Should we encourage our friends?

[Ivor Hawkins]

I would say the prices achieved on the Austins was spot on, the Darraq in my view was a bargain, but as Tony said, as we all get older, fewer can relate to the older cars, particularly the Edwardians and the market diminishes.
I think there will always be a strong market for “proper” enthusiast cars like Fraser Nash, Bentley and Bugatti, despite the number of fakes doing the rounds.
The vintage and post vintage market is becoming quite volatile as the investors are getting twitchy about values of what might be described as more run of the mill cars, but it does mean there should be a lot more nice cars re-surfacing and coming onto the market, which has to be good news for those of us that actually drive them, rather than lock them away.
Well, that’s my thought for the day!