A 1957 AC Ace Bristol has sold for £151,200 at H&H’s 5 July Buxton auction.
The Ace sailed well ahead of the second place sale, which went to a LHD 1963 Jaguar E-type Roadster. It had been meticulously restored and topped its estimate at £64,960.
A 1967 Austin-Healey 3000 Mk III had also benefited from a major restoration and sold for £40,320.
Meanwhile a 1965 Jensen C-V8 Mk II (below) went for nearly double its lower estimate, selling for £39,200.
Despite a healthy 70% sale rate there were still bargains to be had such as a ‘relatively tidy’ 1970 Sunbeam Alpine, which sold for £630 complete with tax and a 1957 Daimler Conquest Century that was showing only 30,000, was MOTd until August and sold for £1580.
As an entry-level right-hand-drive supercar a freshly-MOTd 1987 Ferrari Testarossa had a good price-to-pedigree ratio selling for an eye-brow-raising £21,280, with “fair” trim, “okay” bodywork and “good” mechanicals it could be the bargain of the century.
Although, a V12 Aston Martin Vantage DB7 (see C&SC's DB7 guide) would give all the performance and less of the sleepless nights, said to be in overall “good” condition it sold for a relatively thrifty £15,820.
