Auction Review | Richie Barnett & Simon Monks | E-Types at £45k, Humber Imperials & the State of the Classic Car Market - Wheels & Deals with The Old Car Lady | Lyssna här

The Old Car Lady is joined by Richie Barnett of Classic Car Weekly and Simon Monks of the Lot 67 YouTube channel to review three auctions on the same weekend: Historics, Manor Park Classics and Hampsons.

They cover the state of the market, what auction houses are getting right and wrong, who bears responsibility when a car is not what it appeared, and whether Series 1 E-Types at £45,000 represent the buying opportunity of the decade. Honest, experienced and not always in agreement.

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Is the Classic Car Market Dead? All Three Say No.: The doom-mongering is overdone. Good cars at sensible prices are still selling. Values have rebalanced and all three expect a steady plateau. Auction houses investing millions in new premises would not be doing so if the market was finished.

The Humber Imperial That Made £6,000: Sam expected low four figures. It made £6,000. Someone really wanted it. All three agree Rootes Group cars are undervalued and the Super Snipes, Imperials and Sceptres are quietly finding their audience.

E-Type Series 1 at £45k: Buy or Watch?: Richie and Simon both think now is the time. Series 1 E-Types at £45,000 represent prices not seen in a decade. A Series 2 in good order starts with a three. A whole new group of buyers who could never afford them before is about to discover them.

What Auction Houses Get Right and Wrong: Walk-around videos are good. A hundred and fifty photographs of the same car from slightly different angles are not. Silent walk-around videos are somewhere in between. Descriptions that do not match the car when you get there are the thing that sticks. Shit sticks, as all three put it.

Who Is Responsible When It Goes Wrong?: Joint responsibility between vendor, auction house and buyer. The vendor must declare known faults. The auction house should flag anything obvious. The buyer must do their homework: check the MOT history for free online, read the file, and if something matters to you, ask for a video underneath before you bid.

What You’ll Learn

Why a steady plateau is the most realistic market outlook. Why TR6s are now worth more than TR3s and what that tells you about nostalgia having a sell-by date. Why Historics spent £5 million on new premises and what that signals. Why competition cars tend to change hands in the paddock rather than at mainstream auctions. And why you should always look up the MOT history before you bid on anything.

A Nod To

Richie Barnett at Classic Car Weekly and thespecial.org. Simon Monks at Lot 67 on YouTube. Historics, Manor Park Classics and Hampsons auction houses, all of whose results from this weekend were still filtering through at the time of recording.

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