In line with the current state of the market overall, it was the most desirable cars in terms of rarity or condition that made the best money here.

As we noted last time, Lotus Cortinas are doing well, and ACA’s 1969 MkII was an exceptional example – a 45,000 miler that looked stunning and had originally been owned by Fred Bushall, Lotus Chief Executive at the time, it made £19,000 plus premium.

Prices for genuinely good Series 1 XJ6s are definitely on the up. Anglia’s 1973 example was stunning-looking and had covered a warranted 37,000 miles from new with two owners. On the downside it was white and a V12. It made £7100 – or £1600 over top estimate.

ACA’s 1968 MGC GT had been owned by the vendor since it was seven years old and was restored at a cost of over £12,000 in 2005. The owner got his money back as the car sold for £13,500 plus premium. 

TR-series Triumphs continue to do well here, with an ‘excellent driving’ 1960 TR3A with overdrive that was “fully restored 15 years ago” making £16,800 plus premium. Then there was the Lea-Francis; a super example with a first-rate pedigree having been fully-restored by specialist Barry Price five years ago. It sold for £32,000 plus premium. A 1949 Triumph Roadster also made an impressive £19,500 plus premium but again it was superb and worth every penny.

A Mulliner Park Ward coupé Silver Shadow for £8100 plus premium sounds cheap, especially if, as here, it was formerly owned by legendary fast bowler Fred Trueman. Sadly though, Fred’s old car looked to have been somewhat ‘got at’ with a large tin of filler. Interior was good though, and the car came with a year’s MoT.

On the other hand, £3000 plus premium sounds a lot for a 1995 Rover Sterling fastback. Anglia’s, though, was a genuine 10,000 mile from new car being sold by the executors of its one owner from new. Complete with 14 stamps of service history and the desirable Honda 2.7 engine, it was simply stunning. Cars like this are always hard to value but here the ‘process’ was simple £3000 reserve, a submitted maximum bid of more but no bids in the hall. It’s therefore worth £3000 and that’s what it sold for...

A show-winning 1932 Standard Big Nine made £5400 and a 1939 Flying 12 made £6600 with a 1946 Rover P2 making £7000, and a complete ‘barn find’ Austin Seven Ruby from 1936 going for £1750 plus premium.

As always here, there were plenty of worthy cheapies too. We rather liked the 1960 MkI A40 Farina that was sold ‘fresh from storage’ but did sport a new MoT for £1175 plus premium. The 1970 Minor Traveller at £1550 plus premium wasn’t dear either despite needing a bit of woodwork renovation and a retrim and just shouted ‘winter project’.

The high desirability of early Minis was confirmed when an extremely rusty-looking 1964 Mini Countryman sold for £820 plus premium, and an equally rough MkI Transit lacking a front wing sold for £540.

Other noteworthy prices included an 83,000-mile 1976 Triumph Stag at £4800 plus premium, a 1982 Ford Granada Ghia estate (£2700 plus premium) and an 18,000-mile 1990 Lada Riva estate exhibiting all the characteristic ‘quality issues’ and an MoT until June next year went for £600 plus premium.