LONDON.- The H&H Classics Automobilia Auction Online sale on April 21 made a total of £104,623 with 90% of the 559 lots on offer changing hands.

The top seller of the day was a Vincent prototype rotary engine, offered with models and other related parts together with numerous drawings and all of the paperwork relating to the project including the minutes of all the meetings at which Philip Vincent was present. The lot came from the estate of Beryl Norris - the widow of Lew Norris (engineer), who alongside his brother Ken worked on Bluebird CN7 and K7 for Sir Donald Campbell and numerous other projects for vehicle manufacturers of the period. Ken Norris is perhaps best known as the inventor of the inertia-reel seatbelt. Interest from around the globe saw the final selling price soar to £9,200.

Showing the market for car mascots is still buoyant, a nickel-plated 'Leaping Horse' attributed to French sculptor Casimir-Jean-Marie Brau sold to a collector of high-end art-deco bronzes, showing the cross-over between sculptures and pre-war hood ornaments. Offered with an estimate price of £500 - 700, the horse was rehomed at a price of £2,300.

Also selling well were a cased limited-edition pair of 1:72 scale models by Phil Edwards depicting the two Bluebird 'water speed record' boats, produced to raise funds for 'Mr Whoppit's Fund'. Offered in excellent condition, they went on to sell for £3,220.

Adam Sykes, of H&H Classics Automobilia says: “Perhaps the biggest surprise of the sale was a framed presentation featuring the signature of Honor Blackman (of Pussy Galore fame), entered without reserve and a start price of just £10, it went on to a collector of all things James Bond for £920.”

The next auction of Automobilia is scheduled to go live on the 1st September and quality entries are now invited.