The sale, construct is merely unlock to British-built automobiles, has attracted fifty-seven dramatic examples of 'Quintessentially English' cars counting a number of important collections of Aston Martin, Jaguar and Rolls-Royce automobiles.
Max Girardo, Managing Director, RM Europe says, "What is nice concerning petroleum sale is so as to we contain chosen a number of genuinely rare and interesting cars and motorcycles as,at the same time as too offering a extremely comprehensive assortment of British marques so as to represent a broad cross-section of a number of of the the majority excellent appreciated and the majority keenly collected models."
The star Rolls-Royce lot is indisputably the sole and historic 1926 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Experimental Sports Tourer, '10 EX', the primary prototype Phantom I Continental to be fitted by means of sports education corpse 'torpedo' coachwork by Barker. This unusually rakish and sporting pre-war Rolls has a charming and well-documented ,the past and is predictable to get recognized by 400,000 - 800,000. It is appropriate so as to in Rolls-Royce's centenary year, the iconic British manufacturer is represented in the sale by a sum of demonstrate exquisite examples, ranging as of an 1924 Rolls-Royce 20 HP Open Tourer (Estimate: 60,000 - 85,000) to a late 1993 Rolls-Royce Corniche IV Cabriolet (Estimate: 58,000 - 70,000). Other Rolls' highlights comprise a 1926 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Tourer by means of coachwork by Smith & Waddington (Estimate: 100,000 - 140,000), on one occasion driven by Prince Michael of Kent throughout a call to Australia, and a desirable 1932 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental Drophead Coup, (Estimate: 380,000 - 420,000), one of now inquisitiveness shaped by means of good-looking Freestone & Webb coachwork.
No fewer supposed 16 Aston Martin cars characteristic in the auction, by means of two extremely fine pre-war examples on present counting the one-off, ex-works 1939 Aston Martin 2-Litre Speed Model, chassis figure 727U, originally liberally by the factory for outer circuit racing at the historic Brooklands (pictured top). Now completely healthier and ready by one the world's the majority important marque specialists, the car is predictable to attain recognized by 320,000 - 380,000.
"Aston Martin is make well-known for its well-built, high-performance GT cars, and the marque is at present one of the the majority collectable in marketplace place", adds Girardo. "Post war DB cars have, in particular, rallied in worth in new years, and we are truthfully delighted to be clever to present genuine a broad spectrum of desirable Aston models."
Early DBs are represented by inquisitiveness DB2s in Drophead Coup, Coup and Saloon corpse styles after that to two DB Mark III Coupes. There are too inquisitiveness DB4 examples, the emphasize of construct is a just good-looking 1962 Aston Martin DB4 Vantage Convertible, a extremely rare instance in left-hand drive and one of merely 74 Convertibles made. With a charming recognized ,the past at the back it, the car was on one occasion owned by the famed performer and diplomat, Sir Peter Ustinov (Estimate: 250,000 - 320,000).
No sale of 'Quintessentially English' cars counting be total with no Jaguar cars existence form healthy represented. Indeed, RM has corporation jointly a fantastic cross-section of 11 of the the majority desirable heavy as of the Coventry-based car maker, counting together pre- and post-war examples. The SS100 is careful by a lot of to be one of the the majority iconic examples of pre-war sports education car plan - the sale skin a magnificent 1937 Jaguar SS 100 2.5 Litre Roadster, chassis figure 18116 (Estimate: 200,000-230,000).
The sweeping high-quality attention of the post war 'XK' sports education cars are too healthy represented by a lonely XK120 and four XK150 models. The undeniable emphasize of as,at the same occasion as is the 1959 Jaguar XK150 3.8S Roadster (pictured right), the ultimate evolution of the XK-Series cars of the 1950 and a matching numbers instance so as to boasts a service book signed by corporation founder William Lyons. It is predictable to transport 180,000 - 240,000.
In its 50th anniversary year, it's merely appropriate so as to the sale be hypothetical to comprise inquisitiveness outstanding examples of the E-Type, as of an close to the beginning 1966 Jaguar E-Type Series I 4.2 Fixed Head Coup (Estimate: 40,000 - 50,000) to one of the previous of the breed, a 1974 Jaguar E-Type Series III Convertible (Estimate: 38,000 - 45,000).
Motorcycles are a new characteristic of the sale for RM, by means of seven examples on present as of historic British manufactures genuine as BSA, Triumph and Brough Superior. Worthy of exacting note is the 1960 BSA Gold Star, completely restored and in desirable Clubman's configuration (Estimate: 14,000 - 18,000), and the 1939 Brough Superior 11.50 V-Twin, an excellent, late instance of one of as,at the same occasion as extremely desirable equipment (Estimate: 35,000 - 45,000).
Other distinguished entries include:
• a 1929 Bentley Speed Six "Le Mans" Style Tourer, chassis figure FA 2518, a faithful recreation of the 1930 No 3 Speed Six Le Mans side car (Estimate: 450,000 - 570,000);
• a highly-desirable 1955 Bentley R-Type Continental Fastback, (Estimate: 325,000-425,000);
• a historically-interesting ex-Works Le Mans entrant 1961 Sunbeam Alpine Harrington Coup, chassis figure B 9102730/OD/HRO (Estimate: 58,000 - 70,000); and,
• a 1933 Lagonda 3-Litre Tourer, a quintessential pre-war touring car by means of an award-winning restoration (Estimate: 150,000 - 200,000).
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