This XK120 was bought new by Lancashire cobbler Robert Lawrie whose special boot design led to him becoming the official supplier to the 1953 Everest expedition, the team that accompanied Sir Vivian F

More classics are changing hands at UK’s biggest sales – but bidders aren’t prepared to pay as much

ANGLIA CAR AUCTIONS, KING’S LYNN. 1-2 NOVEMBER

H&H CLASSICS, BUXTON. 15 OCTOBER

RM SOTHEBY’S, LONDON. 1 NOVEMBER

IN RECENT YEARS, pre-war cars have often had a tough old time at the auctions, with the interest and market seeming to shift towards more modern machines. There have been plenty of exceptions, however