The 'sleeping beauties', many of prestigious marques, variously dated, some very rare, have already been placed in storage and will go to auction at the London Barn Finds Society, at a date yet to be determined.
Who owned such a vast heritage of classic cars? An insatiable collector, and why did he abandon it? Emerging from the grey dust is a 1970s Porsche 911 cabriolet, which was originally astronomically priced; a 1970s BMW M5 Touring Tii sports saloon; and then Land Rovers, MGs...

The enthusiasm of collectors rises, because interest in classic cars is often stimulated by the chance of their discovery, the mystery of their origin and the possibility that the new owner has of taking care of them, restoring them, personalising them and making them his own.