H&H achieved a run of ever higher prices for Aston Martin DB6s last year. Last week (February 16), it raised the bar still higher, to what is thought to be an auction world record for the model of £242,000.

The well attended sale, the company’s first of 2012, was held in its spiritual home of Buxton. The DB6 in question was a well presented 1969 Mark 2 example finished in Dark Blue, which had been professionally upgraded with a 4.2-litre engine and four-speed automatic transmission.

The company’s next sale will take place at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford on April 19, for which a rare 1970 Mercedes-Benz 280SE 3.5 Cabriolet is one of the early consignments.