Latest market commentary from CCFS auction analyst Richard Hudson-Evans

20 June 2013

As has become virtually the norm at UK sales recently, an Aston Martin was again the best seller at last Saturday’s Bonhams Oxford sale, where a 1966 DB6 manual with webasto roof and paintwork savaged by shrinkage achieved a more than double lower estimate £133,660 during a very well attended £1.5m afternoon when 89% of cars sold. Read more

Honda beats Ferrari in the supercar price stakes

20 June 2013

This week I’d like to share a slightly startling classic car discovery. The poor man’s Ferrari is… a Ferrari. Read more

Go get a Gamma

20 June 2013

‘It’s one of the most beautiful cars you can buy for less than £10,000.’ Read more

60 years of Matchbox Cars

20 June 2013

Matchbox is celebrating 60 years of making its inspirational 1:64 scale cars, beloved of children all over the world. Read more

Drop tops drop price trend

20 June 2013

Convertible prices are bucking the trend and are remaining low, despite the time of year. Read more

Latest market commentary from CCFS auction analyst Richard Hudson-Evans

13 June 2013

Artcurial certainly pulled in the punters to an almost five hour Paris sale in the Theatre du Rond-Point just off the Champs-Elysees last Monday night, when 81 or 89% of voitures were sold for a more than healthy €8.7m (£7.4m), over €2m above the pre-sale estimate. Most significantly, too, 60% of the 91 cars been consigned at no reserve and 13 of them sold to Eastern Europe, whilst buying bids were received remotely from as far afield as Russia and the US. Read more

Stay safe in your classic with advanced driving skills

13 June 2013

Imagine taking your everyday Ford Focus and – in technical terms at least – making it worse. Read more

Le Mans unseen

13 June 2013

Next week the cross-Channel ferries will be bursting with sports cars, many of them classic, for the annual pilgrimage to the Le Mans 24 Hours. Read more

British driver killed in Peking to Paris rally crash

13 June 2013

Emma Wilkinson was taking part in this year’s Peking to Paris rally when she was involved in a crash in Siberia. Read more

Two unregistered 1-mile TVR Chimaeras up for grabs

13 June 2013

A classic car dealer in the West Midlands is offering a pair of unregistered TVR Chimaeras – each with just one mile on the clock – for sale. Read more

Latest market commentary from CCFS auction analyst Richard Hudson-Evans

10 June 2013

Once again an E Type Jag topped the auction prices with a IOM registered 1996 Series 1 - the running gear if which had started life in a FHC, but which had been re-housed in a new Roadster monocoque with hardtop - fetching £56,105 with premium at Sandown Park, just over Barons’ lower estimate. During 16 years of vendor ownership, the still cosmetically sharp motor car had been treated to various enhancing upgrades including 5-speed Getrag all-synchromesh box, electro-hydraulic power steering and MkX discs with Coopercraft calipers and more potent brake servo. Read more

Motorsport at the Palace

10 June 2013

Take everything from a 100-year-old Vauxhall Viper to the latest Radical SR8 and send them off around a modern recreation of Crystal Palace’s historic sprint track and you have the makings of fantastic bank holiday weekend’s motorsport. Read more

Latest market commentary from CCFS auction analyst Richard Hudson-Evans

06 June 2013

Historics at Brooklands prices were headed by the inevitable Aston Martin, a non-Vantage 1967 DB6 auto, and an E Type Jaguar, a left-hand drive 1966 S1 4.2 Roadster, which fetched £121,000 and £110,000 with premium respectively during a £1.55m afternoon when there were buyers for 72% of the 108 cars auctioned. Read more

Lost classics: Tracking down our old cars

06 June 2013

We’ve all sold a classic and regretted it in later life, but how best to go about finding our lost cars? My search began this week. Read more

Lamborghini 350 GT to Maranello

06 June 2013

Ferruccio Lamborghini would become one of several Ferrari customers who felt they could make a better car themselves. Read more

Tyre Test Shelby Mustang hits a record £960K

06 June 2013

A 1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake has become the worlds most expensive Mustang, having sold for $1.3 million (£960,000) at Mecum’s Spring Classic Auction in Indianapolis. Read more

Classics to get clever forensic security technology

06 June 2013

In response to the rise in classic vehicle thefts CCfS reported in last week’s newsletter, Carole Nash insurance tell us that they are offering free forensic coding security to classic car owners. Read more

Latest market commentary from CCFS auction analyst Richard Hudson-Evans

30 May 2013

Whilst the 1953 Ferrari 340/375MM Berlinetta ‘Competizione’ sold during Villa D’Este weekend by RM for 9,856,000 euros (£8,377,600) smashed three new auction records – highest price for model, record for closed-roof ‘Berlinetta’ Ferrari and highest priced car sold at auction 2012/13 season to date – several other market-significant valuations for non-Ferrari makes were also established beside Lake Como in the rainy season. Read more

My first classic

30 May 2013

By far and away our most popular posting on Facebook this week was an open-ended request to help a petrolhead who's joined us on work experience. Read more

Triumph TR at 60 celebration

30 May 2013

With the TR2 sports car of 1953, Triumph added a rich seam to British motoring history. Read more