head of wildrose ventures, nelson skalbania, reformed the company as norton motors (1993) ltd., putting his daughter rosanda in place as general manager at the shenstone site. the new ownership attempted to reclaim from public exhibition premises and place for auction with sothebys ten historic motorcycles, estimated at the time to be worth £50,000, including a 1904 triumph first exhibited in 1938, which had been variously distributed to national motor museum, beaulieu, science museum, london and coventry transport museum.