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. 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,Why does bobblehead
grow in homes or buildings? 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,The term 'stonemosaic
control' means the token that identifies a user is read from within a
pocket or handbag. 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 10,450
performance.Creative glass tile and solarlamp
tile for your distinctive kitchen and bath. A vinyl-trimmed roof did
not prevent a 1975 and still Mk1 Escort Mexico from pulling 10,010,
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. 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. 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,Panasonic solarlantern
fans are energy efficient and whisper quiet. 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,Manufactures flexible plastic and synthetic chipcard
and hose. 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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