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This year’s Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show will see its biggest ever classic car sale as Iconic Auctioneers brings a Classic Sale to join its regular Iconic Collectors’ Car, Motorcycle and Automobilia sales to make a ‘Super Sale’ at Birmingham’s NEC this November. Spread over the three show days, 7-9 November, the ‘Super Sale’ will […]
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The Top Five finalists in the Lancaster Insurance Pride of Ownership ‘Best of the Best’ competition have been decided and now it’s a race to the finish to decide the winner! Of the 14 previous winners taking part, the public have voted their Top Five as Simon McNamara’s 1983 VW Golf GTi Mk1 (who won [&...
A selection of cars and motorbikes from Harry Metcalfe’s personal collection will be sold by Iconic Auctioneers at the NEC Classic Motor Show Iconic Auctioneers will present an extraordinary highlight at this year’s NEC Classic Motor Show: a selection of cars and motorbikes from the personal collection of Harry Metcalfe, founder of Evo ...
A 1963 Jaguar E-Type 3.8 Coupé owned by Rowan Atkinson CBE and featured in his Netflix series Man vs Bee will go under the hammer with Iconic Auctioneers at the NEC Classic Motor Show on 8th November 2025. The car, finished in its original Opalescent Gunmetal Grey, is offered directly from Atkinson’s personal collection and […]
Having successfully held classic car auctions at the Pavilion Gardens in Buxton for more than 30 years, H&H Classics will be hosting its biggest ever sale there on Wednesday 15th October when a record 167 classic, collector and performance motorcars will go under the hammer. Indeed, the Autumn Sale at ...
Exceptional Ford Escort RS1800 could fetch £250k at Iconic Auctioneers’ NEC Classic Motor Show sale Iconic Auctioneers is set to offer what is widely acknowledged as the finest Ford Escort Mk2 RS1800 in existence in its Iconic Sale at the NEC Classic Motor Show on 8-9 November 2025. Confirmed as the very first production example […]
Major accolade for Volkswagen’s ever-popular supermini The Volkswagen Polo has been voted Best Car of the Half Century as part of the Best Cars of the Year – The New Car World Championships. The award was announced ahead of this year’s British Motor Show in recognition of the Polo’s 50th anniversary – echoing ...
RADwood UK takes place at Bicester Motion on Saturday 23rd August RADwood is the ultimate celebration of the cars and culture of the 1980s and 1990s – a time to celebrate the excess of the 80s and the day-glo of the 90s in one place. RADwood has the music, the fashion, the clichés and, ...
Great Scott! 40 years on, Collecting Cars takes you Back to the Future with a 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 Four decades after Back to the Future first hit cinema screens, one of the most instantly recognisable cars of the 1980s is now available to buy on Collecting Cars. A 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 – complete with the brushed stainless [&...
Sale price at Historics auction on 19th July was nigh on 100 times the value of the car when new An example of the Ford Escort, one of Britain’s most popular small family cars, has sold at auction for close to £279,000. £2,990 plus tax would have bought a new Ford Escort RS1800 as it […]