Earlier this month, we were enormously proud to honour a much-missed member of the Hampson team, when we sponsored the Guild of Motoring Writers’ Classic Writer of the Year Award, now re-named the Gordon Bruce Classic Writer of the Year in memory of Gordon, who passed away suddenly in December 2023.
Gordon was the ‘voice’ that could be heard in all our catalogue descriptions, and he shared with our Managing Director Zach Hamilton the wisdom and experience gained through nearly a half century of working with some of the biggest names in the motoring world. He was both a mentor and a friend to Zach and made a significant contribution to all our auctions from 2020 onwards.
On December 5, Zach joined Gordon’s wife Marilyn to present the Gordon Bruce Classic Writer of the Year trophy at the Guild of Motoring Writers’ glittering awards evening held at the Royal Automobile Club on Pall Mall, London.
The recipient was Simon Hucknall, who won the award for his outstanding feature ‘Edwardian titans do battle’, which was published in Classic & Sports Car magazine in August this year. Gordon would have hugely enjoyed reading this feature, not least because it focussed on aero-engined Edwardian racing cars, and he was both a skilled racing driver and also had a very keen interest in historic aircraft.
We would like to extend our congratulations to Simon, our gratitude to Marilyn for allowing the award to be renamed in Gordon’s honour, and our thanks to the Guild for making this all possible.
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