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Mon, 24 May 2010
A 1954 Aston Martin DB2/4 Mk 1 3-litre is to be offered at auction by Historics at Brooklands on June 2. Previously owned by a farmer who took the car as payment for a bad debt in 1973, the car has since been cooped up in a chicken shed for 34 years, driven only once when the farmer and five friends drove to a local barn dance.
Fri, 21 May 2010
This 48k mile 07 reg Hyundai Santa Fe 2.2 155 CDX +7 auto sold for £14,100 against mileage-adjusted book of £13,800.
Thu, 20 May 2010
The last-known genuine MG works rally car is being offered for auction in the Historics sale at Brooklands on 2nd June 2010.
Thu, 20 May 2010
A Bugatti Veyron will feature in a massive sale of 350 sports cars, coupes, performance vehicles, motorcycles and convertibles at BCA Blackbushe near Camberley in Surrey on Saturday 5th June.
Mon, 17 May 2010
Generally, more bids in the fleet sales went provisional than on Friday, suggesting either that buyers were being more cautious or that the man on the rostrum wanted time to decide on bids that had not made reserve.
Fri, 14 May 2010
Bargains included a 31k mile 07 reg Peugeot 207 1.6THP 150 GT sold for £6,000; a facelift 108k mile 2006/56 Mercedes E220CDI Elegance, sold for £9,050; and a 49k mile 07 reg R56 MINI One 1.4 Salt with alloys and Union Jack roof sold for £6,600.
Thu, 13 May 2010
RM Auctions has secured a private treaty sale for a rare 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO to Chris Evans for £12 million.
Thu, 13 May 2010
BCA's average results rose slightly in April while Manheim's fell, but both auction houses predict a softening of the market in May.
Tue, 11 May 2010
Lex Autolease and Black Horse offered 319 convertibles at BCA Brighouse on Wednesday 28th April and sold 309 for a 97% conversion that generated a turnover of £3.6 million.
Tue, 11 May 2010
A new specialist auctioneer will hold a sale of fine motor cars, valued in excess of £2.5 million, in the evocative setting of Brooklands, on the evening of June 2.
Mon, 10 May 2010
There was a mood of cautious optimism among buyers at auction today.

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