 Rolls-Royce 10hp Two-Seater.

James also acts as an adviser to a number of institutions, which include manufacturers, trusts and museums. James is accomplished auctioneer and was nominated 'Auctioneer of the Year' for the British Antiques and Collectors Association.

A confirmed enthusiast, James holds membership to a multitude of motoring Clubs. He owns a 1954 Austin-Healey 100 Roadster and competes in historic motor sport with 1955 Jaguar D-Type and 1958 Lotus 15 sports racing cars.


About Bonhams:

Bonhams, founded in 1793, is one of the world's oldest and largest auctioneers of fine art and antiques. The present company was formed by the merger in November 2001 of Bonhams & Brooks and Phillips Son and Neale UK. In August 2002, the company acquired Butterfields, the principal firm of auctioneers on the West Coast of America and in August 2003, Goodmans, a leading Australian fine art and antiques auctioneer with salerooms in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, joined the Bonhams Group of Companies.

Today, Bonhams offers more sales than any of its rivals, through two major salerooms in London: New Bond Street, and Knightsbridge, and a further seven throughout the UK. Sales are also held in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York and Boston in the USA; and Australia, Canada, Dubai, France, Hong Kong, Monaco and Switzerland. Bonhams has a worldwide network of offices and regional representatives in 25 countries offering sales advice and valuation services in 57 specialist areas. For a full listing of upcoming sales, plus details of Bonhams specialist departments, go to www.bonhams.com

About Dresdner Bank (DIFC) Limited:

Dresdner Bank (DIFC) Limited (DBDL) is a subsidiary of Dresdner Bank AG and is part of the bank's private wealth management division. DBDL was incorporated May 2008, and is registered in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and regulated by Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA). The Company specialises in advising and arranging the distribution of products and services of its sister companies within the Dresdner and Allianz Group to high net worth clients throughout the GCC and MENA region and is the first private wealth management practice to be an independently capitalized subsidiary.

Dresdner Bank AG is one of Europe's largest banking corporations; Germany's third largest, and has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of Allianz Group since 2001. It has over 1000 branches and is present in over 60 major cities including Frankfurt, London, New York, Tokyo and Singapore. The Company's operating divisions are Private & Corporate Clients (personal, private, business, and corporate banking; private wealth management) and Investment Banking (capital markets and global banking), which includes subsidiary Dresdner Kleinwort.

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Julian Roup
Bonhams Press Office in London
Tel: +44 20 7468 8259