Pebble Beach 2018: E-type Roadsters everywhere

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Pebble Beach is on its way, which also means truckloads of cars – ready to be united with new owners – are brought over to California at the very moment.

As an indicator to the price levels, we thought it would be nice to have a look to the Jaguar E-types offered for sale by the auction houses. And to be a bit more specific: to the E-type roadsters on offer. We found six of them with Worldwide Auctioneers and Bonhams only. And they are quite differentiated. To start with the earliest of them all, there is a 1961 S1 3.8 roadster with Worldwide. This certainly is an early car . Estimated to sell at $325- to $400,000 it is also expected to become the most expensive one by far. See it here. Chronologically, the next in line is a 1964 S1 3.8 roadster with Bonhams. It is a California car since new but now fully restored and looking on the photographs as if it was built yesterday. No flat floor though. Price estimate $200- to $250,000. See it here.

Another Series 1 car is a 1967 4.2 roadster in gorgeous maroon. It’s all matching numbers and original paint colours but still a tad cheaper than the ’64 car. It’s estimated at $175- to 225,000. See it here. Now we’re up to the Series 1½ with another 1967 car, also a 4.2 roadster and also from Bonhams, although now in bright red with factory hardtop. This car is a ‘largely original and preserved example’ and has been ‘in singular ownership for several decades’. Estimate: $110- to 150,000. See it here.

Over to the Series 2 cars, starting with an exquisite 1968 S2 4.2 roadster from Worldwide Auctioneers. In gorgeous light blue it is a stunner and if you have to believe the seller it is ‘regarded as the world’s finest example’ with – listen well – just one owner from new. Crikey! It also comes with its factory hardtop and boxes full of history. Not cheap though, estimated at $200- to 300,000. See it here. Last in line is another Series 2 4.2 roadster with Bonhams, now in dark green and of 1969 vintage. And it comes with another good story. This particular car was never restored and ‘fastidiously well-preserved’, with just over 4,000 miles from new! Therefore best of them all? Estimated to sell for $200- to 300,000. See it here.

Which one do you believe to be the most desirable?

(Words editor, pictures Worldwide Auctioneers / Bonhams)

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