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Collectors' Motor cars and Automobilia

Auction 20148
3 Dec 2012, starting at 11:00 GMT with lot 1.
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Auction highlights

Sold for £466,300 inc. premium
1931 Invicta 4½-Litre S-Type Low-chassis Tourer Chassis no. S46 Engine no. 7423 (see text)
Sold for £281,500 inc. premium
One owner 480 miles from new,2005 Porsche Carrera GT Chassis no. WPOZZZ9826L000104 Engine no. 90630633
Sold for £250,140 inc. premium
1938 SS100 Jaguar 3½-Litre Roadster Chassis no. 39065 Engine no. M784E
Sold for £197,500 inc. premium
1936 Lagonda LG45 4½-Litre Fox & Nicholl Le Mans Team Car Replica Chassis no. 12001 Engine no. LG45/12001

Lots

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1 Griffith Borgeson; Errett Lobban Cord - His Empire His Motor Cars: £112
€131
US$ 169
3 A good collection of motoring books, £562
€656
US$ 849
4 Herbert J. Butler: Motor Bodywork; 1924, £225
€262
US$ 339
5 A lot of Ferrari reference books, £275
€320
US$ 415
6 Eighteen author signed motoring books, £687
€802
US$ 1,038
7 A quantity of racing driver biographies, £525
€612
US$ 792
8 Books relating to racing marques, £437
€510
US$ 660
9 Peter M. Larsen with Ben Erickson: Talbot-Lago Grand Sport; two bound volumes, £400
€466
US$ 603
10 Doug Nye, Tony Rudd: BRM The Saga Of British Racing Motors, three limited edition volumes, £312
€364
US$ 471
12 Motor Sport; Volume 5, (1928-29), £100
€116
US$ 150
13 Ferrari Yearbooks; 1989-2007, £500
€583
US$ 754
14 A set of Automobile Quarterly volumes I-XXVII, £475
€554
US$ 717
15 Ferrarissima; Volumes 1 to 25, £400
€466
US$ 603
16 Two Ferrari Yearbooks for 1965 and 1967, £350
€408
US$ 528
17 Bentley Drivers Club Review; bound volumes for 1946-2010, £375
€437
US$ 566
18 Autosport Volume 1, August to December 1950, £750
€875
US$ 1,132
19 Auto course, 1951-54, £937
€1,093
US$ 1,415
20 A 1938 Lagonda sales brochure, printed 1937, £112
€131
US$ 169
21 A fine Chris-Craft sales brochure, 1929, with related ephemera, £200
€233
US$ 301
22 A Rolls-Royce 20/25 H.P sales catalogue, 1930s, £87
€102
US$ 132
23 A Bentley 3.5 litre sales catalogue, £125
€145
US$ 188
24 MG: 'Mille Miglia', 1933, £100
€116
US$ 150
25 MG: 'The Luck of the Game', 1932, £75
€87
US$ 113
26 A Rolls-Royce Phantom III sales catalogue, 1930s, £112
€131
US$ 169
27 MG: 'The Luck of the Game Again', 1934, £87
€102
US$ 132
28 MG: 'Action', 1935, £150
€175
US$ 226
29 Assorted sales catalogues and brochures, 1930s-1970s, £937
€1,093
US$ 1,415
30 MG: 'at the Sign of the Octagon', 1932, £225
€262
US$ 339
31 A Rolls-Royce Phantom II sales catalogue, 1930s, £200
€233
US$ 301
32 A quantity of Ferrari sales literature, £2,500
€2,917
US$ 3,774
34 Assorted Ferrari sales literature, £2,000
€2,333
US$ 3,019
35 A Three Litre Bentley No 7 catalogue, issued October 1924, £875
€1,021
US$ 1,321
40 Four Aston Martin sales brochures, £1,750
€2,042
US$ 2,642
41 A Jaguar D-Type service handbook, £1,125
€1,312
US$ 1,698
42 A comprehensive collection of assorted Rolls-Royce and Bentley instruction books, £3,500
€4,084
US$ 5,284
43 Two rare and historically important folios of Volkswagen 'Beetle' blueprints from the Volkswagenwerk, Germany, 1940-1945, £13,750
€16,045
US$ 20,760
44 A 1943 Rolls-Royce 25-Years Service certificate signed by Lord Hives, £125
€145
US$ 188
45 Ten pre-War Brooklands Official Race programmes, £1,000
€1,166
US$ 1,509
46 Signatures from Jim Clark, Denis Hulme and Jack Brabham, 1965, £175
€204
US$ 264
47 British Racing Drivers' Club Silver Jubilee book, 1952, £187
€218
US$ 283
50 A signed photograph of Mike Hawthorn, £1,125
€1,312
US$ 1,698
51 A photograph of Sir Major Henry Segrave in the Land Speed Record Sunbeam 1000, £200
€233
US$ 301
54 A quantity of original press photographs of the 1958 Nurburgring Grand Prix and 1,000Km races, £625
€729
US$ 943
56 A quantity of 1958, 1959 and 1960 Grand Prix original press photographs, £687
€802
US$ 1,038
57 A quantity of mainly early 1960s motor racing original press photographs, £750
€875
US$ 1,132
58 A quantity of 1958 and 1959 French Grand Prix original press photographs, £875
€1,021
US$ 1,321
59 A quantity of original press photographs of the 1,000Km Race at Nurburgring, 1959 and 1960, £1,250
€1,458
US$ 1,887
60 A quantity of 1958, 1959 and 1960 Le Mans 24 Hour original press photographs, £1,875
€2,187
US$ 2,831
61 A quantity of 1960 Monaco Grand Prix original press photographs, £2,750
€3,209
US$ 4,152
62 "Fangio una vita a 300 all'ora", original film poster, Italian, £1,062
€1,239
US$ 1,604
63 A B.R.M. poster, 1950s, £437
€510
US$ 660
64 'Sir Major Henry Segrave's Golden Arrow', a signed print after Bryan de Grineau, £562
€656
US$ 849
65 A commemorative Battle of Britain 'Roll of Honour' signed limited edition print, £237
€277
US$ 358
66 Three prints depicting Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft, £125
€145
US$ 188
67 Six limited edition prints after Nicholas Watts, £350
€408
US$ 528
68 'Inspiration', a Douglas Bader commemorative limited edition print after John Young, signed by twenty RAF pilots, £437
€510
US$ 660
69 Eight prints depicting Jim Clark, £312
€364
US$ 471
70 Three prints depicting Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft, £125
€145
US$ 188
71 Three prints depicting Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft, £250
€291
US$ 377
72 Tony Matthews: F5000 Trojan 102 cut-away illustration, £225
€262
US$ 339
73 C F (Bill) Thacker (British 1915-2006): 'Golden Wedding', £37
€43
US$ 56
74 C F (Bill) Thacker (British 1915-2006): 'No-Claims Bonus', £50
€58
US$ 75
75 Arthur Benjamins (1953- ); 'Silk Cut Jaguar XJR-9 at Le Mans 1988', £250
€291
US$ 377
76 James Dugdale (1940-), 'Moss and Jenks - Mercedes-Benz 300 SL1 - Mille Miglia 1955', £250
€291
US$ 377
77 Dion Pears (1929-1985), 'Stirling Moss - Lotus 18/21 German Prix 1961', £475
€554
US$ 717
78 Dion Pears (1929-1985), 'Sir Henry (Tim) Birkin - 4½ litre Supercharged Bentley - 1930 Ulster Tourist Trophy Race', £625
€729
US$ 943
79 Dion Pears (1929-1985); 1958 German Grand Prix, £187
€218
US$ 283
80 Dion Pears (1929-1985); British Grand Prix, Brands Hatch 1964, £750
€875
US$ 1,132
81 Dion Pears (1929-1985); British Grand Prix 1964, Brands Hatch, £625
€729
US$ 943
82 Murray Potter, '1932 Alfa Romeo 8c Monza', £500
€583
US$ 754
83 Tony Gardiner, '1966 Monaco Grand Prix', £187
€218
US$ 283
84 Dion Pears (1929-1985); Juan Manuel Fangio, Maserati 250F, 1957 German Grand Prix, £275
€320
US$ 415
85 Tony Gardiner, 'Return to Monte Carlo', £125
€145
US$ 188
86 Craig Warwick, 'German Classics of Land and Air', £375
€437
US$ 566
91 Craig Warwick, 'Team Vanwall Monaco 1958', £687
€802
US$ 1,038
96 Nicholas A. Watts (1947-), 'Through The Spray', £375
€437
US$ 566
97 Charles J Thompson GAvA (1930-), 'Hawker Hurricane', £625
€729
US$ 943
100 Craig Warwick, 'Ferrari pit scene', £3,375
€3,938
US$ 5,095
101 Dexter Brown (1942- ); Porsche 917K at Le Mans, 1971, £6,000
€7,001
US$ 9,059
102 Stanley Wanlass; Driver and Mechanic study in bronze, £250
€291
US$ 377
104 A hand-painted wooden profile of a Bugatti Type 55, £100
€116
US$ 150
105 A hand-painted wooden profile of a BMW 328, £62
€72
US$ 94
106 A hand-painted wooden profile of the 'Blue Train' Bentley, £175
€204
US$ 264
107 Tony Upson, 'Aston Martin Zagato', £125
€145
US$ 188
108 An Art Deco inspired sculpture of a Jaguar XK120, £200
€233
US$ 301
109 A large champagne bottle decoration, £312
€364
US$ 471
110 A celebratory 'Bentley 1929 Le Mans Victory' oval wall plaque, £750
€875
US$ 1,132
111 An 'Amilcar' garage display emblem, £375
€437
US$ 566
112 A 'Bugatti' garage display emblem, £437
€510
US$ 660
113 A hand-painted 'Maserati' illuminating garage display sign, £375
€437
US$ 566
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