STRONG £4.9M RESULT FOR H&H CLASSICS DUXFORD SALE WITH BRITISH MARQUES ON TOP FORM

 

STRONG £4.9M RESULT FOR H&H CLASSICS DUXFORD SALE WITH BRITISH MARQUES ON TOP FORM

British marques dominated the H&H Classics sale at the Imperial War Museum Duxford, yesterday (October 12th) which made a total of £4.9m at a sale rate of 70 per cent. Duxford as usual provided an excellent setting for H&H Classics which offered 138 classic cars and 61 motorcycles for sale including six Aston Martins that covered a 77-year span and no fewer than 10 E-Type Jaguars. As usual H&H offered a good spread of important six figure cars as well as more affordable classics. It was a strong multi-million pound, well-attended sale with a standing room only crowd of around 800 bidders. The sale showed an ongoing interest in classic cars from both collectors and investors. Interestingly, the relatively weaker pound brought in additional new foreign buying interest. Strong bidding in the room was matched by online and telephone bidding from around the world.

E-TYPE JAGUARS EMERGE FROM BARNS AND HEDGES TO FIND NEW OWNERS AT H&H CLASSICS SALE AT DUXFORD The H&H sale was a red-letter day in the life of two red E-Type Jaguars which had been stranded for years – one in a barn gathering dust and one in the lee of a hollybush, gathering moss. The two cars sold well. The barn-find 1964 E-Type 3.8 Coupe sold for £80,800, significantly over its pre-sale estimate of £35,000 to £45,000 and the bush-find, a 1966 E-Type 4.2 Roadster sold for £68,640. Its presale estimate was £55,000 to £65,000.

Top prices for British Marques included: 1924 Bentley 3 / 4.5 Litre Tourer - £297,440 1959 Jaguar XK150SE 3.4 Litre DHC - £257,400 1954 Aston Martin DB2/4 Saloon - £196,768 1930 Aston Martin International 1.5 Litre Short Chassis Tourer - £125,840 1935 Lagonda M45A Le Mans-Style Tourer - £118,976 1929 Rolls-Royce Phantom I All-Weather Tourer - £114,400 1934 Alvis Speed 20SC Vanden Plas-Style Tourer - £74,360 1974 Jensen Interceptor 111 Convertible - £68,640

Besides these stunning cars from the past hundred years, H&H bidders at Duxford had the additional pleasure of Britain’s aeronautical history all around them – serried rows of the greatest aircraft of their time. Anyone with a feeling for automotive or aeronautical history could not fail to be moved by the ambiance of technical excellence allied to stunning beauty and presence of these mechanical creations. There is still much to be said for attending sales in person rather than arriving by means of IT on the phone or on the internet.