ALL YOURS FOR £911,000!
One of three Super Lions to survive, 1932 Fowler 10hp B6 showman’s road locomotive, The Lion, from the final days of steam, was the pride of Bonhams, selling for £911,000 at The Golden Age of Motoring Sale at New Bond Street, London on 30 October, says James Hamilton.
Following a lively bidding battle between bidders in the UK and USA, The Lion was finally sold when the gavel of auctioneer Malcolm Barber fell in favour of the Bedfordshire-based Saunders Steam Collection, one of the largest steam collections in the UK. The new owner, Mr John Saunders, said that The Lion was a late birthday present
