A stash of unrestored classics dating from the Edwardian era to the early Seventies is going under the hammer this week – and all have the potential to be no-reserve bargains.

Bonhams Cars Online is selling the 19-strong collection in a timed online-only sale that ends tomorrow evening (Thursday, 27 February) and includes rare Aston Martins, Jaguars and Allards from the 1950s.

All of the classics come from a car restoration business based in Romania whose owner has passed away and are currently based in the Netherlands. The classics come with spares and many are UK-registered but the history and paperwork accompanying them is limited.

The head of Bonhams Cars Online UK, Mark Livesey, told Classic Car Weekly: ‘They’re all no-reserve, so it’s quite tantalising to people out there who are brave, foolish or wealthy enough to have them restored, or have the skills and talent to restore these cars to their former glory. I think some people could get a bit of a bargain.

‘These cars need cleaning up, painting and sticking back together – there are certainly some cars that are in good condition – and all of them would qualify as absolutely fantastic classics. The interest that we’ve had so far has been truly global – there are couple of cars where you have a couple of specialists who would be incentivised to take them on and give them a ground-up re-build, like the Delahaye, and the little Toyota has had interest from Japan because it’s a really early example and still has its original engine sitting on a palette. If you got that back together you’d have a really good example of a very rare early Toyota – it really is a fabulous car.’

The oldest classic in the collection – all of which have been given estimated values – is a 1908 Pontiac Company Buggy, believed be one of only four surviving examples, while the newest is a 1970 Marcos GT. All eight of the British-built classics are LHD but come with UK registration documents, apart from a 1954 Aston Martin DB2/4 MkI, which is being sold with a heritage certificate copy.

CCW’s markets editor Richard Barnett said: ‘What a superb offering! Many of these cars are rare and their condition allows a new owner to put their stamp on them when it comes to restoration.

‘Of course the Jaguar XK140 and XK150 will fire UK buyers up but I suspect that the Marcos will enjoy just as much interest, especially as it’s LHD.  There’s no denying the appeal of the BMW, Siata and Talbot-Lago, either, while the AC and the Allard afford superb opportunities.’