Yeah

... his, his old route in his old car with his old co-driver.

When I went to the Mercedes museum, I would go and see that car.

I would buy any books that came out on it, and there weren't very many.

And then over the years, you, you meet people and, uh, acquire clients and friends, and one of these friends, clients, said to me, you know, casually chatting as you do with friends, not thinking it will ever lead to anything, "Um, you've always said, Simon, that the 300 SLR is probably the greatest car in the world in collecting terms, and that it'll never be sold.

But what have we got to lose by trying?"

Yeah

... 'cause they were racing cars.

Also, for those who might not have heard of the, the term Bentley Boys, Simon, who are the Bentley Boys?

The Bentley Boys were this...

I think their legend has probably grown a little bit over the, over the generations, and it was a long time ago.

But they were these relatively carefree, relatively solvent, uh, mostly World War I veterans, Army, Navy, who, British, who in the 1930s became clients of Bentley, the car brand, and decided it'd be quite fun to race them.

They entered them into this new race at Le Mans, and were fairly successful, because they pretty much dominated that race for the rest of the 1920s, winning it a number of times.

And they were known not just for their racing exploits, but also for their bon vivant lifestyle.

Usually aro- uh, centered around a certain part of London, around Grosvenor Square, and the legendary all-night parties and consumption of alcohol and, uh, generally good times that were had.

Yes.

Mm-hmm.

You can't fake it.

A lot of people might disagree with that.

Maybe the person who's selling Lexuses down at the local dealership is not passionate about it, but maybe the person who, who buys it just buys it as a tool.

Um, in our world, people buy these things because of their history, because of their beauty, because of the events that they allow you to take part in, and the people that you meet in those events, the, the like-minded individuals.

I find that unless you have something in common with the person that either you're selling for or to, because ours is mostly a brokerage business.

It's not really I'm buying from A and selling to B. It's more you're acting as the conduit between the two, and identifying, on the one hand, which are the best pieces to handle, and then who are the most suitable candidates to own them.

Mm-hmm.