Osian's Auction Catalogue Automobilia The Art of the Historical Vehicle | October 2018

OSIAN’s – Connoisseurs of Art 80 Lot of Four British Official Photographic Stills Issued for British Information Services by Photography Division a. Standard’s Half Century - May 1963 6.7 x 8.5 in (16.9 x 21.7 cm) Inscriptions pasted on verso This is the first car produced 50 years ago by the Standard Motor Company. It is a 6 h.p. single cylinder car with shaft drive and three speed gear-box built when most vehicles still had chain transmission. b. Pupils of Newtown High School - 25 May 1971 with two Morris 8 Sedans 6.5 x 8.6 in (16.4 x 21.9 cm) Inscriptions pasted on verso Pupils of Newton High School, in Montgomeryshire, central Wales, learn the rudiments of driving on a simulator they built themselves (seen in the foreground) before progressing to using three old school-owned cars within the school grounds. In the background are the garages the boys built to keep the school-owned cars in. c. Trade and Technical Picture Service - New Vintage Car Combines Modern Technology With Yesterdays Design Embargoed Until February 9 - 14 Feb 1972 6.5 x 8.5 in (16.4 x 21.7 cm) d. Veteran and Vintage Cars “Drive into Europe” - 18-Jan- 1973 5.9 x 8.1 in (15.1 x 20.5 cm) Inscriptions pasted on verso Mr Edward Heath, Britain’s Prime Minister, flags off the first car - an 1897 Daimler - from Horseguards Parade in London at the start of the Veteran and Vintage “Drive into Europe” rally. ` 12,000 – 18,000 $ 167 – 250 Set of 4 130 130a 130b 130c 130d