Cream rises

There were several ‘star performers’ at Bonhams’ winter sale, as the choice machines achieved huge sums.

- JAMES ROBINSON

In these strange and uncertain times, Bonhams’ winter sale reiterated something we actually all knew already – that there’ll always be a market for top class, well-presented machinery, no matter what else is going on in the rest of the world, including pandemics and ongoing trade negotiations.

With the sale split into two days, Friday, December 11, 2020, hosted the automobilia, as well as the motorcycles from the National Motorcycle Museum. The immense hangar taken over by Bonhams at Bicester Heritage Centre was also hosting Bonhams’ MPH sale on the Friday too, meaning that the motorcycles shared space with a vast and mixed array of cars, which provided something else of interest to look at.

Operated under Covid guidelines – though it seemed to a selfish few that wearing a face covering didn’t apply to them, despite polite instruction and signage – there was a huge amount of room and viewing visitors, meaning that nobody had reason to feel uncomfortable. All attendees had to report to reception too, with slots to view being pre-booked and details recorded. Nice and orderly.