Silverstone Auctions sale results

The 964 RS goes unsold at Silverstone Classic but there are plenty of interesting results besides

After all that hype and excitement that very lovely 964 RS went unsold at Silverstone Auction's sale this weekend. That's despite a high bid of £225,000, with the vendor holding out for £230,000. A significant moment in the incredible story of classic Porsche values?

Very High Performance, quite low price

The auction was also previewed in Chris's Under The Hammer story recently, covering the left field sports cars being sold. The stunning Pantera GT5-S obliterated its £100-£120,000 estimate, selling for £157,500. Less successful was the VHPD Caterham 21, which only just scraped through the lower end of its estimate with a sale price of £16,313. The NSX sold under estimate at £43,875 and, just to prove crazy values are not solely the preserve of the rear-engined Porsches, a 924 GT made over £50,000. Its guide price was £35-£40,000...

As always it was the unanticipated successes that are most newsworthy. A Mercedes 190 Evo II made six figures (£100,688) having been expected to make £65-£75,000, whereas a beautiful BMW 3.0 CSL, one of the first UK cars, sold at less than estimate for £58,500. Demand for the Renault Sport Spider shows little sign of abating either, this UK car selling for £21,375. Finally, here's an interesting one: a Jaguar Mk II upgraded by Lynx. What was a 3.8-litre car is now a 4.2 with an XJ40 automatic 'box, new Lynx suspension and uprated brakes too. Very nice. It sold for £55,125, comfortably surpassing a £38-£42,000 estimate.