Brightwells’ latest classic and vintage sale took place at its Leominster base on November 28, with everything from affordable sub-£2500 bargains to a £50,000-plus Ferrari 355 amongst the 140 lots. And with an age spectrum ranging from a c1900 horseless carriage to a 2008 BMW, there was something to suit all preferences.
Dorset Vintage and Classic Auctions’ autumn sale took place at its excellent Athelhampton House venue near Dorchester on Thursday November 29. Though the sale was populated with hundreds of classics, it did contain plenty of variety, with cars spanning a period of 85 years!
A total of 137 varied classics spanning nine decades and 37 different marques passed under the hammer at the latest Historics sale on Saturday 24 November. A total of 81 lots sold to return a sale ratio of 60 per cent and a gross figure of over £2 million.
Fans of The Beatles have another opportunity to buy a car once owned by a member of the Fab Four, with a 1984 Mercedes-Benz 500 SEL AMG bought new by George Harrison set to be offered by Anglia Car Auctions at its January classic car sale in King’s Lynn.
A pre-sale viewing at Brightwells is always a great morning out of the office and at the time of writing the big sheds at its Herefordshire base were filling up fast with an intriguing mixture of traditional and more modern classics.
Hobbs Parker hosted an autumn classic sale for the very first time on November 2, with the sale at Orbital Park base in Ashford set up to cater for vehicles that were withdrawn from its July classic car auction and a selective amount of further entries.
DT Mathewsons October 27 sale was particularly well-attended, attracting probably its largest audience to date. Passing under the hammer were 187 lots, generating more provisional bits than usual. Around three quarters of these were converted during and since the sale, with the sale rate set for the usual 70-80 per cent.
Charterhouse's most recent classic and vintage auction was held in conjunction with the Footman James Classic Vehicle Restoration Show on a rather wet Sunday November 4, with sales totalling just shy of £200,000.
Morris Leslie's next classic vehicle auction takes place on Saturday November 24 with well over 100 cars up for grabs. As usual there will be plenty of choice at this Scottish sale, which covers everything from pre-war cars to modern classics.
The massive ex-RAF hangars of Bicester Heritage lend themselves well to a classic car auction, with plenty of space and natural light to pore over the vehicles on offer. And in this case, the selection assembled by Brightwells was superbly diverse.