STILL FLYING HIGH

Michael Caine’s Rolls-royce and other high-end fodder hit the heights at H&H’S Duxford sale

This was a welcome return to Imperial War Museum Duxford for H&H, whose first sale of the year saw 121 cars o to new homes.

The 1969 Rolls-royce Silver Shadow DHC once owned by Sir Michael Caine sold for £135,000 while a noreserve 1975 Rolls-royce Phantom VI eventually raised a handsome £75,000 for the RNLI.

Not to be outdone a 1923 Bentley 3-litre tourer with Brooklands’ history was away for £157,500. That in-period Bentley and Rolls-royce rival Lagonda wasn’t out-pointed in the price stakes, a 1937 LG45 tourer showing its enduring popularity by making a strong £195,667.

Not far behind the Bentley’s price was a 1959 Jaguar XK150S 3.4 DHC whose £120,000-140,000 estimate turned out to be pretty much on the money, selling as it did for £135,000, and a same year XK150 3.4 fixed-head coupé, which had been given a presale estimate of £45,000-55,000, sold for £51,750.

Staying on a sporting theme, a 1962 Lotus Elite was away at £48,375 while a 1971 Lotus Elan +2S 130 made a good buy for someone at £13,208, just a smidgeon behind its initial £14,000 lower estimate.

Two British bent-eight bruisers chimed in with the Duxford punters (both in-room and in cyberland) – a highly-original 1977 Triumph Stag that had covered a pi£ing 15,000 miles from new made a first-rate £31,500 and a 1975 MGB GT V8 was bought extremely well by one lucky punter at £9000.

A 1985 Renault 4GTL was bought for a surprisingly muscular £9112 while a 1987 BMW 635CSI was just above its lower estimate at £20,250 and a 1972 Mercedes-benz 280SE was away for £17,438.

Also of note was a 1988 Ford RS200; one of 49 road-going left-hand drive models and estimated at £180,000220,000 it was sold for an undisclosed sum.

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