2006-12-30 00:33:25 | pauls writes:

Car was at auction in '05
www.practicalclassics.co.uk/auctionlot/by-id/1261586762/

Auction description:
1961 JAGUAR MK IX FOUR-DOOR SALOON
The Sharpe Family Collection, Christies (1st July 2005)
Overview
Opalescent Gunmetal with beige leather interior.

Engine: six cylinders in line, with twin SU carburettors and twin overhead camshafts, 220bhp at 5,500rpm, 3,781cc; Gearbox: four-speed automatic; Suspension: front, wishbones and torsion bars, rear, semi-elliptic leaf springs; Brakes: Lockheed servo-assisted Dunlop discs all round. Right hand drive. Confirms it to be a matching numbers car.

Lot Details
Auction The Sharpe Family Collection
Christies, Essex
Type Car
Lot Number 641
Estimate £6000-£8000
Hammer Price £14100
Hammer Price (inc premium) -
Year 1961
Condition rating
Registration number RGV 1
Mileage -
Chassis number 775940-BW
Engine number NE-1881-8

2009-10-01 21:30:09 | pauls writes:

Car returned to auction 9/09
www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r

Auction description:
Sale 17260 - Collectors Motor Cars, Motorcycles and Automobilia, 12 Sep 2009
Beaulieu Autojumble, National Motor Museum
Lot No: 487
1961 Jaguar MkIX Saloon
Registration no. RGV 1
Chassis no. 775940BW
Engine no. NE1881-8
Sold for £19,550 inclusive of Buyer's Premium

This late MkIX saloon comes with heritage certificate confirming matching numbers. The car is equipped with a sunroof and period radio, and is offered with current road fund licence, Swansea V5 registration document and MoT to December 2009.

2023-08-22 12:26:00 | pauls writes:

Car offered at:

carsonline.bonhams.com/en/listings/jaguar/mk-ix/52d1d80d-480c-4766-aa77-560b21f0 ...

Seller's description:

775940 BW

28000 miles

3.8 Liters

auto grearbox

Color Opalescent Gunmetal

Beige Leather

Right-hand drive

“ An exceptional MK 1X, with only 28,000 miles recorded, subject to a high quality repaint and with extensive history. Rare to find one this good. ”

2026-04-12 06:22:50 | pauls writes:

Car returns to auction 4/26

cars.bonhams.com/auction/31854/lot/108/1961-jaguar-mark-ix-saloon-chassis-no-775 ...

Auction description:

Lot 108

Offered from the estate of the late Peter Stevens

1961 Jaguar Mark IX Saloon

Goodwood Members' Meeting|19 April 2026, 13:00 BST|Chichester, Goodwood

Registration no. RGV 1 (non-transferable)

Chassis no. 775940BW

• Formerly part of the Sharpe and Glen Acres collections

• Single family ownership from new until 1980

• Known ownership history from new

• Automatic transmission

• Purchased by Peter Stevens in September 2023

• Only 27,509 miles recorded at time of purchase

This outstanding Jaguar Mark IX had only 27,509 miles recorded on its odometer when Peter Stevens purchased it from an online auction in September 2023. It was said to have been last serviced around two years previously and to have seen hardly any use since. Star of many a concours, the car comes with a host of trophies, cups, medals and certificates attesting to its prize-winning ways over the years. It really is in truly exceptional condition - cosmetically and mechanically - and comes with a suitcase full of invoices, bills, receipts, articles, magazines, retoration photographs, correspondence, Heritage Certificate, and other documents.

The Jaguar was purchased new in 1961 by a Mr Ollie of Bury St Edmonds, who would go on to become Lord Mayor of that fine Suffolk town. Mr Ollie died in 1975 and the car was mothballed, remaining in storage with the family until 1980 when it was recommissioned by a local garage. Subsequently the Mark IX was bought by the Sharpe brothers, joining their extensive collection of classic vehicles. In 2005 the entire Sharpe collection, numbering some 246 vehicles, was auctioned, and the Jaguar was purchased by Allan Chamberlain for the 'Glen Acres' collection.

That collection was auctioned by Bonhams in 2009 and the car was bought by Mr Kent Abrahamsson of Göteborg, Sweden - a director of Volvo - who bought it for his extensive collection. In 2014, Mr Abrahamsson decided to focus his collecting passions on rare classic racing cars, and had 'RGV 1' shipped back to the UK where it was promptly purchased by the immediately preceding owner. The latter was highly impressed by the originality, authenticity and excellent condition of the car, and saw the opportunity to take it to the next level. He then embarked upon four-or-so years of no-expense-spared restoration work with painstaking attention to detail. Specialists and experts involved were instructed to be sensitive to the car's originality (this car is so original it still has the tool kits in the front door pockets). The results speak for themselves (bills on file). In short; we think this is the best example of a Jaguar Mark IX we've ever seen.