Though H&H has done exceptionally well with AC Aces over the past two years, two big lots late in the sale, a 1962 Ace 2.6 and an Allard J2X both failed to find new owners

H&H sold a restored 1967 Jaguar E-type for a very strong ￡81,000 on the hammer – or ￡89,100 all in. The 4.2 roadster was one of the last S1s, and one of only 863 right-hand drive examples produced, selling to a buyer in the room after spirited bidding took the final price ￡6000 over its top estimate.

A well-used and enjoyed 1950 Healey Silverstone brought a healthy ￡115,500, but the much-awaited Big Healey ‘Bulldog’ racer of Denis Welch bid only to ￡180,000 while watched by a gathering of the Healey racing clans. Not enough – but, as the Healey specialist confirmed to Octane immediately post-auction, he was clearly relieved to be taking it home.

A 1936 MG TA special, bright as a new pin, was ￡41,250 and two Aston Martin replicas – or ‘Evocations’ of a DB3S and a DBR2, with BMW and Jaguar power – sold for ￡35,200 and ￡38,500. At the other end of the scale, a restoration project 1964 A-H 3000 MkIII, a former press car, bid to ￡7700, a rare Britannia GT rolling shell fetched ￡8525, ‘Whizzo’s 1938 Austin Seven Pearl Cabriolet went for ￡6820 to a phone bidder, and a tidy Triumph GT6 HSCC racer looked stonking value at ￡4400. A Ford Escort RS1600, built up from parts in 1971 and a rally car all its life, looked very appealing at ￡33,000.

Though H&H has done exceptionally well with AC Aces over the past two years, two big lots late in the sale, a 1962 Ace 2.6 and an Allard J2X (though with later Cadillac motor) both failed to find new owners; but in the days that followed, the company was still converting provisional bids into confirmed sales.

Full results as soon as we have them.