What a classic Alvis sells for at auction

The median, the usual range and the way prices have moved, from 468 recorded Alvis sales at public auction since 2004: which models make the most, which come up most often, and what each of them sells for.

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Part of: Alvis, the full marque guide

Median sold price by year, with the dashed line restated in 2025 money. Hollow final dot: the current, incomplete year.

Median sold price £23,600

Usual range £12,253 to £42,553

Recorded sales 468 since 2004

Data to 10 August 2026

468 Alvis have sold at public auction since 2004, at a median of £23,600; the middle half of them made between £12,253 and £42,553. The sale rooms see about 32 a year and 68% of the cars offered find a buyer. The TD21 is the one that comes up most often, with 76 sales on record at a median of £22,940. The highest result is £286,903, paid for a Speed 25 SB in August 2025.

In 2025 the median classic Alvis sold for £18,562 across 45 sales, 51% up on 2024. In real terms, typical classic Alvis prices were down about 44% over the five years to 2025, once inflation is accounted for.

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Alvis median sold price by year, nominal and adjusted for inflation
Year	Sold	Median	In 2025 money
2026 (so far)	30	£13,219
2025	45	£18,562	£18,562
2024	34	£12,301	£12,773
2023	26	£18,090	£19,412
2022	26	£24,134	£27,638
2021	28	£29,813	£36,866
2020	35	£25,987	£32,931
2019	35	£29,250	£37,444
2018	23	£22,400	£29,162
2017	21	£42,750	£56,945
2016	22	£39,775	£54,346
2015	19	£30,375	£41,918
2014	22	£19,808	£27,445
2013	16	£39,238	£55,140
2012	14	£35,355	£50,823
2011	9	£31,080	£45,823
2010	12	£22,348	£34,228
2009	8	£36,474	£57,262
2008	5	£38,250	£61,235
2007	8	£29,612	£49,058
2006	10	£17,719	£30,040
2005	9	£25,300	£43,972
2004	11	£10,125	£17,960

Which Alvis models make the most

Not every Alvis is priced alike. The Speed 20 SB sits at the top of the marque, with a median of £89,000 across 16 sales and most of them between £63,000 and £114,471. The TA14 sits at the bottom at a median of £7,312, so the dearest Alvis model typically makes about 12 times what the cheapest does.

Speed 20 SB16 sales£89,000 median, usually £63,000 to £114,471
Speed 20 SC13 sales£63,000 median, usually £43,043 to £78,750
Speed 2518 sales£48,167 median, usually £34,112 to £80,735
Silver Eagle13 sales£29,250 median, usually £19,040 to £35,280
12/5017 sales£24,080 median, usually £12,312 to £35,650
TD2176 sales£22,940 median, usually £9,614 to £36,140
TA2131 sales£20,500 median, usually £7,238 to £26,504
Firefly17 sales£20,328 median, usually £12,656 to £29,250
TE21 Saloon14 sales£19,547 median, usually £15,981 to £23,096
12/50 TJ18 sales£18,600 median, usually £13,341 to £25,212
TC2113 sales£18,250 median, usually £13,440 to £22,400
TA1446 sales£7,312 median, usually £4,550 to £14,274

Each bar runs from the quarter mark to the three-quarter mark of that marque's sales, so it covers the middle half of them and leaves out the project and the concours car. The thickest bars have three thousand sales or more behind them, the thinnest fewer than five hundred. The scale is by ratio, every gridline about three times the one before, which is the only way a Reliant and a Jaguar fit on one axis.

The busiest Alvis models in the sale rooms

Auction prices by Alvis model
Model	Sales	Usual range	Median
TD21	76	£9,614 to £36,140	£22,940
TA14	46	£4,550 to £14,274	£7,312
TA21	31	£7,238 to £26,504	£20,500
12/50 TJ	18	£13,341 to £25,212	£18,600
Speed 25	18	£34,112 to £80,735	£48,167
Firefly	17	£12,656 to £29,250	£20,328
12/50	17	£12,312 to £35,650	£24,080
Speed 20 SB	16	£63,000 to £114,471	£89,000
TE21 Saloon	14	£15,981 to £23,096	£19,547
Silver Eagle	13	£19,040 to £35,280	£29,250
Speed 20 SC	13	£43,043 to £78,750	£63,000
TC21	13	£13,440 to £22,400	£18,250

Plus 176 rarer variants with too few sales for a row of their own.

The latest Alvis sales

£14,224 TD21 Brightwells, 5 August 2026
£3,800 TA14 H&H Auctioneers, 29 July 2026
£18,250 TC21 Mathewsons, 29 July 2026
£14,000 TD21 Mathewsons, 29 July 2026
£16,330 Speed 20 SD Humbert & Ellis, 27 July 2026

Quick answers

Frequently asked questions

How much does a classic Alvis sell for?

Across 468 recorded auction sales, the median classic Alvis made £23,600, with most selling between £12,253 and £42,553 (as of August 2026). Those are sold prices rather than valuations: condition, history and specification move any individual car well outside that range.

Which Alvis is worth the most at auction?

Of the Alvis models with enough sales to read, the Speed 20 SB carries the highest median: £89,000 across 16 recorded sales, most of them between £63,000 and £114,471, with the Speed 20 SC next at £63,000 (as of August 2026). Those are sold prices for cars in every condition; a concours example of a cheaper model can still out-sell a project Speed 20 SB.

What is the cheapest way into a classic Alvis?

At auction, the TA14: a median of £7,312 across 46 recorded sales, with most between £4,550 and £14,274 (as of August 2026). The bottom of that range is usually a project rather than a bargain, and a cheap car to buy is rarely a cheap car to put right.

Are classic Alvis prices rising?

No, not on the evidence to 2025. Adjusted for inflation, the typical classic Alvis made about 44% less in 2025 than five years earlier. The 2025 median was £18,562 across 45 sales, 51% above 2024. Those are medians across every Alvis model and every condition the sale rooms see, so a single model can be moving the other way.

What is the most expensive classic Alvis ever sold at auction?

The highest recorded auction result for a classic Alvis is £286,903, paid for a Speed 25 SB in August 2025. Results like that are exceptional cars at exceptional moments; the typical range is £12,253 to £42,553.

How often does a classic Alvis come up for sale?

Frequently, by classic-car standards: roughly 32 sell at auction each year, and 68% of the cars offered find a buyer. There is a steady supply, so it pays to wait for a good one rather than stretch for the first car you see.

Before you buy or sell

Buying a classic at auction
Why the hammer price is never the price, what Category S and N actually mean, why a clean-looking V5C proves less than buyers assume, and how to think about bidding on a car nobody has let you inspect.
Selling a classic privately
A private seller is not a shop, and the law knows it. Which consumer protections fall away, which three rules still bind you, why selling an unroadworthy car is an offence whoever you are, the DVLA steps that end your liability, and the payment habits that keep the money.
Agreed value insurance
The trade valuation guides insurers use do not value cars over about twenty years old, which is why a classic on a market-value policy is a claim waiting to be argued. What the Financial Ombudsman expects, what the regulator found when it looked, what agreed value actually promises, and the evidence that sets it.
What a restoration really costs
Why restoration bills reach numbers that horrify outsiders, where the money actually goes, and the practical protections that matter when handing a valuable car to a workshop for a year. Staged payments, written scope, and what happens if the business fails.
Inspecting a classic before buying
The two free government checks and what they reveal, why the log book proves less than every buyer assumes, the serial numbers DVLA tells you to look for, what a paid history check adds, and where your rights differ between a dealer and a private seller.
What a classic costs to run
The fixed costs are knowable to the pound, from the zero-rated tax to the capped MOT fee to the price of petrol this week. The variable costs are where the money goes, and no official source publishes them. What can be stated, what cannot, and how to budget for a car that was built to be fixed.

Strong evidence. 468 recorded sales and a dozen or more a year: the median and the range are well founded. Sold prices from public classic car auction results (2004 to 10 August 2026), not asking prices and not a valuation: a concours car and a project both sit inside these ranges, and condition, history and specification move any one car well outside them. Inflation-adjusted figures use the ONS CPIH index, in 2025 money. How to read these figures.