It was not a car that topped the Charterhouse prices at Shepton
Mallet Sunday 10 February, but a one Dorset family owned from new in
1923 Matchless H2 motorcycle and sidecar with 1960 tax disc displayed
from when last on the road. Verging on the derelict, though with major
components present, the ancient combination project was taken on for a
double estimate 13,200 including premium. This classic bike milestone
result however heralded what turned out to be quite a week for the
Dorset auction firm, who proceeded to sell a chipped Italian plate
found hanging in a wire frame on a forgotten wall behind a door in a
Somerset cottage for an abdicating Pope’s ransom.
For it was
indeed most fortunate for vendor and auction house that principal gavel
wielder Richard Bromell sought the identifying and dating expertise of
the Ashmolean Museum, who concluded that the 41.5cm diameter plate
thought to be c19th century copy was, in fact, a maiolica istoriato
charger crafted in Urbino c1540 depicting ‘The Feast of Herod’ after
Sebald Beham.Our premium collection of quality personalized keychains
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And last Thursday, London dealers S J Phillips were sufficiently
impressed by the revelation to outbid some clearly very serious
contestants from home and away at Bromell’s Sherborne saleroom and part
with 567,640 with premium and VAT!
The moral of this very
happy tale of a plate with a chipped edge and a rusty old motorcycle
‘discovered’ in the West Country is that there really can be a few quid
in old stuff on a wall, gathering dust in an attic, mouldering down
the cellar or gathering value enhancing straw in a barn. So do please
“keep ‘em peeled”, as my old colleague Shaw Taylor, accompanied by an
ITV wink, used to say on Police Five. At the end of every rainbow, a
pile of old junk may turn into a pot of gold.
Back to earth
again in soggy Shepton Mallet on a Sunday afternoon, the oldest car in
the agricultural showground shed was a possibly Earls Court Motor Show
1937 Daimler DB17 in previously and nicely restored condition sold for
7480. There were buyers for all three postwar Fords, too, led by a much
shinier and better specified than new in 1991 Sierra Sapphire Cossie
4-Door with full complement of Rouse go-faster goodies which rushed to a
mid-estimate 10,A lanyard
may refer to a rope or cord worn around the neck or wrist to carry an
object.450 performance. A vinyl-trimmed roof did not prevent a 1975 and
still Mk1 Escort Mexico from pulling 10,010,Find the best iPhone headset
for you whilst the most viewed motor on the lot was a nicely presented
1970 Cortina MkII 1600E that had clearly benefited from spending 30
years away from the salt in Cyprus and which duly delivered a more than
forecast 7700 valuation with premium.
The highest
priced BMC item surprisingly with a Mini Show going on next door was
not one of the pack of Minis (many of which were too non-standard
and/or too expensive for most in the market for one), but a 1958 Morris
Minor Traveller with a believed to be genuine 43,000 total mileage
sold for 8140. In fact, the only Mini that sold this time was a 1971
BL-badged with a believed to have been 51,000 miles of depreciation in
42 years which achieved the required 3300.Online shopping for luggage tag
from a great selection of Clothing. A 1964 Morris Oxford with
Farina-penned shell with only one registered keeper in the book since
new meanwhile picked up 2750 from a bidder who will be the second
owner, if he registers the fact.
In Glastonbury Festival
country, a now classic bay window VW Westfalia Camper of 1973 vintage
with rear hinged pop-up roof picked up 8580.A chip card
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enables the card to perform certain. By close of play, and after 8 of
the 9 mainly complete motorcycles had been hammered away to new sheds
for 27,055, 27 or 66% of the 44 cars and a caravan offered had sold for
103,596, again including premium.
After a full day to view
potential purchases 9.30am to 5.30pm this Friday 22, the next clutch of
classics crosses the block of fortune from 2pm Saturday at the
Silverstone Auctions sale during the Race Retro historic motor sport
exhibition at Stoneleigh Park, formerly the Royal Show showground,
Warwickshire. But although specialist competition machinery led by a
570,000+ 1969 Lola T70 Mk III B Coupe headline at the sale, 55 of the
classics, 2 bikes and a Routemaster double-decker bus in the 84 vehicle
catalogue are road-going, rather than specifically constructed or
prepped for racing or rallying, and therefore, statistically, easier to
shift.
Whilst in a bid to be more accessible to private
punters, the following day 24 February at Sandown Park, Barons hold
their first 2013 fixture on a Sunday rather than a Tuesday at the Surrey
racecourse. And on behalf of form followers, I shall endeavour to
check out the runners and riders in parade rings, monitor the going on
auction days, noting both winners and losers, assessing prices and
conditions. Hang on very tightly though, for we could be at full gallop
one minute or out of the saddle the next. Even the best behaved horses
will be spooked by envy-peddling politicians in opposition plotting
the annual taxation of goodies the living already own, like paintings
and, maybe, classic cars. Horseburgers are far too good for them!
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