Heythrop Park in Oxfordshire, the first venue for the Summer Jaguar Festival, will be hosting the Silverstone Auctions May sale of British Marques and Classic cars on the 11th May 2019, bringing together some very high quality and exclusive lots.
In association with the Jaguar Enthusiasts’ Club, Silverstone Auctions are very excited to be offering not one but two XJ220 supercars, one in left hand drive with 20,500 km and the other right hand drive with just 700 miles. This car was once the fastest production car in the world, with the record set by Martin Brundle in 1992 at the Nardo test track.
The left hand drive 1997 XJ220 in Spa Silver with 20,500km has recently had £50,000 worth of expenditure lavished on it by Jaguar Classic Works and comes with the registration “220 XXK” and with all details of the works carried out in car’s history file. This car is now in exceptional condition and ready to be enjoyed by its new owner. Estimated at £300,000 to £350,000. If a left hand drive XJ220 doesn’t suit, well you can have a 1995 right hand drive version with just 700miles in Le Mans Blue. This car was recently discovered in a private collection in Malaysia and brought back to the UK where it underwent £25,000 worth of work by XJ220 model experts Don Law in December 2015. Estimated at £325,000 to £375,000.
Two highly collectable cars which to date are still the fastest cars produced by Jaguar. A great opportunity to acquire one of the most significant supercars of their era.
The sale day will start with Automobilia and watches, with some of the highlights for Jaguar enthusiasts being an original XK150 painting by Tony Upson estimated at £300 to £400, some original E-Type handbooks estimated at £150 to £200, a cherished number plate, JA66 UAA, at £600 to £700 and an extremely rare cast brass leaping cat mascot from 1930 which is one of the five original prototypes and the actual mascot accepted by William Lyons estimated at £10,000 to £15,000.
Arwel Richards, Auction Manager for the Heythrop sale commented “The British Marques and Heythrop sale have some exceptional cars being offered and we are very excited to have the two Jaguar XJ220s consigned to us”
“Included in the British Marques sale we also have some fine items of automobilia and some very interesting items for Jaguar enthusiasts including a very rare brass leaping cat mascot.”
“We are looking forward to our one day May sale at Heythrop and anticipate some healthy bidding on some wonderful cars and automobilia.”
The Heythrop and British Marques sale is a one day sale with viewing of the lots on Friday 10th May from 09:00 until 17:00 and on the morning of Saturday 11th May 2019 as part of our Jaguar Summer Festival weekend.
The auction itself will take place on the 11th May, starting with the Automobilia at 10:30 followed by the Heythrop Classic Car sale at 12:30 and finally the British Marques at 14:00.
Entry and catalogues are free to Jaguar Enthusiasts’ Club members, so come along and see if anything takes your fancy!
