We've analysed every single sale across the 513 cars RM Sotheby's, Bonhams, Broad Arrow and Gooding & Co offered to find the world records that emerged from the auctions in Monterey 2023. A staggering 58 cars made world record prices - that's 11% of all cars sold reached money never before seen for that model.
Truly incredible.
When you look across where those world records came from by auction house, RM dominates both in terms of number of world records and viewing that as a percentage of the number of cars they sold). The breakdown is as follows:
Bonhams - 9 Cars (11% of all lots sold)
Broad Arrow - 11 Cars (8% of all lots sold)
Gooding & Co - 15 Cars (12% of all lots sold)
RM Sotheby's - 23 Cars (13% of all lots sold)
When you look at the data by ages of the vehicles that set world records a surprising picture emerges. Those decades that produced the highest proportion of world records were either the veteran cars of the 1900s and 1910s and the supercars of 2010s and 2020s.
Decade | Number of World Records | Number of Sold Cars Overall | % of Lots Sold That Were Records |
1880s | 0 | 1 | 0% |
1900s | 1 | 3 | 33% |
1910s | 5 | 13 | 38% |
1920s | 2 | 16 | 13% |
1930s | 9 | 78 | 12% |
1940s | 0 | 15 | 0% |
1950s | 8 | 78 | 10% |
1960s | 7 | 120 | 7% |
1970s | 6 | 58 | 10% |
1980s | 2 | 35 | 6% |
1990s | 6 | 39 | 15% |
2000s | 2 | 27 | 7% |
2010s | 6 | 20 | 30% |
2020s | 3 | 10 | 30% |
Total | 58 | 513 | 11% |
In no particular order here are the 56 world records that came out of Monterey Car Week 2023:
1912 Simplex 50hp Toy-Tonneau - Sold by Gooding & Co for $4,075,000
1929 Packard 640 Custom Eight Roadster - Sold by Broad Arrow for $224,000
1930 Packard 745 Deluxe Eight Roadster - Sold by Broad Arrow for $483,500
1930 Pierce-Arrow Model B Convertible Victoria - Sold by RM Sotheby's for $291,000
1932 Bugatti Type 49 Roadster - Sold by Gooding & Co for $1,325,000
1935 Lagonda Rapier Sports Special - Sold by Broad Arrow for $140,000
1937 Hudson Terraplane 72 Super Convertible Brougham - Sold by Broad Arrow for $117,600
1955 Nash Metropolitan Convertible - Sold by Broad Arrow for $47,600
1957 AC Ace Bristol Le Mans Roadster - Sold by Bonhams for $764,000
1961 Ghia L6.4 - Sold by RM Sotheby's for $665,000
1963 Chevrolet Corvette 327/360 - Sold by Gooding & Co for $263,200
1965 Citroën DS 19 Cabriolet - Sold by RM Sotheby's for $291,000
1965 Land Rover Series IIA LWB Station Wagon - Sold by Gooding & Co for $156,800
1967 Jaguar E-Type Series I 4.2 Fixed Head Coupe - Sold by Gooding & Co for $277,200
1968 Lamborghini Miura - Sold by Gooding & Co for $2,260,000
1972 Alfa Romeo Montreal - Sold by Gooding & Co for $168,000
1974 Porsche 911 Carrera 2.7 MFI - Sold by RM Sotheby's for $434,000
1986 Ford RS200 Evolution - Sold by RM Sotheby's for $615,500
1991 Porsche 911 Reimagined by Singer Classic Study - Sold by RM Sotheby's for $1,407,500
1992 Lancia Hyena - Sold by RM Sotheby's for $246,400
1994 Porsche 911 Turbo Coupe 3.6 - Sold by RM Sotheby's for $555,000
1997 Porsche 911 Turbo S - Sold by RM Sotheby's for $896,000
2005 Ferrari 575M - Sold by Gooding & Co for $500,000
2010 Porsche 911 GT3 - Sold by Broad Arrow for $224,000
2011 Ferrari 599 GTO - Sold by RM Sotheby's for $1,039,000
2019 Porsche 911 Speedster - Sold by RM Sotheby's for $582,500
2020 Ferrari 488 Pista Piloti - Sold by RM Sotheby's for $995,000
1933 Chrysler CL Imperial Custom Phaeton - Sold by Gooding & Co for $775,000 (record for non LeBaron cars)
1979 Porsche 911 (930) Turbo Coupe - Sold by RM Sotheby's for $450,500 (record excluding the Steve McQueen car which sold for $1,950,000)
1980 Aston Martin V8 Volante - Sold by Broad Arrow for $254,800 (excluding Series IV Vantage Volante's)
1995 Honda NSX Type R - Sold by Broad Arrow for $632,000 (previous Type R record stood at $310,993)
2015 Porsche 918 Spyder - Sold by Broad Arrow for $1,985,000 (record for 918, even including Weissach cars)
1938 Cadillac Series 90 V-16 Convertible Sedan - Sold by Gooding & Co for $179,200 (record for any Series 90 in history)
2012 Lexus LFA - Sold by RM Sotheby's for $1,105,000 (record for non-Nurburgring car)
1909 Lorraine-Dietrich 16.4-Litre Grand Prix Two-Seater - Sold by Bonhams for $1,270,000 (and overall world record for the Marque)
1913 Lozier Type 72 Meadowbrook Runabout - Sold by Gooding & Co for $1,765,000 (and overall world record for the Marque)
1959 Frisky Convertible Special - Sold by RM Sotheby's for $84,000 (and overall world record for the Marque)
1999 Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S - Sold by Bonhams for $428,500 (and overall world record for the Marque)
The below models all have a limited number of previous sales, but remain world records
1910 Glide Model 45 - Sold by Bonhams for $95,200
1914 Mercer Type 35 J Runabout - Sold by Gooding & Co for $4,790,000
1918 Stutz Model G Bulldog - Sold by Gooding & Co for $89,600
1920 Kissel Model 6-45 "Gold Bug" Speedster - Sold by Broad Arrow for $106,400
1930 Duesenberg Model J Hibbard & Darrin Transformable Cabriolet - Sold by Broad Arrow for $1,435,000
1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Cabriolet - Sold by Gooding & Co for $4,515,000
1953 Fiat 8V Berlinetta by Zagato - Sold by RM Sotheby's for $2,900,000
1953 Fiat 8V Supersonic - Sold by RM Sotheby's for $2,260,000
1954 Cunningham C-3 - Sold by RM Sotheby's for $940,000
1957 Jaguar XKSS - Sold by RM Sotheby's for $13,205,000
1957 Lancia Appia GT Zagato - Sold by Bonhams for $280,000
1966 Porsche 906 Carrera 6 - Sold by Bonhams for $2,040,000
1967 Ferrari 412P - Sold by Bonhams for $30,255,000
1971 Surtees TS8 Formula A/5000 Racing Single-Seater - Sold by Bonhams for $140,000
1972 Citroën ID 20 Break - Sold by Bonhams for $42,000
1978 Ferrari 512 BB Competizione - Sold by RM Sotheby's for $1,490,000
2007 Maserati MC12 Versione Corsa - Sold by Gooding & Co for $2,480,000
2019 Porsche 935 - Sold by RM Sotheby's for $1,600,000
2021 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT Black Series 'P One Edition' - Sold by RM Sotheby's for $775,000
2022 Lamborghini Aventador LP780-4 Ultimae Roadster - Sold by RM Sotheby's for $813,500
Note: all world records stated are based on USD prices and compared to previous sales using on the day exchange rates, this list would be different if using GBP prices.
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