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We are delighted to report a 100% sale rate for our Classic Cars & Vehicles with all 40 lots selling.
08/10/2025
Something to suit all pockets, the highlights being the splendid 1936 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Limousine de Ville which had been subject to a nut and bolt restoration twenty years ago, which fetched £49,280 (inclusive of BP), a similarly beautiful 1933 Rolls-Royce 20/25 Landaulet which fetched £33,600 (inclusive of BP) and a 1937 Rolls-Royce 25/30 Landaulet fetching £29,680 (inclusive of BP).
A 1949 Chevrolet ‘Ratrod’ pick up truck fetched £14,560 (inclusive of BP), while a 1949 Alvis in totally original barn find condition fetched the top end of its estimate at £2,912 (inclusive of BP). A 1963 Massey Ferguson 35X tractor fetched a strong £8,064 (inclusive of BP).
In the automobilia section, a solid silver Rolls-Royce spirit of Ecstasy mascot produced by a factory for the Queen’s 1977 Silver Jubilee made a surprise £2,600 (inclusive of BP), while a fascinating autograph album signed by the greats of the 1960’s motor racing circuits fetched £2,080.
James Grinter who along with Lewis Rabett ran the sale, said ‘We were delighted with the results of the sale which illustrated there is still a good demand for classic cars if they are sensibly estimated and well promoted. To have a one hundred percent sale rate is pretty amazing for the current market, especially as we achieved some very good results’.
A charming and historically significant letter written by A. A. Milne to his longtime collaborator and illustrator E. H. Shepard, revealing a previously unseen glimpse into the creative world of the Pooh books, will be offered for sale by Reeman Dansie auctioneers of Colchester on the 18th of March.
14/03/2026
Reeman Dansie are pleased to announce the sale by auction of a remarkable Second World War archive belonging to a nurse who bravely served during the fall of France, Miss Mary Edytha Darby.
14/03/2026
A fine Colchester archive compiled during the First World War has emerged over 100 years after it was compiled.
14/03/2026