Puzzling prices

[Steve kay]

Whilst cars, and indeed chassis, at certain auctions have been much discussed, no one seems to have mentioned Anglia Car Auctions at the weekend. On Saturday, on offer was a "1935 Ulster" The catalogue was commendable in its honesty, the car could only have been less genuine with a Reliant engine. The exhaust arrangement came straight from a Hoffnung cartoon of an oddity in the brass section. A friend suggested that the bodywork was a Friday afternoon job in the body shop of a well known car  manufacturer in Tamworth, one of those Friday afternoons when the foreman never left the pub. If it was grp, it is odd that it displayed a fine row of pop rivets. This got as far as £6,000, failing to reach its reserve.

A suitable looking 1934 Tourer went for £7,250, hammer prices with 6% commission added.

Now, as for the "1925 Chummy" The catalogue  description was indeed interesting, claiming a totally original car, but wholly lacking engine or chassis numbers and without a V5! This appears to have sold for £11,250. Quite what this says about the price recently reached at Brightwells for a Chummy with identity and history, let alone a Pram Hood at Edmonds I cannot say. A very happy vendor this time no doubt. One might speculate that one of the numbered  chassis with V5 that changed hands at Stroud recently might be back on the road in complete form by the end of this week.