TWO vintage cars discovered under inches of dust and layers of carpet in a North Yorkshire barn are to be auctioned next month.

The 1910 Star 15hp Tourer and a 1926 Talbot 18/55 six-cylinder ohv will be auctioned in Tennants' international summer catalogue sale at Leyburn on July 22-23.

The Tourer was ordered from Messrs C W Robson of Malton on March 26, 1910, in chassis form to receive the locally-made four-seater coachwork provided by Myers and Burnel of York.

It was ready to be delivered on June 15 that year at a cost of £315 less 10pc discount. The hood and screen cost £20, Stepney wheel and tyre £10, and a side tool box £5. Lamps and a Stewart speedometer, £3 10s, took the final price to £330.

It was used until just after the First World War and laid up until earlier this year, showing just 2,806 miles on the odometer. The 15hp model is quite rare with only one other example listed by the Veteran Car Club.

The Edwardian motor vehicle - which comes complete with original bill of sale, a comprehensive file of receipts for all accessories, petrol receipts and even an AA and Motor Union Handbook for 1912, together with a handwritten route plan of a trip to the Yorkshire Dales as far as Hawes - past today's Tennants' saleroom - is expected to go for between £10,000 and £15,000.

The Talbot 18/55 has been in the same family ownership from new, sharing the barn near Malton with the 1910 Star which it replaced when it was delivered on October 27, 1926.

It was bought from Messrs David Rosenfield of Manchester at a shop-soiled price of £695, reduced from £995. Almost £40 was spent customising the motor to the owner's tastes, including such luxuries as an electric cigarette lighter.

Again a file containing the 1926 sales literature and original bill of sale accompany the car, giving it an estimate of £12,000-£15,000.

HARRISON & HETHERINGTON, St John's Chapel Mart. - Harrison & Hetherington held a collective sale on June 12, from local residences, of antique and modern household furniture and effects.

A packed audience led to the best sale since the company re-started sales in 2003.

Leading prices: mahogany dining table £600; corner unit £430; mahogany chest of drawers £280; oak drop leaf table £280; oak table £260; glass-fronted bureau £200; sideboard £180; desk £160; wicker seated chair £110; pine kitchen table £85; pair of oak carvers £85; corner stand £80; Victorian work table £75; oak bedside cupboard £65; four kitchen chairs £60; office chair £58; inlaid desk £55; pair of inlaid chairs £52; cabinet £51; four Wedgwood plates £50; piano stool £50; towel rail £38; overmantel £38; Clarice Cliffe vase £26; manicure set £25.