Stop Me and Buy Me

The Charterhouse auction of classic cars and motorcycles on Monday 9th September includes nearly 90 vehicles from Aston Martin to Mini’s, and with estimates from £500 up to over £30,000 there is certainly something for everyone, no matter how deep or shallow you pocket is.

“The auction has a fabulous selection of vehicles in it, from barn find restoration projects through to show winning concours cars.” Commented Matthew Whitney. “However, for me there is one lot which you cannot miss which is the enchanting little car painted in Walls Ice Cream livery, complete with it matching trailer which transports the refrigerated tricycle to class car events!”

The Walls Ice Cream car is a converted Fiat Panda made to resemble a Mini Moke. Having been restored and repainted by its owner. It has made numerous appearances at classic car and other events in the South West. With other projects in the pipeline, the owner has decided that someone else should have the fun and use out of it, and has entered it in to the Charterhouse auction estimated at £5,000-6,000.

This Charterhouse auction of classic car and motorcycles is being held at The Royal Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet, on Monday 9th September. Viewing for the auction is on the sale day from 9.00am. Catalogues are available from the auctioneers at The Long Street Salerooms, Sherborne 01935 812277 or you can see all the lots on www.charterhouse-auction.com

Charterhouse is now accepting entries for their next classic car and motorcycle auction in November. To enter a vehicle into this specialist auction, contact Matthew Whitney, Associate Partner, at Charterhouse, The Long Street Salerooms, Sherborne 01935 812277, via email mw@charterhouse-auctions.co.uk 

Stop Me and Buy One – the Mini Moke recreation with trailer and refrigerated tricycle being sold by Charterhouse at The Royal Bath & West Showground on Monday 9th September £5,000-6,000
Quick Links

Forthcoming SalePrevious SaleSale Preview

Tel: (01935) 812277

For further information regarding this article, please contact Richard Bromell, Partner

Mint Ministerial Motor is a Prime Lot

The Charterhouse classic car auction on Monday 9th September includes a classic Vanden Plas motor car which was used by Prime Minister Harold Wilson in the early 1970’s.

“This Vanden Plas Princess 4 litre was first registered to The Ministry of Public Buildings and Works in 1967. However, it is the vehicles’ association with Harold Wilson in the early 1970’s which makes most interesting.” Commented Matthew Whitney. “As a ministerial car, it was more like something out of Q Department for James Bond, as it was fitted with numerous special tricks such as an automatic gearbox which was fitted with a quick start in case of emergencies!”

The Vanden Plas Princess 4 litre was also fitted with other refinements such as folding rear picnic tables for the PM, rear safety belts, power assisted steering, a radio and wing mirrors. Today, whilst we may not have picnic tables, certainly all the other options put on this car are what we would expect to be standard fittings today, but back in the late 1960’s would all have been costly extras.

Having lived a much pampered life, this Princess has only covered 7,500 miles in 46 years. Finished in Ministry black livery with gold coach lines and a grey leather interior, the car also saw active service in Margaret Thatcher’s campaign in 1978. With such important associations and provenance, combined with being in fabulous condition, it would be a worthy addition to any classic car collection or museum and is estimated at £15,000-20,000 when it goes under the Charterhouse hammer.

Charterhouse is now accepting further entries into this auction of classic car and motorcycles being held at The Royal Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet, on Monday 9th September.

To enter a vehicle into this specialist auction, contact Matthew Whitney, Associate Partner, at Charterhouse, The Long Street Salerooms, Sherborne 01935 812277, via email mw@charterhouse-auctions.co.uk or log on to www.charterhouse-auction.com

Mint Ministerial Motor – a 1967 Vanden Plas Princess 4 litre being sold by Charterhouse Auctioneers on Monday 9th September £15,000-20,000
Quick Links

Forthcoming SalePrevious SaleSale Preview

Tel: (01935) 812277

For further information regarding this article, please contact Richard Bromell, Partner

Classic Cars at Charterhouse Makes Over £500,000

The Charterhouse classic car auction on Sunday 21st July at Sherborne Castle, was their biggest classic car auction this year when it totalled over half a million pounds.

“The classic and vintage car and motorcycle market is very strong at present, which resulted in some staggering prices at the auction.” Commented Matthew Whitney. “My favourite lot in the sale was a 1966 Mini Cooper S. In very original condition, it had been stored for over 20 years, during which the market for these iconic British cars has reached new dizzy new heights. Consigned from an owner in Leicester, this little Mini sold for a massive £30,800 despite its collapsed suspension and lack of an MOT, and in the process set a new world auction record price for a Mini Cooper S!”

Top honours in the sale went to an Aston Martin DB6, when it sold for a strong £150,000. The owner, who lives near Newbury, had driven the Aston Martin just 3,000 miles in nearly 40 years. However, the lot which travelled the furthest to the auction, was a barn stored 1920’s Ariel motorcycle combination which was delivered to Charterhouse from a client in Scotland. Estimated at £3000, it delighted its owner when it sold for £9,350.

Elsewhere in the auction, a Ferrari 355 Spyder sold for £37,400, a barn stored Bristol Zagato restoration project, only for the brave, sold for £31,900, a 1924 AC Anzani, resplendent in its polished aluminium bodywork, sold for £33,000 to a museum in Devon, a Morris Minor post production convertible £12,100, a Mercedes-Benz 500SL £12,980, a 1970 Jaguar E Type 2+2 coupe £19,800 and at the other end of the classic car market, a Land Rover Series I restoration project, pulled out from a Welsh farm, sold for £1,200.

Charterhouse is now accepting further entries into their next auction of classic car and motorcycles being held at The Royal Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet, on Monday 9th September.

To enter a vehicle into this specialist auction, contact Matthew Whitney, Associate Partner, at Charterhouse, The Long Street Salerooms, Sherborne 01935 812277, via email mw@charterhouse-auctions.co.uk or log on to www.charterhouse-auction.com

The Aston Martin DB6 sold for £150,000
The Mini Cooper S sold for a staggering £30,800
The 1924 AC Anzani sold for £33,000
The Ferrari 355 Spyder sold for £37,400
The 1920’s Ariel combination restoration project sold for £9,350
The Bristol Zagato restoration project, only for the brave, which sold for £31,900
Quick Links

Forthcoming SalePrevious SaleSale Preview

Tel: (01935) 812277

For further information regarding this article, please contact Richard Bromell, Partner

Three in a Row at Charterhouse

---

The Charterhouse classic car auction on Sunday 21st July includes a very rare AC Buckland Tourer, of which there were only 70 made during the production from the late 1940’s to the early 1950’s.

“The AC Buckland Tourer was always a very special car. Being made in the post war era, AC supplied chassis to The Buckland Motor Company who coach built the Tourer body on them with a price tag of just under £1,800, which was a considerable sum of money!” Commented Matthew Whitney. 


Today, the number of Buckland Tourer’s which survive today is very small – many have been crashed, chopped up as being beyond economic repair or just rotted away. However, with such low numbers surviving, it is somewhat amazing that this is the third such AC Buckland Tourer Charterhouse have been instructed to auction. The first two were both painted in Old English white, with one being owned by a Judge in Bristol and the second by an Admiral in Somerset. This time, the Buckland is finished in Old English white over a metallic maroon lower body, is being sold to declining health by the vendor who lives near Reading, and estimated at £10,000-15,000.

This AC Buckland is just one car amongst nearly 70 other classic cars and motorcycles being auctioned in a marquee at Sherborne Castle on Sunday 21st July.  Viewing for this auction is on Sunday 21st July from 10am. Full listings and information is available on www.charterhouse-auction.com or contact Matthew Whitney, Associate Partner, at Charterhouse, The Long Street Salerooms, Sherborne 01935 812277 for further information or via email info@charterhouse-auctions.co.uk

A 1949 AC Buckland Tourer, estimated £10,000-15,000, a rare survivor being one of just a handful remaining, but the third such example Charterhouse have been instructed to sell over the past couple of years.
Quick Links

Forthcoming SalePrevious SaleSale Preview

Tel: (01935) 812277

For further information regarding this article, please contact Richard Bromell, Partner

"Jaguar versus Lotus"
Algarve Classic Festival 2012 - Stirling Moss Trophy
Rudi Friedrichs - Jaguar C Type 1953
Michael Thoulouze - Lotus XI Le Mans 1957

 d'Assis Cordeiro 2013 - Óleo s/ Tela - Oil on Canvas - ( 60x120cm )

Ad-Vantage Charterhouse

The Charterhouse classic car auction on Sunday 21st July celebrates 100 years of Aston Martin Motor Cars with a highly desirable DB6 Vantage going under the hammer.

“Over the past 6 years all classic Aston Martin’s have shot up in value and in many cases cost more than an average house!” Commented Matthew Whitney. “And we are therefore thrilled to be instructed to sell a 1966 Aston Martin DB6 Vantage for a client near Newbury which is estimated at £140,000-160,000.”

With just under 2,000 Aston Martin DB6’s produced they are a rare sight on our roads today. The DB6 being offered by Charterhouse is a desirable Vantage specification which comes with triple Webber carburettors and a high compression ratio cylinder head producing 325hp driven through a 5 speed ZF gearbox.

This particular Aston Martin has only two recorded owners from new. The current owner purchased the car in 1975 for £1,200 and covered an average of just 150 miles per year for 20 years, at which point it was driven into his garage never to see the light of day again in 2013. The car has preformed not only impeccably on the road, but also in terms as an investment, which could see the owner having a return of over 11,600% on his capital employed!

Finished in its original Fiesta red paintwork, and with a beautifully patinated black leather interior, Charterhouse is expecting this rare motor car to sell for £140,000-160,000 in their specialist sale of classic and vintage cars & motorcycles in a marquee at Sherborne Castle on Sunday 21st July.

Charterhouse is now accepting further entries into the auction. To enter a vehicle into this important classic car and motorcycle sale, contact Matthew Whitney, Associate Partner, at Charterhouse, The Long Street Salerooms, Sherborne 01935 812277, via email mw@charterhouse-auctions.co.uk or log on to www.charterhouse-auction.com

The Aston Martin DB6 Vantage emerges from its garage near Newbury after 20 years £140,000-160,000
Quick Links

Forthcoming SalePrevious SaleSale Preview

Tel: (01935) 812277

For further information regarding this article, please contact Richard Bromell, Partner

Algarve Classic Festival 2012 - 1000 Km Race
Andy Wolfe, Leo Voayazides and Carlos Barbot 
Lola T70 MK3B

  d'Assis Cordeiro 2013 - Óleo s/ Tela - Oil on Canvas - ( 55x80cm )

( não disponível , not available )