Slip-up. Not for everyone.

The harder the game gets, the higher the price of the risky choices you make. It’s not a criticism, that’s not our role. It is a statement after the not-exactly-exhilarating results of the Bonhams Auction at Goodwood Speed Week. Clearly, they were wrong to defy one of the sacred rules of hammer sales: simplicity. The auction was held in London but the cars were exhibited in Goodwood, 67 miles away, not exactly around the corner. Then the sale was divided into two parts, first automobilia and some cars, and then, after a couple of hours, the other cars. Without considering the hygiene and social-distancing rules we now take for granted but which cannot be overlooked that inevitably complicate the registration and entry procedures.