The Imperial War Museum, Duxford, will once again provide an impressive backdrop to a varied catalogue of classic cars and motorcycles to be offered at its forthcoming H&H 15 April sale.

Leading the pack will be the 1969 Aston Martin DB6 Mk 2, a car in wonderful condition and presented in the stunning combination of metallic silver with blue hide interior. This quintessential Gentleman’s Grand Tourer benefits from a recent bare-metal respray and much other mechanical work, and is estimated at £200,000-240,000.

With interest in the sale already running at high levels after news of the early consignment of the ex-Ian Walker, 1960 Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite (£80,000-100,000), it’s sure to be standing room only among the retired warbirds of the Imperial War Museum’s world-class collection of military aircraft.

Joining the DB6 and the Sprite will be another 88 classics representing a broad selection of must-haves for today’s collectors’ market, cars such as the very special, 438bhp 1992 Porsche 911 (964) Turbo for £58,000-68,000 and the 1992 Ferrari 348 TB. The latter is one of only 130 such models supplied to the UK and, with prices of its ‘big brother’ Testarossa going through the roof, represents wonderful value at £40,000-44,000.

And for those looking for more Italian glamour for the summer months, H&H has just the car for you. Forever associated with the 1967 film The Graduate, H&H’s Alfa Romeo 1600 Duetto is also from that year – and similarly finished in red. The highly desirable, rare in right-hand drive Spider is estimated at £19,000-23,000.

Other interesting European cars with associations with the silver screen on offer at Duxford include the £50,000-60,000, 1970 Mercedes-Benz 600 (everyone’s idea of a Bond villain car) and a Latin classic made famous in The Italian Job, a 1969 Fiat Dino 2400 Coupé. This one is in lustrous metallic red and estimated at £50,000-60,000.

The team have also assembled a broad selection of pre-War cars, with stand-out entries including the sporting, bare-metal 1932 Riley 9 Gamecock (£32,500-37,500)and the 1935 Alvis Silver Eagle / Speed 25 Special, a real post-vintage thoroughbred for £35,000-45,000.

Classic Bikes at H&H

American journalist, author and motorcycle enthusiast Hunter S. Thompson once described the Vincent Black Shadow motorcycle as being so fast that “…it’s pure hell on the straightaway, it’ll outrun the F-111 until take-off.”

The description is apt, as on 15 April, H&H Classics will offer for sale a 1952 Vincent Black Shadow Series C at its popular Imperial War Museum, Duxford venue – also the home of The American Air Museum.

Famously, the Black Shadow was an even quicker version of the Vincent Rapide, then the ‘world’s fastest production motorcycle’. The 150mph speedometer hinted at prodigious performance from the Black Shadow’s 1000cc, blueprinted vee-twin: in 1950 the hand built, all-black machine was capable of an easy 125mph. H&H’s 1952 example has ‘matching numbers’ and is in highly original condition – bar 19in alloy rims – just requiring recommissioning to put it back on the road… or runway. It’s estimated at £ 55,000-60,000.

The legendary British ’bike is just one of a stellar 99-lot motorcycle catalogue that will be offered alongside 90 classic cars on 15 April. Other significant entries include a 1933 Velocette KTT MK4 (£13,000-15,000, a verified ex-works machine), a 1962 Norton Manx 30M (£28,000-33,000, with factory frame) and the 1969 Linto 500cc Grand Prix racer.

The name ‘Linto’ was a contraction of designer Lino Tonti’s names. Tonti is best known for the design of the Moto Guzzi V7 Sport. After a promising debut for his GP machine in 1968, Tonti decided to build a run of 15 for 1969, all bearing a potent 64bhp ‘twin’ of his own design. Discovered in Argentina in totally original condition, and coming out of a Japanese museum, the ’bike offered by H&H is one of the 15 and offers collectors a unique opportunity to acquire a rare piece of racing machinery from one of the golden eras of Grand Prix racing. Estimate: £90,000-110,000.

And for those looking for more up-to-date two-wheeled Grand Prix technology, there’s Darren Dixon’s 1988 British Championship-winning 1988 Suzuki RG500 MK14 estimated at £30,000-35,000, while lovers of nostalgia will appreciate H&H’s ‘teenager special’ 1977 Yamaha FS1-E, the immortal ‘fizzie’, modestly estimated at £2,500-3,500.