When it comes to rare and exotic vehicles, Bonhams has always impressed the auto enthusiasts with their auction catalogues. Bonhams Motoring Department is the largest auction house to hold scheduled auction sales of classic and vintage motor cars and car memorabilia. On Saturday, July 18 at Henley-on-Thames, the auction house will be selling vehicles from one of Europe’s foremost collections of early vehicles - The Ward Brothers’ Collection. The brothers, Toby and Daniel Ward, have a motoring heritage and have got a unique collection of early vehicles. This dispersal sale represents a rationalization of the vehicles and will help the collection to develop further. Leading the sale is a 1901 Panhard-Levassor 2.4-litre Forward Control Cab Phaeton (£200,000-£250,000), the only one of its kind still in existence. Another esteemed veteran up for grabs is the 1896 Benz 5hp Victoria (£140,000-£180,000).

Other highlights include the ex-Alf Briggs and Eric Houseley 1928 McEvoy-JAP motorcycle with a 980cc vee-twin engine (£120,000-£150,000), a multihued 1899 Panhard-Levassor Wagonette (£120,000-£150,000) and a 1911 RMC Seabrook 20hp Roadster that won the Essex Motor Hill Climb in 1911 (£25,000-£35,000). The sale has its focus on the early period of motoring and includes a number of rare vehicles, with some of them last of their kind.

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