This year’s Monterey Car Week auctions have been throwing big numbers and record-breaking results since this past weekend. We already reported on RM Sotheby’s shaking the car world with a surprise one-off Ferrari Daytona SP3 that crossed the block for $26 million. Bonhams leaned on modern Bugattis, with a 1-of-40 Divo landing at $8.55 million as its top sale. By the time Broad Arrow wrapped its Jet Center event, it had pulled in $57.4 million across two days and set eight new world records, securing its place among the top auctions of the year.
Broad Arrow’s auction, held alongside Motorlux, the auction drew more than 16,000 LIVE viewers on YouTube and millions more on Hagerty’s FAST channel lineup, while in-room bidder registrations jumped more than 20 percent over 2024. A packed preview earlier in the week and Motorlux’s sold-out festivities gave the sale the energy of a headline event.
Leading Broad Arrow’s top 10 results was the Frank Stephenson-designed 2005 Maserati MC12 Stradale, which went under the hammer at $5.2 million. That figure beats its old record of $3.8 million and makes it the most valuable modern Maserati ever sold. The MC12’s Ferrari Enzo-based platform and 50-unit production run have long made it a blue-chip collectible, but crossing the $5 million line changes this Italian exotic's narrative entirely.
The rest of the leaderboard confirmed where momentum sits today. A 2008 Koenigsegg CCXR sold for $3.22 million, quadrupling its 2015 result. A 1991 Porsche 911 Reimagined by Singer DLS cracked $2.65 million. Even the 2011 Hennessey Venom GT, a car usually only discussed in niche circles, set a record at $588,000. A BMW M1 Procar also set a new high-water mark at $1.6 million, noteworthy for its virtually as-new, unraced condition.
Traditional heavyweights still made waves. A 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 achieved $2.56 million, while a 1963 Ferrari 250 GT Lusso, once owned by David Letterman, sold for $1.62 million. A 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing brought $1.9 million, and a rare 1962 Shelby 260 Cobra prototype reached $1.54 million, rounding up the top 10.
Broad Arrow also leaned into themed offerings. The American Performance Collection, six carefully optioned Dodge and Chevrolet models, drew serious attention, with both Vipers setting records over $350,000 each. On the Japanese side, a factory-restored Nissan Skyline CRS GT-R V-Spec by NISMO hammered at $692,500, a Subaru 22B STi reached $235,200, and even a Supra RZ doubled its estimate at $80,640.
Barney Ruprecht, Broad Arrow’s VP of Auctions, called it part of the “generational rotation of the collector car market.” The numbers back him up. The cars that defined the 1990s and 2000s are now commanding the same kind of respect and money that once belonged almost exclusively to post-war Ferraris and Lamborghinis. If you’re a collector, here’s the question to ask yourself: Does your garage reflect where demand is headed, or where it used to be?
10. 1962 Shelby 260 Cobra
$1,545,000
9. 1980 BMW M1 Procar
$1,600,000
8. 1963 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Lusso
$1,622,000
7. 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing
$1,902,500
6. DBZ Centenary Collection
SOLD AFTER AUCTION
5. 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4
$2,562,500
4. 1991 Porsche 911 Reimagined by Singer DLS
$2,645,000
3. 2008 Koenigsegg CCXR
$3,222,500
2.1991 Ferrari F40
SOLD AFTER AUCTION
1.2005 Maserati MC12 Stradale
$5,202,500
Source: Broad Arrow Auctions
