What a classic Bentley sells for at auction

The median, the usual range and the way prices have moved, from 2,960 recorded Bentley 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: Bentley, 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 £28,125

Usual range £13,398 to £78,934

Recorded sales 2,960 since 1995

Data to 10 August 2026

2,960 Bentleys have sold at public auction since 1995, at a median of £28,125; the middle half of them made between £13,398 and £78,934. The sale rooms see about 215 a year and 69% of the cars offered find a buyer. The Turbo R is the one that comes up most often, with 293 sales on record at a median of £10,007. The highest result is £5,041,500, paid for a 4.25 Litre Supercharged 'Blower' in June 2012.

In 2025 the median classic Bentley sold for £21,634 across 241 sales, 27% down on 2024. In real terms, typical classic Bentley prices were down about 53% over the five years to 2025, once inflation is accounted for.

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Bentley median sold price by year, nominal and adjusted for inflation
Year	Sold	Median	In 2025 money
2026 (so far)	153	£18,360
2025	241	£21,634	£21,634
2024	197	£29,745	£30,886
2023	204	£20,668	£22,179
2022	214	£23,870	£27,336
2021	218	£28,509	£35,253
2020	131	£36,563	£46,333
2019	164	£31,388	£40,181
2018	139	£32,821	£42,729
2017	166	£43,224	£57,576
2016	137	£40,875	£55,849
2015	138	£34,610	£47,762
2014	106	£29,750	£41,220
2013	109	£31,050	£43,634
2012	125	£37,125	£53,367
2011	85	£51,520	£75,959
2010	91	£38,250	£58,585
2009	66	£25,562	£40,132
2008	48	£22,750	£36,421
2007	51	£32,200	£53,345
2006	41	£19,550	£33,144
2005	48	£22,592	£39,266
2004	39	£17,100	£30,332
2003	6	£26,703	£48,045
2002	7	£32,265	£58,819
2001	13	£54,050	£99,985
2000	3	£14,100	£26,510
1999	7	£37,300	£70,901
1997	4	£18,310	£36,097
1996	6	£28,646	£57,711

Which Bentley models make the most

Not every Bentley is priced alike. The 4.25 Litre sits at the top of the marque, with a median of £73,938 across 92 sales and most of them between £42,140 and £135,750. The Eight sits at the bottom at a median of £6,225, so the dearest Bentley model typically makes about 12 times what the cheapest does.

4.25 Litre92 sales£73,938 median, usually £42,140 to £135,750
3.5 Litre86 sales£58,933 median, usually £41,025 to £100,426
Continental R175 sales£31,088 median, usually £25,903 to £39,288
R Type169 sales£22,000 median, usually £15,120 to £32,119
S395 sales£21,366 median, usually £15,715 to £27,000
S1109 sales£20,328 median, usually £14,344 to £33,220
Mk VI280 sales£19,844 median, usually £13,944 to £38,552
S277 sales£19,550 median, usually £14,000 to £24,750
T170 sales£11,516 median, usually £7,428 to £20,038
Brooklands108 sales£10,864 median, usually £8,356 to £14,644
Turbo R293 sales£10,007 median, usually £7,100 to £14,168
Eight73 sales£6,225 median, usually £4,725 to £9,200

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 Bentley models in the sale rooms

Auction prices by Bentley model
Model	Sales	Usual range	Median
Turbo R	293	£7,100 to £14,168	£10,007
Mk VI	280	£13,944 to £38,552	£19,844
Continental R	175	£25,903 to £39,288	£31,088
R Type	169	£15,120 to £32,119	£22,000
S1	109	£14,344 to £33,220	£20,328
Brooklands	108	£8,356 to £14,644	£10,864
S3	95	£15,715 to £27,000	£21,366
4.25 Litre	92	£42,140 to £135,750	£73,938
3.5 Litre	86	£41,025 to £100,426	£58,933
S2	77	£14,000 to £24,750	£19,550
Eight	73	£4,725 to £9,200	£6,225
T1	70	£7,428 to £20,038	£11,516

Plus 1,333 rarer variants with too few sales for a row of their own.

The latest Bentley sales

£5,843 S1 Bring A Trailer, 10 August 2026
£13,500 Bentley Mathewsons, 4 August 2026
£28,826 R Type Bring A Trailer, 3 August 2026
£4,830 T1 Humbert & Ellis, 3 August 2026
£28,750 T2 The Market, 3 August 2026

Quick answers

Frequently asked questions

How much does a classic Bentley sell for?

Across 2,960 recorded auction sales, the median classic Bentley made £28,125, with most selling between £13,398 and £78,934 (as of August 2026). Those are sold prices rather than valuations: condition, history and specification move any individual car well outside that range.

Which Bentley is worth the most at auction?

Of the Bentley models with enough sales to read, the 4.25 Litre carries the highest median: £73,938 across 92 recorded sales, most of them between £42,140 and £135,750, with the 3.5 Litre next at £58,933 (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 4.25 Litre.

What is the cheapest way into a classic Bentley?

At auction, the Eight: a median of £6,225 across 73 recorded sales, with most between £4,725 and £9,200 (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 Bentley prices rising?

No, not on the evidence to 2025. Adjusted for inflation, the typical classic Bentley made about 53% less in 2025 than five years earlier. The 2025 median was £21,634 across 241 sales, 27% below 2024. Those are medians across every Bentley model and every condition the sale rooms see, so a single model can be moving the other way.

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

The highest recorded auction result for a classic Bentley is £5,041,500, paid for a 4.25 Litre Supercharged 'Blower' in June 2012. Results like that are exceptional cars at exceptional moments; the typical range is £13,398 to £78,934.

How often does a classic Bentley come up for sale?

Frequently, by classic-car standards: roughly 215 sell at auction each year, and 69% 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. 2,960 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.