MONTEREY, CA.- RM Sotheby’s Monterey auction will be one for the record books after selling the most important Aston Martin ever produced during Friday night’s festivities. Part of a grouping of absolutely stunning competition Aston Martins, the 1956 Aston Martin DBR1/1 crossed the block to achieve $22,550,000, setting a world record for any British automobile sold at auction.

While the DBR1 was certainly the highlight of the Monterey sale, numerous vehicles exceeded estimates and in total generated $133 million in sales atop an 88% sell-through rate. These results contributed to one of the most successful Monterey auctions for RM Sotheby’s to date and it the highest grossing auction during 2017 Monterey Car Week, firmly demonstrating buyer and seller confidence in RM Sotheby’s global market leadership.

At the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, RM Auto Restoration’s craftsmanship and effort took home multiple Best in Class wins for the 1939 Bugatti Type 57C Voll & Ruhrbeck Cabriolet, 1927 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A Fleetwood Roadster, and 1932 Packard 906 Twin Six Dietrich Convertible Victoria—which was also runner-up for Best of Show!

• Lot 148 1956 Aston Martin DBR1
Chassis no. DBR1/1
Sold for: $22,550,000
World record for a British car sold at auction

• Lot 252 1954 Ferrari 500/735 Mondial Spider Pinin Farina
Chassis no. 0448 MD
Sold for: $3,850,000
World record for the model at auction

• Lot 241 1965 Ferrari 275 GTB/6C Alloy by Scaglietti
Chassis no. 07933
Sold for: $3,575,000
Exceeded pre-sale estimate

• Lot 157 1959 Aston Martin DB4GT Prototype
Chassis no. DP199/1
Sold for: $6,765,000
World record for a non-Zagato bodied example at auction

• Lot 222 1991 Ferrari F40
Chassis no. ZFFMN34A9M0087895
Sold for: $1,540,000
Exceeded pre-sale estimate

• Lot 234 1972 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Spider by Scaglietti
Chassis no. 15007
Sold for: $2,172,500
Exceeded pre-sale estimate

• Lot 140 1955 Ferrari 121 LM Spider by Scaglietti
Chassis no. 0546 LM
Sold for: $5,720,000
World record for the model at auction

• Lot 247 1951 Porsche 356 1500 Coupe by Reutter
Chassis no. 11111
Sold for: $1,017,500
World record for a Pre-A Porsche 356

• Lot 230 2015 Porsche 918 Spyder
Chassis no. WP0CA2A15FS800089
Sold for: $1,842,500
World record for the model at auction

• Lot 249 1959 Ferrari 410 Superamerica Series III Coupe by Pinin Farina
Chassis no. 1305 SA
Sold for: $5,335,000
World record for the model at auction

• Lot 229 2014 Pagani Huayra Tempesta
Chassis no. ZA9H11UAXESF76059
Sold for: $2,420,000
World record for the model at auction

• Lot 145 2006 Aston Martin DBR9
Chassis no. DBR9/9
Sold for: $616,000
World record for the model at auction