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20 April 2016

This H&H sale contained something for everyone and it provided some interesting results. The cars from the TV series' Minder and the Professionals gained plenty of publicity and all three busted through the upper end of their estimates which we have covered in a separate news item. The market at present is showing some weakness in cars towards the upper end of the valuation range which is clear from some of the results within this sale, but interestingly some of the lower valued cars are still seeing further appreciation this year. A good example of the latter is an early long door TR2 which came with good provenance and was in excellent condition which resulted in a final price of £34,160, some way above the traditional valuation band of £25,000 to £30,000 for these cars. With the pre war market struggling in some areas it was nice to see the highly original Armstrong Siddeley 20hp saloon make a good £17,080. It feels as if Jaguar XKs are starting to lose a bit of momentum with a XK120 that had some competition history fetching £78,400, perhaps a little shy of what it might have achieved 12 to 18 months ago. A 1955 Jaguar XK140 SE Fixed Head Coupe made £50,400 although a 1956 Jaguar XK140 MC Fixed Head Coupe did do somewhat better achieving a final price of £86,240. Finally among the XKs, a 1953 Jaguar XK120 Drophead Coupe made £90720. A recently imported Mercedes 190SL looked cheap at £59,360 although we did not see the car in the flesh but it has apparently been the subject of a full respray before the sale. E-Type prices still seem firm this year as evidenced by the £50,400 paid for a 1967 4.2 2+2 car. Talking of E-Types, the headline car in this sale was the 1961 Jaguar E-Type 3.8 Competition Roadster, 1 of just 7 Project ZP537/24 cars which were the very first competition E-Types. This car made £840,000. Back towards the lower end of the valuation spectrum, an Austin Healey Frogeye Sprite which has been with the same owner for 30 years and has been subjected to a full restoration achieved £23,520 which is close to record territory for one of these cars, although asking prices of close to £20k are more commonplace these days. Finally, for those seeking a bit of history, a 1954 Lagonda 3 Litre Drophead Coupe built to the special order of HRH, Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh which has been with the current over since 1977 went on to achieve a significant £339,000.