15th July 2019
Over £250,000 was generated on Friday, as the Classic Car Auction at Hobbs Parker in Willesborough continues to be a roaring success.
With manufacturers like Aston Martin and Rolls Royce, 120 cars were on display throughout Ashford’s day’s event.
James Johnson founded the auction in 2013, and believes that it is only growing in popularity.
He said: “The day was very successful and extremely well-attended with a lot of really diverse cars.
“There were some really great ones that dated as far as the 1920s, and then some from every decade right up until some of today’s modern classics.
“There were 120 cars in total, not including the motorbikes we had which included the two Lambrettas, and we had a sale rate of 70% which is really impressive.
Hobbs Parker in Ashford. Picture: Roger Lightfoot
The auction’s highest selling cars were the Bentley S3 and the Alfa Romeo Spider which sold for a huge £18,800 and £15,600 respectively.
Johnson says that the event has grown enormously since its inception six years ago.
He added: “This is now the second time that we’ve had two in a year and it just shows how we are going from strength-to-strength.
“We already had a huge crowd, so the fact that more people came to see us than before just shows why we are now becoming nationally recognised.”
The second of the two-part event takes place at the end of October later this year.
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