Plated XI – 15 more of the best registration plates spotted by readers of ‘The Steeple Times’
Continuing our series, below we feature 15 more unusual, laughable and entertaining registration plates:
We expect readers will come...
Penthouse above La Brasserie offered for sale for just shy of £3 million
Crompton Court is a landmark building on Brompton Cross in Chelsea. It counts La Brasserie and Chanel as occupants of its ground...
Matthew Steeples reviews Hotel Rafayel on London’s ‘Left Bank’
Businessman Iqbal Latif is a gent and a scholar and the hotel he built, Rafayel on the Left Bank, truly reflects his character, style and passion...
Rare 1955 Arnolt-MG coupé to be offered at auction for just £13,000 to £20,000
Just 65 MG coupés and 35 convertibles were built by the Chicago based industrialist Stanley “Wacky” Arnolt and of them only...
Former Holland Park home of Pre-Raphaelite painter Herbert Gustave Schmalz for sale for £16.5 million
The Pre-Raphaelite painter Herbert Gustave Schmalz (1856 – 1935) –best known for his 1884 painting Too Late – lived at...
Matthew Steeples visits the gentleman’s godsend that is The Independents Club pop-up in Knightsbridge
On Saturday 26th September, Liam Reed of the London Bartenders Collective kindly invited The Steeple Times to a 6-day pop-up event...
Frederiksen Collection of superb classic cars sells for £16 million against pre-sale estimate of £25 million
On Saturday, one of the finest car collections in the world was sold in Denmark and unlike many other...
Aston Martin pledges not to follow Bentley into the SUV market
Aston Martin’s CEO Andy Palmer illustrated his brand’s dedication to authenticity when he was recently interviewed by The Drive’s Brett Berk.
In the feature, Berk...
Alex Naylor takes a look around LAPADA 2015
The seven-day LAPDA fair in Berkeley Square began with a Lanson champagne sponsored collectors’ preview on Monday signifying the start of the autumn season of such showcases....
“High-classic utility” Rolls-Royce heads to auction with a lower guide of £46,000
Whilst many in the media rave about Bentley’s forthcoming bizarrely named Bentayga – a “super-luxury SUV” that looks like a VW Touareg on...
“Unmolested” wood-clad Chrysler LeBaron Town & Country convertible to be sold at Bonhams’ Preserving the Automobile auction for just £5,800
In commenting on the 2014 film St. Vincent starring Bill Murray as Vincent MacKenna, Melissa...
Could part of the former home of George Peabody in London be Britain’s most expensive fixer-upper flat?
The philanthropist George Peabody is the most notable individual to have lived at 80 Eaton Square in Belgravia in...
’27 Club’ member Janis Joplin’s custom 1965 Porsche 356C 1600 cabriolet heads to auction with a guide of £260,000 and thus proves it wasn’t just “my friends all drive Porsches”
Janis Joplin is one of...
Trinity House hosted a packed preview of the works of the artist Edward Noott on 16th September
On Wednesday 16th September, Simon Mills and Georgia Hughes of the Mayfair gallery Trinity House hosted a preview...
‘The Steeple Times’ chooses five artists’ studios for sale that will appeal to creatives with significant means
Though Leonardo da Vinci once said: “An artist’s studio should be a small space because small rooms discipline...
As a number of ‘star cars’ fail to sell at Bonhams’ Goodwood Revival sale, Matthew Steeples suggests that bidders are now more cautious and prices have peaked
It seems the Top Gear presenter Chris Evans thought...
Scottish estate Eilean Aigas to sell for £15 million less than current owner invested in creating it
When we featured the 546-acre Eilean Aigas estate in December 2012, it was for sale for £15 million...
Matthew Steeples selects highlights at this year’s Goodwood Revival
The Goodwood Revival is a spectacle. Visitors dress in costumes that range from Austin Powers-esque to others that are slightly more Hercule Poirot and with three...
Monday’s RM Sotheby’s sale brought with it both protest and price drops
On Monday in London, RM Sotheby’s conducted their annual auction in Battersea Park. It featured a highlight of a 1958 Ferrari 250...
Matthew Steeples selects the highlights of this year’s Christie’s Out of the Ordinary sale
Christie’s in South Kensington holds its annual Out of the Ordinary sale on Thursday and as usual it features an array...
1959 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I drophead coupé owned by Bond set designer Sir Ken Adam to be auctioned at RM Sotheby’s Battersea sale tonight
Sir Ken Adam was born in Berlin in 1921 and fled...
Anthony Brown reports on the highlights of Salon Privé 2015
Despite entries being down from 100 cars and motorcycles in 2013 and 108 in 2014 to 69 this year, the relocated British automotive event of...
£45.7 million Virginia estate of the late Paul and Bunny Mellon complete with its own private one-mile long airstrip now available in lots
Some houses come with a bar; others have a swimming pool. Oak...
“Barn find” 1934 Bentley owned by press magnate Esmond Harmsworth (later 2nd Viscount Rothermere) to be sold at Silverstone Auctions sale at Salon Privé 2015
Esmond Harmsworth – later 2nd Viscount Rothermere – led a...
Matthew Steeples previews the spectacular “automotive garden party” Salon Privé 2015 at Blenheim Palace
Pebble Beach and Monterey are the ‘must attend’ car event in August but in September, car aficionados head to the UK...
Matthew Steeples previews the spectacular “automotive garden party” Salon Privé 2015 at Blenheim Palace
Pebble Beach and Monterey are the ‘must attend’ car event in August but in September, car aficionados head to the UK...
One-off 1973 Rolls-Royce by Pietro Frua – described as the largest convertible ever built – to be auctioned
Listed as “one of the most extravagant convertibles ever built” and originally owned by His Excellency Consul Simon...
‘Photographer to the Stars’ John Stoddart branches out to sell limited edition postcard sets – but rush to buy to buy them, the edition is limited to just 100 and priced at just £25
A...
California estate complete with everything from a rock climbing wall to a video games centre for sale for £14.3 million – Only “discerning global citizens” should to apply to view
Americans don’t do things by...
Former Hampstead home of the “father of plastic surgery” and pioneer of gender reassignment surgery Sir Harold Delf Gillies for sale for £18.95 million
Sir Harold Delf Gillies (1882 – 1960) is best known as...
Bentley R-Type Continental Fastback originally owned by the son of the founder of clothing giant Burton heads to auction at the Salon Privé sale
Sir Montague Burton described himself as “The Tailor of Taste” and...
If a house on Justice Walk in Chelsea sells for its asking price, it will have risen in value by a staggering 817% in 19 years
5 Justice Walk in Chelsea provides fine illustration of...
