What a classic Rolls-Royce sells for at auction

The median, the usual range and the way prices have moved, from 4,296 recorded Rolls-Royce sales at public auction since 1988: which models make the most, which come up most often, and what each of them sells for.

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Part of: Rolls-Royce, 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 £27,600

Usual range £13,500 to £58,328

Recorded sales 4,296 since 1988

Data to 10 August 2026

4,296 Rolls-Royces have sold at public auction since 1988, at a median of £27,600; the middle half of them made between £13,500 and £58,328. The sale rooms see about 324 a year and 70% of the cars offered find a buyer. The Silver Shadow I is the one that comes up most often, with 451 sales on record at a median of £9,229. The highest result is £4,705,500, paid for a Silver Ghost in June 2012.

In 2025 the median classic Rolls-Royce sold for £23,290 across 320 sales, much where it was in 2024. In real terms, typical classic Rolls-Royce prices were down about 30% over the five years to 2025, once inflation is accounted for.

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Rolls-Royce median sold price by year, nominal and adjusted for inflation
Year	Sold	Median	In 2025 money
2026 (so far)	174	£16,546
2025	320	£23,290	£23,290
2024	286	£23,331	£24,226
2023	348	£26,304	£28,226
2022	378	£26,824	£30,719
2021	289	£27,000	£33,387
2020	223	£26,324	£33,358
2019	198	£35,336	£45,235
2018	171	£27,958	£36,398
2017	188	£32,348	£43,088
2016	186	£23,686	£32,362
2015	203	£30,477	£42,058
2014	178	£34,406	£47,671
2013	164	£33,908	£47,650
2012	119	£32,210	£46,302
2011	141	£40,247	£59,339
2010	137	£42,264	£64,733
2009	80	£37,475	£58,834
2008	89	£25,098	£40,180
2007	95	£38,500	£63,782
2006	62	£27,108	£45,956
2005	66	£24,028	£41,761
2004	85	£22,052	£39,115
2003	23	£30,973	£55,727
2002	11	£17,625	£32,130
2001	26	£24,675	£45,645
1999	15	£24,645	£46,846
1998	11	£40,000	£77,419
1997	4	£26,063	£51,381
1996	10	£24,964	£50,293
1995	7	£16,774	£34,757
1994	4	£35,372	£75,213

Which Rolls-Royce models make the most

Not every Rolls-Royce is priced alike. The Silver Ghost sits at the top of the marque, with a median of £229,942 across 150 sales and most of them between £113,090 and £410,559. The Silver Spirit I sits at the bottom at a median of £6,912, so the dearest Rolls-Royce model typically makes about 33 times what the cheapest does.

Silver Ghost150 sales£229,942 median, usually £113,090 to £410,559
Phantom II174 sales£102,967 median, usually £49,410 to £184,277
Phantom I162 sales£80,290 median, usually £45,590 to £137,120
Silver Cloud III Saloon135 sales£36,545 median, usually £25,938 to £55,781
Silver Wraith124 sales£31,370 median, usually £20,172 to £47,957
Corniche I286 sales£31,310 median, usually £23,135 to £40,853
20hp102 sales£31,192 median, usually £23,519 to £45,000
20/25183 sales£29,250 median, usually £20,568 to £42,238
Silver Spur I144 sales£11,344 median, usually £7,527 to £17,738
Silver Shadow II261 sales£10,125 median, usually £6,565 to £14,625
Silver Shadow I451 sales£9,229 median, usually £5,868 to £15,742
Silver Spirit I169 sales£6,912 median, usually £4,827 to £10,920

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 Rolls-Royce models in the sale rooms

Auction prices by Rolls-Royce model
Model	Sales	Usual range	Median
Silver Shadow I	451	£5,868 to £15,742	£9,229
Corniche I	286	£23,135 to £40,853	£31,310
Silver Shadow II	261	£6,565 to £14,625	£10,125
20/25	183	£20,568 to £42,238	£29,250
Phantom II	174	£49,410 to £184,277	£102,967
Silver Spirit I	169	£4,827 to £10,920	£6,912
Phantom I	162	£45,590 to £137,120	£80,290
Silver Ghost	150	£113,090 to £410,559	£229,942
Silver Spur I	144	£7,527 to £17,738	£11,344
Silver Cloud III Saloon	135	£25,938 to £55,781	£36,545
Silver Wraith	124	£20,172 to £47,957	£31,370
20hp	102	£23,519 to £45,000	£31,192

Plus 1,955 rarer variants with too few sales for a row of their own.

The latest Rolls-Royce sales

£17,140 Phantom I Bring A Trailer, 10 August 2026
£6,924 Silver Shadow I Bring A Trailer, 5 August 2026
£55,432 Silver Ghost Collecting Cars, 4 August 2026
£8,650 Silver Shadow I Mathewsons, 30 July 2026
£5,906 Phantom VI H&H Auctioneers, 29 July 2026

Quick answers

Frequently asked questions

How much does a classic Rolls-Royce sell for?

Across 4,296 recorded auction sales, the median classic Rolls-Royce made £27,600, with most selling between £13,500 and £58,328 (as of August 2026). Those are sold prices rather than valuations: condition, history and specification move any individual car well outside that range.

Which Rolls-Royce is worth the most at auction?

Of the Rolls-Royce models with enough sales to read, the Silver Ghost carries the highest median: £229,942 across 150 recorded sales, most of them between £113,090 and £410,559, with the Phantom II next at £102,967 (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 Silver Ghost.

What is the cheapest way into a classic Rolls-Royce?

At auction, the Silver Spirit I: a median of £6,912 across 169 recorded sales, with most between £4,827 and £10,920 (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 Rolls-Royce prices rising?

No, not on the evidence to 2025. Adjusted for inflation, the typical classic Rolls-Royce made about 30% less in 2025 than five years earlier. The 2025 median was £23,290 across 320 sales, close to 2024's. Those are medians across every Rolls-Royce model and every condition the sale rooms see, so a single model can be moving the other way.

What is the most expensive classic Rolls-Royce ever sold at auction?

The highest recorded auction result for a classic Rolls-Royce is £4,705,500, paid for a Silver Ghost in June 2012. Results like that are exceptional cars at exceptional moments; the typical range is £13,500 to £58,328.

How often does a classic Rolls-Royce come up for sale?

Frequently, by classic-car standards: roughly 324 sell at auction each year, and 70% 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. 4,296 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 (1988 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.