Wednesday, June 13, 2007

'64 convertible and '89 Porsche amongst range to be sold at auction

Billie Piper and Chris Evans are auctioning off their luxury cars.


The newly divorced pair are each selling a motor at the annual Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed sale on June 22.Radio star Evans is getting rid of his black 1964 Daimler V8 Vicarage Convertible, which cost him £135,000 and is expected to fetch up to £70,000.
Piper has also decided to part with one of her cars, a white 1989 Porsche 911 Carrera Coupe.Evans gave her the Porsche three years ago and she has driven it regularly since.It is expected to fetch up to £17,000.Evans famously wooed Piper by giving her a Ferrari filled with roses the day after they first met. She was 18 at the time and had not yet learned to drive.Piper, now 24, and Evans, who is 16 years her senior, were granted a "quickie" divorce last month but remain the best of friends.The couple married in Las Vegas in May 2001 and separated in October 2004.Radio 2 presenter Evans is now dating golfer Natasha Shishmanian, while ex-Doctor Who star Piper has found love with fellow actor Laurence Fox.

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