Brightwells recorded an impressive 83% sale rate at its 18 May auction at a time when some others would appear to be struggling.
Top sale of the day went to 1966 Jaguar E-type S1 4.2 Roadster (£50,000). A lightweight lookalike, it had previously been owned by musician and TV presenter - Jools Holland, and was notable for its red and white paintwork.
Another E-type, this time a celebrity-owner-free 1962 S1 4.2 Roadster, sold for £43,450.
A rare right-hand-drive 1963 Lancia Flaminia GT – previously owned by musician and composer Geoffrey Burgon – sparked a phone-bidding frenzy. IT smashed through its estimate of £25,000 before resting on the princely sum of £40,700, setting a new UK auction record for the model according to Brightwells.
One of around 100 1949 aluminium-bodied Bentley MkVIs (above) with coachwork by HJ Mulliner sold for £35,200, while another Bentley, a youngtimer 1994 Continental R Coupe from the Stondon Motor Museum, sold for £22,000.