What a classic Aston Martin sells for at auction

The median, the usual range and the way prices have moved, from 2,362 recorded Aston Martin sales at public auction since 1995: which models make the most, which come up most often, and what each of them sells for.

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Part of: Aston Martin, 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 £133,988

Usual range £65,795 to £243,660

Recorded sales 2,362 since 1995

Data to 10 August 2026

2,362 Aston Martins have sold at public auction since 1995, at a median of £133,988; the middle half of them made between £65,795 and £243,660. The sale rooms see about 170 a year and 74% of the cars offered find a buyer. The V8 Saloon Carbureted (Series II - IV) is the one that comes up most often, with 261 sales on record at a median of £52,640. The highest result is £17,515,242, paid for a DBR1 in August 2017.

In 2025 the median classic Aston Martin sold for £140,714 across 107 sales, 6% down on 2024. In real terms, typical classic Aston Martin prices were down about 33% over the five years to 2025, once inflation is accounted for.

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Aston Martin median sold price by year, nominal and adjusted for inflation
Year	Sold	Median	In 2025 money
2026 (so far)	64	£167,787
2025	107	£140,714	£140,714
2024	134	£149,500	£155,237
2023	220	£127,880	£137,227
2022	211	£110,573	£126,631
2021	179	£165,344	£204,458
2020	73	£166,045	£210,415
2019	96	£192,130	£245,954
2018	92	£202,498	£263,629
2017	112	£235,988	£314,348
2016	109	£191,900	£262,200
2015	122	£182,049	£251,228
2014	118	£163,900	£227,090
2013	96	£147,100	£206,719
2012	103	£133,576	£192,016
2011	133	£118,955	£175,382
2010	112	£104,355	£159,833
2009	61	£62,000	£97,338
2008	27	£87,101	£139,442
2007	58	£64,738	£107,248
2006	38	£57,848	£98,072
2005	34	£38,620	£67,122
2004	36	£27,546	£48,860
2003	8	£34,306	£61,725
2002	7	£52,977	£96,576
2001	8	£93,875	£173,656

Which Aston Martin models make the most

Not every Aston Martin is priced alike. The DB5 sits at the top of the marque, with a median of £433,750 across 162 sales and most of them between £259,100 and £574,706. The Lagonda sits at the bottom at a median of £36,930, so the dearest Aston Martin model typically makes about 12 times what the cheapest does.

DB5162 sales£433,750 median, usually £259,100 to £574,706
DB4182 sales£251,954 median, usually £168,200 to £333,421
DB6 Vantage117 sales£197,500 median, usually £155,000 to £252,434
DB6168 sales£155,750 median, usually £95,625 to £192,752
DB2/4 Mk III Fixed Head Coupe114 sales£132,780 median, usually £101,676 to £182,372
DB2/4 Fixed Head Coupe119 sales£115,793 median, usually £81,880 to £155,866
V8 Volante EFI (Series II)60 sales£105,354 median, usually £65,246 to £154,848
V8 Volante Carbureted (Series I)70 sales£90,828 median, usually £43,201 to £120,087
DBS67 sales£55,200 median, usually £38,659 to £77,890
V8 Saloon DBS V8 (Series I)89 sales£55,108 median, usually £40,108 to £71,000
V8 Saloon Carbureted (Series II - IV)261 sales£52,640 median, usually £36,757 to £71,667
Lagonda106 sales£36,930 median, usually £25,385 to £68,890

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 Aston Martin models in the sale rooms

Auction prices by Aston Martin model
Model	Sales	Usual range	Median
V8 Saloon Carbureted (Series II - IV)	261	£36,757 to £71,667	£52,640
DB4	182	£168,200 to £333,421	£251,954
DB6	168	£95,625 to £192,752	£155,750
DB5	162	£259,100 to £574,706	£433,750
DB2/4 Fixed Head Coupe	119	£81,880 to £155,866	£115,793
DB6 Vantage	117	£155,000 to £252,434	£197,500
DB2/4 Mk III Fixed Head Coupe	114	£101,676 to £182,372	£132,780
Lagonda	106	£25,385 to £68,890	£36,930
V8 Saloon DBS V8 (Series I)	89	£40,108 to £71,000	£55,108
V8 Volante Carbureted (Series I)	70	£43,201 to £120,087	£90,828
DBS	67	£38,659 to £77,890	£55,200
V8 Volante EFI (Series II)	60	£65,246 to £154,848	£105,354

Plus 847 rarer variants with too few sales for a row of their own.

The latest Aston Martin sales

£498,995 DB2/4 Drophead Coupe by Bertone Bring A Trailer, 7 August 2026
£1,737,255 Valiant Collecting Cars, 31 July 2026
£115,700 V8 Vantage Volante Collecting Cars, 30 July 2026
£90,000 Lagonda Iconic Auctioneers, 25 July 2026
£65,223 V8 Saloon Carbureted (Series II - IV) Collecting Cars, 21 July 2026

Quick answers

Frequently asked questions

How much does a classic Aston Martin sell for?

Across 2,362 recorded auction sales, the median classic Aston Martin made £133,988, with most selling between £65,795 and £243,660 (as of August 2026). Those are sold prices rather than valuations: condition, history and specification move any individual car well outside that range.

Which Aston Martin is worth the most at auction?

Of the Aston Martin models with enough sales to read, the DB5 carries the highest median: £433,750 across 162 recorded sales, most of them between £259,100 and £574,706, with the DB4 next at £251,954 (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 DB5.

What is the cheapest way into a classic Aston Martin?

At auction, the Lagonda: a median of £36,930 across 106 recorded sales, with most between £25,385 and £68,890 (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 Aston Martin prices rising?

No, not on the evidence to 2025. Adjusted for inflation, the typical classic Aston Martin made about 33% less in 2025 than five years earlier. The 2025 median was £140,714 across 107 sales, 6% below 2024. Those are medians across every Aston Martin model and every condition the sale rooms see, so a single model can be moving the other way.

What is the most expensive classic Aston Martin ever sold at auction?

The highest recorded auction result for a classic Aston Martin is £17,515,242, paid for a DBR1 in August 2017. Results like that are exceptional cars at exceptional moments; the typical range is £65,795 to £243,660.

How often does a classic Aston Martin come up for sale?

Frequently, by classic-car standards: roughly 170 sell at auction each year, and 74% 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. 2,362 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 (1995 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.