Cars

A visual challenge

The quintet in question includes three Mercedes: a 560 SEC from 1986 with 38,000km (under 24,000 miles), a rare manual 280 SLC from 1975 showing 16,500km (just over 10,000 miles), and a 280SE from 1985 with only 5,700km (around 3,500 miles).

Classic show in a historic setting

Included in the roster of for-restoration classics is a 1929 Bentley 4½-Litre Sports Saloon with matching numbers, owned by the same family since 1935. The estimate is set at £150,000 – £250,000… but we all know about the current market appetite for ‘barn-finds’, especially for highly original cars with a story to tell.

Child of the revolution, 1972

Bonhams claims the unique Rolls-Royce to be one of ‘the largest and most imposing two-door convertibles existing in the world today’. That’s a statement we can second, after initially mistaking it for a ‘Yank tank’ resting under tarpaulin during our visit to the Frederiksen Collection earlier this year.