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Indistinctly signed 1964 French still-life oil on canvas painting in lovely wide,, original wood frame,The oil measures 22 x 17 cm

Fine quality, early 20thC impressionist oil on canvas, still-life signed Robins, gilt framed,The oil measures 38 x 28 cm

Large, Peter Collins (1923-2001) modernist still-life oil, bowl of fruit,39 x 56 cm

JOSEPHINE HARRIS, signed gouache dated 1958, "Still Life - large Vase with display of Flowers and Tea Caddy", 14" x 19"

STUART SCOTT SOMERVILLE, signed watercolour "Still Life- Bowl of Dahlias", second painting to the reverse, 9.5" x 12"

ENID A. PHLIP, signed watercolour, "Still Life - Hydrangeas", 23" x 25"

STILL LIFE, oil on canvas "StillLife - Red Vase of Flowers", 24" x 20"

Impressionist oil painting still life fruit & flowers with Tazza in a summer house, signed 44cm x 61cm

GEORGE S WISSINGER. Modern Oil , framed, "Still life Gladiolis", 29 x 28.5cm

GEORGE S WISSINGER. Modern Oil , framed, "still life sunflowers",

Joanna Cohn, "Barcelona", hard ground and aquatint limite edition etchings, limited edition of 25, 40 x 50cm, 2018. An old woman sits alone on a bench on a Sunday morning in a Barcelona street. She holds a flower.Perhaps it is for someone who is no longer there with her, or it is her offering for church, or just something to brighten her day. She is still while life passes her at full speed. Shipping within the UK £10.

1996 Land Rover Discovery Series 1, 300 TDi, 2495cc automatic. Registration number P32 XRH. Chassis number SALLJGM73VA542535. Engine number unknown.The Discovery Series I was conspicuously presented during the 1989 Frankfurt Motor Show was strongly based on the more upmarket Range Rover, using the same chassis, suspension and 4WD-system. It was Land Rover's first model that was positioned as a family car, designed to be both fully off-road capable, and suitable as a daily driver for any family, even offering more luggage space, and optionally more seats than the Range Rover. At launch, the Discovery was only available as a three-door model, but the five-door version followed the next year, in 1990. Both were fitted with five seats, with the option to have two jump seats fitted in the boot. Compared to the Range Rover, the Discovery was given a slightly longer rear, which was further extended on the series II. In order to make room for optional third row jump seats, the spare wheel had to move to the outside of the car, fitted to a side-swinging rear door, instead of the Range Rover's split tailgate. The roof of the rear section of the car was raised, to create sufficient headroom in the third row. Combined with a safari side window cluster, this gave the Discovery its own distinct look and profile. The Conran Design Group designed the interior. In 1994 the 300TDi engine was introducedXRH is a Japanese market example that has enjoyed one family ownership since import in 2006 when the mileage was some 60,000KM. It comes with a very detailed history listing all works undertaken, including two timing belts and regular waxolying. The most recent MOT was at 143,000 and is current until May 2022.Sold with the V5C, two keys, current MOT, MOT history, folder of receipts, this well cared for Disco would appear to have a lot of life still in it for the next custodian.

Modern Gilt Framed Oil on Board, Still Life, Vase of Flowers, 16.5x11.5cms

A Large Framed Gouache, Still Life by M Davies, 76x50

A Large Framed Gouache, Still Life with Coleus, by M Davies, 60x50cms

A Framed Gouache, 'Still Life with Azalea' by M Davies, 37x30

* Frank Dobson [1888-1963]-Still life of pink roses,:-studio stamp bottom leftpastel and pencil drawing on grey paper47 x 30cm.

* Philip Naviasky [1894-1983]-Still life; Poppies and cut flowers in a vase on a table;A companion still life,:-two, the first signed Naviasky bottom rightoils on canvas, largest 75 x 62cm. [2]

A box of a quantity of framed oils to include mountain landscape, still life,Parisian street scenes

An oil on canvas still life signed Hilding, together with a further oil on canvas still life initialled and dated '37

A continental school oil on canvas, still life, in gilt frame

Continental school : Still life with flowers, oil on board, 73 x 59 cm

Four assorted still life paintingsCONDITION REPORTWe have attached a number of additional images to showcase the lot in further detail.

FRAMED OIL ON BOARD, STILL LIFE, GAME STUDY, FRAME WIDTH APPROX 56CM

Cleiget, framed and glazed watercolour still life study

A pencil signed limited edition still life print, signed Wilkinson

A gilt framed needlework embroidery still life study

Robert Cox, gilt framed oil on canvas, still life Roses, signed. 39 x 49 cm

A watercolour still life study together with a Susan Miller watercolour mountainous landscape study

Pair of Still Life watercolours by E. Oldham 1914

PAINTINGS AND PRINTS, ETC, to include B Willis river landscape oil on canvas, circa early 20th Century (stained and holes) still life oil on board depicting strawberries in a wicker bowl, signed NB, early 20th Century watercolours to include landscapes a Polperro harbour scene, oil on board study of Lillies, signed L Dunn, monochrome photograph of a Victorian female, assorted prints, etc, largest size approximately 49cm x 67cm (loose and box) (22)

E B STIRRAT, STILL LIFE WITH FISH AND POTATOES oil on canvas, signed image size 30cm x 45cm, overall size 35.5cm x 51cm Framed.

* ALEXANDER ROY GIBSON (SCOTTISH 1880-1968), STILL LIFE WITH ROSES watercolour on paper, signed image size 23cm x 29cm, overall size 42cm x 48cm Mounted, framed and under glass.

An oil painting on board, Audrey Johnson, still life in tankard, signed and dated 1975, 24 x 19cm, plus frame

An oil painting, Jean Farnby, still life, indistinctly signed, 51 x 77cm, plus frame

A still life oil on board signed Robert Cox 33x29cm

Lamont, Still Life with Nasturtiums, watercolour, signed bottom right (19cm x 16cm), another by the same hand, Roses, and a further work, signed J.Wood (3)

A pair of Floral Still Life oils (19cm x 29cm)

Jane R. Fraser, Still Life with Fruit, watercolour, signed bottom right, ex Kelvin Gallery, paper label verso (39cm x 28cm)

Patricia Sadler, Still Life with Flowers, watercolour and pencil, signed and dated '82 bottom right (32cm x 34cm)

Still Life, Roses, watercolour, signed and dated 1915 bottom right (26cm x 32cm)

M. Bost, Still Life with Flowers, oil on canvas (44cm x 60cm) (a/f)

Romey Brough, Oil on canvas, Still life of Poppies, Cornflowers and Grasses, signed and dated 1991 lower right, unframed 91 cm x 91 cm

Franklin White, still life, oil on canvas, unframed

Mervyn Davies, still life of fruit, oil on canvas laid on board, framed

British School, still life, oil and one other

P.W. Simpson, Still life of flowers in a vase, two portraits and another, oils on board, framed

The ex-Juan Augusto Malcolm/Argentina1928 Maserati Tipo 26B 2.1-Litre Sports, Gran Premio and Formule Libre Racing Two-SeaterChassis no. 35*Immensely evocative early Maserati*Immensely versatile for every Historic use*Race-winning Argentine career, 1930-38*2-litre supercharged straight-8 engineFootnotes:This most attractive and very useable 'tween-wars Maserati has an unusual racing history, having spent its early active life being campaigned in Argentina by a colourful, capable and indeed intriguing private owner/driver who was an Argentine with Scottish roots. He cheerfully went by two names, Juan Augusto Malcolm being the Hispanic form, John Malcolm his English-language alter ego. He became renowned for his racing exploits in that vast country - where his family owned and ran large (and profitable) farming estancias dotted around the province of Buenos Aires, in Bragado, Lincoln and Lujan. The family business most notably bred thoroughbred horses, while also raising beef cattle and being involved in general agriculture. Juan Augusto (aka John) Malcolm was either born in Buenos Aires on July 29, 1901 - or in Oban, Scotland in 1898, being taken to Argentina by his family when they emigrated in 1900. One story he reputedly told had him being taken to the UK by aunts, eventually returning to Argentina as a youthful multiple motor-cycling champion. Another tale had him working for Bugatti from 1917, competing at Grand Prix level. When he genuinely began racing in Argentina, the always inventive local press conflictingly nicknamed him both 'El Gaucho Escocés' and 'El Inglés'... Quite apart from his achievements on track, Juan A. Malcolm is certainly recalled for brazen story-telling of great (fictional) racing exploits on trips to the USA (including participation in the Indianapolis '500') and to Europe, where he described contesting both the 1924 and 1925 French GPs, and finishing fourth in the latter, in a Delage (that place actually having been taken by Meo Costantini's Bugatti Type 35). According to Malcolm he had also led at the Nürburgring in a Mercedes S-Type before the car failed. Despite such a fertile imagination, Juan Malcolm was certainly a competitive and capable racing driver who became quite a star on the Argentine national scene which would eventually produce such genuinely world-beating talents as Juan Manuel Fangio and José Froilan Gonzalez. National Argentine racing through that period involved enthusiastic individuals fulfilling competitive ambitions, not building professional driving careers. Malcolm worked as a rancher amongst developing other business interests, and also indulged in local politics, becoming a mayor as had his father before him. In fact his weekend racing career spanned the years 1921-1948, thus overlapping with those of Fangio and Gonzalez amongst others. He campaigned a wide variety of locally-modified specials and great imported cars of considerable stature, including such marques as Hudson, Stutz, Chandler-Curtiss, Dodge, Chrysler, Fiat, Alfa Romeo RL, the immensely exotic Grand Prix Delage V12 owned by Moises Vengerow and his son Jacobo, Mercedes - and Maserati. Malcolm certainly travelled in Europe in the late 1920s. In 1928 he bought two new Mercedes-Benz cars in Paris: an SSK and a 680S (the latter acquired on November 23, 1928, for 30,000 German Marks). He shipped them back to Argentina where he later claimed he had driven the 'Caracciola SSK' to finish 2nd in the 1930 Monza Grand Prix for sports cars (when Caracciola himself had finished 2nd to Ernesto Maserati's Maserati 16-cylinder). He also claimed to have finished 3rd at Cremona, 2nd at the 'Austrian Grand Prix', and to have led at the Nürburgring before the car failed. What is demonstrably true is that in 1929 he not only visited the Maserati works at Bologna but also drove in that year's Cremona race, reports differing upon whether he handled a Maserati or a Mercedes - or indeed an Alfa Romeo - but if it was a Maserati it was not No '35' now offered here which he ordered during that trip. This Maserati certainly became the first to be imported into Argentina, perhaps significantly being liveried by the factory not in blue and yellow Argentine racing livery, but in blue and white - which would gain sporting fame as the colours of Scotland... 'John' Malcolm's birthright. The fascinating documentation file accompanying this Lot includes some wonderful original letters, invoices, receipts and other documents relating to the car in 1929-30. He paid a one-third deposit of Lire 30,000 for it, the remaining 60,000 upon completion before the car, plus spares, was shipped to Buenos Aires on the Italian luxury liner 'Conte Rosso'. Studying No '35' as it survives today one can imagine it in the liner's hold on the long voyage south. The 'Conte Rosso' was named after Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy, the so-called 'Red Count', and she was much praised in period for her lavish Italian interior decoration - all lost in wartime as she was torpedoed and sunk off Sicily in May 1941 while in use as a troopship. Her assailant was HMS Upholder, the most successful of all Royal Navy WW2 submarines, commanded by Lt Cdr Malcolm Wanklyn who was awarded the Victoria Cross - the highest British military distinction - for this action. Just touch the car and even such fleeting historical connections resonate... The documentation file also includes a receipt for initial Customs and commission payments related to the car's original shipping to Buenos Aires, dated April 16, 1930, on the 'Conte Rosso' - shipped by Fratelli Salvadori SA of Bologna, Trasporti Internazionali the fees paid totalling 2.5-million Argentine Pesos. A letter from Maserati dated March 1, 1930, advises owner Malcolm that the car should run a fuel mixture containing 45 per cent denatured alcohol, 45 per cent Benzol and 10 per cent sulphuric ether. The engine is described as being of 2109cc displacement, supercharged, 8-cylinders in-line, bore & stroke 64mm x 82mm, maximum revs 5,500 - 4 forward speeds and reverse - 6kg oil pressure to be maintained at 3,000rpm - front tyre pressure 2kg and rear tyre pressure 2.5kg. Performance potential circa 150bhp and 190km/h (118mph)... In this 2.1-litre supercharged straight-eight Maserati Tipo 26B, Juan Augusto Malcolm immediately took third place in the Circuito Primavera race at Mercedes in Buenos Aires province. In March 1932 he reappeared in the Carrasco race at Montevideo, Uruguay, but after building a notable lead he crashed, overturning the Maserati although Malcolm and his riding mechanic Angel Pieralise escaped unhurt. The car was repaired in time for two July races in Buenos Aires, leading the first until lap 7 when Malcolm was passed by Vittorio Coppoli's Bugatti, falling to third during a refuelling stop and finally finishing second overall. The car was liveried in Italian racing red by this time. He then dominated the second BA race, displacing Carlos Zatuszek's massive Mercedes-Benz SSK only for the huge and uncontrollable crowd to overflow onto the course, and in the confusion Domingo Bucci's De Soto-Chrysler beat the Maserati into second place. It was reported at the time that Malcolm was expecting delivery of a new 2.8-litre engine but it seems unlikely it was ever delivered. Still in 2.1-litre form he then won the 1933 consolation race at the Mar del Plata horse-racing track in Maserati No '35' and would race the ageing Tipo 26B again in the 1935 500 Miles race at Rafaela, the car repainted yellow and blue, Argentine national racing livery. He qualified sixth and ran with Zatuszek in the early stages before the Maserati's radiator was punctured and the engine seized. After further repair he reappeared in the November 24 race at Venado Tuerto, but failed to finish, and at Paraña on December 29 the car ran poorly. Malcolm made ... For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

1920 Rolls-Royce 40/50hp Silver Ghost Alpine Eagle Skiff TorpedoCoachwork by LabourdetteRegistration no. 4928 DGChassis no. 40FW*First owned by Marcel Boussac*Updated with a Hispano Suiza front axle and servo-assisted brakes*Professionally repainted and re-trimmed in 2011*Offered from a private collection*Exceptionally well maintained and 'on the button'Footnotes:'The directors were obviously as impressed with the car as the public were when they first saw it displayed... the company's future, based upon Royce's intuitive design genius and the uncompromising standards of workmanship he set, clearly lay in the rapidly expanding area of luxury cars...' – Edward Eves, Rolls-Royce, 75 Years of Motoring Excellence.Although the 40/50hp model would in any event have earned its 'The Best Car in the World' sobriquet (actually first used by the Pall Mall Gazette in November 1911), Rolls-Royce's decision to drop all other types only served to focus attention on what would become known as the 'Silver Ghost'. Prior to 1908, when it relocated to a new factory in Derby, the company founded by engineer Frederick Henry Royce and entrepreneur the Honourable Charles Stewart Rolls had manufactured a variety of models at its Manchester premises. Cars with two, three, four and six cylinders were made, and even an abortive V8, before Managing Director Claude Johnson's decision to concentrate on the range-topping 40/50hp. The latter had first appeared at the 1906 London Motor Show and became known as the 'Silver Ghost' the following year when chassis number '60551' was exhibited wearing silver-painted tourer coachwork by Barker & Co.The heart of the Silver Ghost was its magnificent engine, a 7,036cc (later 7,428cc) sidevalve six equipped with seven-bearing crankshaft and pressure lubrication. A sturdy chassis comprised of channel-section side members and tubular cross members was suspended on semi-elliptic springs at the front and a 'platform' leaf spring arrangement at the rear, though the latter soon came in for revision. The transmission too was soon changed: a three-speed gearbox with direct-drive top gear replacing the original four-speed/overdrive top unit in 1909. In the course of its 20-year production life there would be countless other improvements to the car, one of the most important being the adoption of servo-assisted four-wheel brakes towards the end of 1923.After a successful 2,000-mile trial under RAC supervision, the factory demonstrator - chassis '60551', 'The Silver Ghost' - was entered in the 1907 Scottish Reliability Trial, completing the 15,000-mile run with flying colours to set a new World Record. From then on the car's reputation was assured, not the least in North America where the wide-open spaces placed a premium on reliability and comfort. Royce's uncompromising engineering standards demanded only excellence of his staff in Manchester and later Derby, and no chassis was delivered until it had been rigorously tested.Rigorous testing continued to be undertaken publicly too in the interests of promoting sales, the next such enterprise being chief test driver Ernest W Hives' legendary journey in September 1911 from London to Edinburgh using top gear only. Rivals Napier had just completed a similar stunt and Rolls-Royce felt obliged to rise to the challenge. Hives' Silver Ghost averaged a remarkable 24.32 miles per gallon over the 400-mile journey and on its completion was taken to the Brooklands racetrack where it was timed at 78.26mph. That car, chassis '1701', incorporated under-slung cantilever rear springs and an engine upgraded with increased compression ratio and a larger carburettor, while the lightweight sports-tourer 'torpedo' coachwork was by Holmes & Co of Derby. Orders for replica London-to-Edinburgh models poured in.A luxury motor car, the 'Silver Ghost' was not designed with motor sport in mind but that did not deter the more enthusiastic owners. In 1912 Mr James Radley privately entered his 40/50hp in the Austrian Alpine Trial only to find that the three-speed gearbox's limitations prevented him from negotiating the Katschberg Pass. As a result, Rolls-Royce prepared four cars for the 1913 event, equipping them with four-speed transmissions and more powerful engines producing 75bhp (up from 60 horsepower) courtesy of a raised compression ratio and larger carburettor. These changes made for a dramatic improvement and the team cars won six awards, including the prestigious Archduke Leopold Cup. Inspired by this success, the factory began producing cars of the same specification for customers. Officially they were 'Continental' models but are better known by the evocative 'Alpine Eagle' nickname given them by Ernest Hives.The Silver Ghost remained in production in England until 1925, 6,173 being completed at the Manchester and Derby factories, and until 1926 at Rolls-Royce's Springfield plant in the USA where a further 1,703 were made, the longest production run of any model from this celebrated company.Little is known of this Silver Ghost Alpine Eagle's history other than that its first owner was textile manufacturing entrepreneur and racehorse breeder Marcel Boussac, who at that time was regarded as the wealthiest man in France (the Prix Marcel Boussac horserace is still run at Longchamps to this day). It is also worth mentioning that in addition to the Alpine Eagle specification mentioned in the build sheets, the chassis is designated 'high speed'. Boussac had his sporting Silver Ghost bodied by Labourdette, one of the oldest of Parisian master coachbuilders, and the result, with its dual cowl and long doors, is undeniably very elegant. Other notable features include a top-opening windscreen; rear Auster screen; Lucas 'King of the Road' headlights; scuttle-mounted sidelights; and Toby diver's lamps at the rear – all recently re-plated in nickel.West Hoathly Garage repainted the 'Ghost in 2011 to a very high standard while the interior was beautifully re-trimmed at the same time, featuring deep-buttoned light grey leather upholstery; a wooden dashboard; and blue carpets. Front and rear tonneau covers are present also. Sensible upgrades include a Hispano Suiza front axle; servo assisted brakes; Smiths 0-80mph speedometer; Smiths 8-day trip clock; electric fuel pumps; and a fuel gauge concealed within the glove compartment.Part of a private collection, exceptionally well maintained and 'on the button', this most elegant Rolls-Royce is ideal for 20 Ghost Tours and many other prestigious historic motoring events.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

1935 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental Sports SaloonCoachwork by KellnerRegistration no. HXM 341Chassis no. 5UK*One of only 281 built*Delivered new to France*Fascinating wartime history*Fully restored by Ristes in the 1990s*Eligible for the most important Concours d'Élégance eventsFootnotes:The Phantom II Continental was the last Rolls-Royce to be designed under the personal supervision of Henry Royce, before his death in 1933. As its name suggests, this new Rolls-Royce was intended for fast continental touring; indeed, there were few roads in Britain where its outstanding performance - the top speed was around 95mph - could safely be exploited to the full.The Phantom II had been introduced in 1929 as a successor to the New Phantom (retrospectively Phantom I). The Phantom II employed an entirely new chassis laid out along the lines of that of the smaller 20hp Rolls-Royce. Built in two wheelbase lengths - 144' and 150' - this new low-slung frame, with its radiator set well back, enabled coachbuilders to body the car in the modern idiom, creating sleeker designs than the upright ones of the past.The engine too had come in for extensive revision. The PI's cylinder dimensions and basic layout were retained, but the combustion chambers had been redesigned and the 'head was now of the cross-flow type, with inlet and exhaust manifolds on opposite sides. The result of these engine changes was greatly enhanced performance, particularly of the Continental model, and the ability to accommodate weightier coachwork.Designed around the short (144') Phantom II chassis and introduced in 1930, the Continental was claimed to be 'ideal for the enthusiastic owner-driver' and featured revised rear suspension, a higher axle ratio, and lowered steering column. Produced for a relatively short period, during which time only 281 examples were completed, the Phantom II Continental typically sold for around £2,500 (more in some cases), a quite staggering amount to ask for a motor car and equivalent to the cost of no fewer than six or seven average-priced houses in the UK at that time! The Continental's - necessarily wealthy - owners included such famous names as the racing drivers Sir Malcolm Campbell and Woolf Barnato; Prince Ali Khan; the Prince of Nepal; various members of the British nobility; the Rothschilds; the Maharajas of Bahawalpur and Jodhpur; N S Gulbenkian; and Noel Coward.Highly favoured by prominent coachbuilders, the Phantom II chassis would provide the platform for some of the truly outstanding designs of its day, and this example boasts typically elegant sports saloon coachwork by Kellner. A carriage making business established as far back as 1861, Kellner built its first motor body in 1903 and on founder Georges Kellner's retirement his sons Paul and Georges Jr took over its management. The man credited with creating the 'torpedo' body style, Georges Jr later assumed sole charge of Kellner, having bought out his brother's share of the business in 1919.Operating out of showrooms on the Champs-Elysées, Kellner specialised in coachwork for the most expensive chassis, most notably Hispano-Suiza. Faced with economically difficult times, the firm had abandoned coachbuilding by the end of the 1930s. Kellner left behind a legacy of some quite outstanding designs, including that seen here on chassis number '5UK', which is pictured on page 141 of Coachwork on Rolls-Royce by Lawrence Dalton (1975 edition) when it was owned by one J Leake, Esq.The Phantom had been imported into France by Franco-Britannic Automobiles (FBA) whose manager, Walter Sleator, was a former Kellner employee. Following the German Blitzkrieg that commenced in May 1940, '5UK', which had been bought back from its owner, Eric Boucherit, was one of two cars used by FBA's staff to flee Paris. In their book The Kellner Affair: Matters of Life and Death, Messrs Larsen and Erickson state: 'The Rolls-Royce didn't get far. It was abandoned at the Sleator family estate in the village of Oysonville, a scant 79 kilometres from the centre of Paris, and garaged with Walter's parents, Alexander and Mary Sleator. In 1943, the car was reclaimed by Jean Goemaere who was keeping the shell of FBA afloat in Paris.'So many 40/50hp Rolls-Royces of this period were intended to be chauffeur driven, with almost no room in the front for the chauffeur and all the legroom in the rear. In '5UK' - an owner-driver Continental - all the legroom is in the front and hardly any in the rear: effectively a '2+2' arrangement. The owner has driven this car on relatively long trips and advises us that he finds it spacious and very comfortable. Other notable features of this well equipped Continental include twin scuttle vents; cut glass bottles and small goblets; twin horns; and beautiful Marchal headlights and auxiliary driving lamps to the front. There is also a full tool kit in its fitted tray on the upper boot lid, and large tools in the engine bay.In the mid-1990s '5UK' was treated to a 'chassis-up' restoration by marque specialists Ristes of Nottingham at a cost in excess of £165,000. Now delightfully patinated, the Phantom still presents and drives well, the chrome in particular being very good, its only detraction being some moth damage to the roof lining. The car has been very well maintained and benefits from a recent service by West Hoathly Garage.Retaining matching chassis, engine and body numbers, this highly original and beautifully presented Phantom II Contiental is eligible for the most important Concours d'Élégance events and is ready to be enjoyed by its next proud owner.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

The Anthony Day1938 BMW 327 Sports RoadsterRegistration no. LFF 116Chassis no. 74212*80 horsepower model*Converted from left- to right-hand drive*Present ownership since 1974*Extensively campaigned in historic racing events*Ready to enjoyFootnotes:This BMW 327 was built in 1938 as a left-hand drive 327/80 and finished in black with red piping. That is the last that is known about the car until it surfaced in California in the 1970s, finished in brown and cream and converted to right-hand drive. The lady vendor's father, Tony Day, was already the owner of a BMW 320/1, but when he saw this car advertised in Motor Sport magazine in 1974, he fell for its beautiful lines. The car had been brought back to Europe from America and was on sale with Dan Marguiles in Chelsea. Tony bought it for £1,700 and ran the car for a year before consigning it to his garage. Some 20 years later, having retired and with all his children grown up, Tony had the car overhauled mechanically, initially with well-known specialist Mark Garfitt. He then started to compete, and over the next 20 years was a regular at sprints and hill climbs organised by the VSCC and the BMW Car Club Historic Section. Although having to compete in the same class as the lighter and similarly powered 328 meant that victories were rare, Tony and 'LFF 116' were a familiar sight at Prescott, Shelsley Walsh, Brooklands, Goodwood and Silverstone.As stated earlier, this car started its life as an 80bhp model, courtesy of its 328-type engine, designed by Rudolf Schleicher, which incorporated hemispherical combustion chambers. However, when the BMW surfaced in California, it had been fitted with the lower specification 'head of the 55 horsepower engine. Ever the racer, Tony sourced and refurbished an original specification 80bhp head so the car is now back to its original specification.This car is set up for competition, fettled for many years by various historic BMW specialists, as the boxes of bills testify. To improve driveability, the gearbox and differential have been modified to incorporated Bristol internals (with added synchromesh) while 'racing' additions include an electronic rev counter, an electric cooling fan, and the obligatory ignition cut-out switch. This is a well-campaigned car, so drives exceptionally well, but the body is as it was bought in 1974 and has a well used, patinated air. At age 94 Tony has had to hang up his racing boots. However, at a mere 83 years of age, 'LFF 166' still has many active years ahead. The time is come for the next generation to assume custody of this historic BMW: to race the car, to restore it or simply to drive and enjoy it as it is today.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

First owned by Sir Paul Vestey1990 Ferrari F40 BerlinettaRegistration no. G313 XPKChassis no. ZFFGJ34B000084104• UK Supplied. One of only 78 built for the UK market• Desirable non-catalyst non-adjust model• Four owners from new having covered just 17,789 Kilometres • Extensive service history, cambelts changed October 2020• Present ownership since 2015Footnotes:Introduced in 1988 to celebrate Enzo Ferrari's 40 years as a motor manufacturer, the iconic F40 was the ultimate supercar and is historically significant as the first production passenger car to have a claimed top speed of over 200mph. It is also the last Ferrari to be personally approved by Enzo Ferrari prior to his death in 1988. A mid-engined, two-seater berlinetta, the F40 was a development of the limited-production 288 GTO and like the latter - but unlike the preceding 308 series - mounted its power unit longitudinally rather than transversely. Much had been learned from the development of the Evoluzione version of the 288 GTO - intended for the soon-to-be-abandoned Group B competitions - which enabled Ferrari to take the F40 from drawing board to dealers' showrooms in just 13 months. A 2,936cc quad-cam V8 with four valves per cylinder, the F40 engine employed twin IHI turbochargers to liberate 478bhp (approximately 352kW) at 7,000rpm. For the seriously speed-addicted, this could be boosted by 200bhp by means of a factory tuning kit. Of equal, if not greater, technical interest was the method of body/chassis construction, the F40 drawing on Ferrari's Formula 1 experience in its use of composite technology. A one-piece plastic moulding, the body was bonded to the tubular steel chassis to create a lightweight structure of immense rigidity. The doors, bonnet, boot lid and other removable panels were carbon fibre. Pugnaciously styled by Pininfarina, the F40 incorporated the latest aerodynamic aids in the form of a dam-shaped nose and high rear aerofoil. Despite the need to generate considerable downforce - and with a top speed of 201mph, higher than the take-off speed of many light aircraft, the F40 needed all the downforce it could get - the result was a commendably low drag coefficient of just 0.34. The F40's interior reinforced its image as a thinly disguised race-car, with body-contoured seats, an absence of carpeting and trim, and sliding Plexiglas windows. When it came to actual competition, race-prepared F40s more than held their own and in the Global GT series proved quicker on many circuits than McLaren's F1 GTR. Autocar concluded its test thus: 'on a smooth road it is a scintillatingly fast car that is docile and charming in its nature; a car that is demanding but not difficult to drive, blessed as it is with massive grip and, even more importantly, superb balance and manners. You can use its performance - the closest any production carmaker has yet come to race car levels - and revel in it....there's little doubt it is the very personification of the term sports car.' Even today the F40 has the power to impress. Launched in the UK with an asking price of around £185,000, the F40 was changing hands at the height of the late '80s supercar boom for up to half a million pounds. When production ceased in 1992 only 1,315 of these quite exceptional cars had been completed. Today, much of the F40's enduring appeal is the fact that it is one of the last great 'analogue' supercars, designed and built at a time when the driver was expected to be in full control and before the introduction of electronic interventions in the form of anti-lock brakes, traction control, stability control, and paddle-shift automatic gearboxes, which have since become the norm. It also lacked a brake servo, air conditioning, interior door handles, and power steering... As Ferrari marketing executive Giovanni Perfetti explained: 'We wanted it to be very fast, sporting in the extreme and Spartan. Customers had been saying our cars were becoming too plush and comfortable. The F40 is for the most enthusiastic of our owners who want nothing but sheer performance.' Even so, the F40 could not remain unaffected by the march of technological progress, gaining refinements such as ABS, catalytic converters, and adjustable suspension as development progressed. As one would expect, it is the early F40 representing the model in its purest and most basic form that is of the greatest interest to collectors. A desirable non-cat, non-adjust model, this particular F40 was delivered new in the UK to one of Ferrari's most favoured customers: gentleman racing driver Sir Paul Vestey, who had bought his first Ferrari, a 250 GT SWB, at only 21 years of age. He would go onto own and race several other Ferraris as a privateer, including a 275 GTB Competizione and a 250 LM, crossing swords with the crème de la crème of the international sports car racing fraternity. Sir Paul Vestey is well known to the Bonhams motoring team and we contacted him recently for his memories of '84104'. He recollects travelling to Italy to collect it: 'We had a great time picking the two cars up at the factory - Willie Tuckett and Andrew Fletcher were in the other one. We then drove up to La Reserve in Beaulieu - we arrived about five hours before Willie as he got lost in Genoa! Then up to the Georges Blanc at Vonnas and finally on to the coast where there was a gale blowing and our ferry crashed into the dock. It was a brilliant trip! In 1993 I sold it to John Mexborough so it has a very titled history...' The Earl of Mexborough kept the Ferrari until 2006 when ownership passed to Mr Iqbal Abdullah, who enjoyed the car for some nine years before it was sold to the current vendor in 2015.Originally registered in the UK as 'PEV 1', '84104' is one of only 78 Ferrari F40s built for the UK market, only 20 of which were 'non-catalyst' models like this one. Ferrari purists will tell you that a non-cat F40 is the more desirable. Supplied with its original service book, this F40's service history is exemplary. Commencing on 27th February 1990 with Maranello, Egham at 1,924 kilometres and progressing via 21 further services throughout its life to the most recent with Stratstone on 16th October 2020 at 17,763 kilometres (the current odometer reading is 17,789). During the current owner's tenure Stratstone have serviced the car in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. The recent service included the all-important cambelt change. In 2015, Stratstone carried out a 250 man-hours mechanical restoration and detailing. Since when the Ferrari has been driven only once: around the Isle of Man and maintained in secure storage. Photographs of the Stratstone rebuild are on file and the car also comes with copies of all the original factory paperwork and correspondence relating to its order and purchase. This wonderful, four owner, UK supplied F40 offers a ticket to enter a very exclusive owners club Reacquainting himself with the F40, F50, and Enzo Ferraris for Octane magazine (July 2014 edition) racing driver Mark Hales declared: 'The F40 is for me, the special one. Not just because I have spent so much time in them, but because it was such an explosive, other-worldly creation when it first appeared, and it still retains much of that character.' Enough said.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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