Some of the most storied Humbers are to cross the block with Hansons Auctioneers – and will be sold as one incredible job lot.
So amazing, it seems, that, “Due to major interest, this auction has been rescheduled,” said Hansons, “to allow interested parties to view.”
The set is owned by Allan Marshall, a potato merchant who started buying Humbers in the 1970s to such a point that it grew into the ‘Humber Cars Museum’. Not a museum per se, but a personal collection that could be viewed by the public by appointment.
His cars were first advertised for sale in 2018, and Marshall hopes they will sell this week to a buyer who will still allow the public to see them. The group is expected to fetch between £200-250,000.
As you would expect, some of the Humbers on offer come with royal approval, including the earliest of the 16 cars available. The 1932 Snipe 80 was owned by abdicated King Edward VIII, later the Duke of Windsor, and his divorcee wife, Wallis Simpson. There’s also a 1951 Humber Imperial Landaulette that was ordered by King George VI shortly before his death in early 1952.
Clockwise from top left: the landaulette of King George VI; the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson’s Humber runabout; EGS 21 was delivered new to the Queen Mother
