Spitfire sold at £1.58m
Bonhams sold their second WWII Spitfire aircraft in the space of seven months last week when businessman Steven Brooks paid £1.58m plus premium for a TR Mark IX specification model at an auction held at the Hendon RAF Museum on April 20. The plane had been estimated to make in the region of £1.5-£2m.
Last September Bonhams and Goodman sold a Bubble Canopy MK XVI Spitfire in New Zealand for NZ$28m ha…