Modern classics soar for iconic

The numbers are in for some of summer’s biggest classic sales. Here’s why you’ve been opening up your wallets at UK auctions

AUCTION REVIEW HISTORICS, ASCOT RACECOURSE. 20 SEPTEMBER

UPCOMING AUCTION H&H CLASSICS, BUXTON. 15 OCTOBER

There were gasps of amazement at RM Sotheby’s Maranello sale in 2012 when Chris Evans splashed out a record £5.5m on a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spider originally owned by actor James Coburn. Fas

H&H, KELHAM HALL. 10 SEPTEMBER

The exquisitely detailed 1927 Rolls-Royce ‘Phantom of Love’ captured Best in Show at the Concours of Elegance, held at Hampton Court Palace from 5-7 September. Commissioned by Woolworth’s financial di