Charterhouse are holding a specialist auction of classic cars, motorbikes an automobilia (on the A30 near Milborne Port) at Blackmarsh Farm, Sherborne on Saturday 12th July. They have amassed over 60 cars and motorbikes ranging from Morris Minors to Rolls Royce’s.

The star of the sale is a 1936 Park Ward bodied Bentley drop head coupe at £60,000-70,000 followed by a Jaguar XK 150 Se £26,000-28,000. There are also interesting restoration project such as the 1962 Jaguar E Type roadster at £60,000-19,000. For the more adventurous, there is a race prepared Jaguar S Type, which has had some £48,000 spent on its race development at Sigma Engineering, Gillingham, but now estimated at £8,500-10,000, and a modern classic in the from of a flagship Mercedes-Benz 600 SEL which was originally supplied to the Sultan of Brunei at £3,500-4,000. Viewing for this sale is on Friday 11th July 10-7 and on the saleday from 9am. Catalogues are available from Charterhouse 01935 812277 or on their web site www.charterhouse-auctions.co.uk

Posted: 07|5|08 at 10:04 am. Filed under: UK News.