The one-off Aston Martin Jet made £3.2million as Bonhams recorded a 100% sale rate making £10million at its Newport Pagnell auction on 18 May.
The Bertone-styled coupé lit up the room as bids rose in £100k increments, before landing on the huge final figure – a world record for an Aston at auction. It was the first time that the car had been for sale in 25 years.
Yet more surprising was the £147,100 paid for a Lagonda Rapide four-door saloon (one of only 55 built), which had been estimated to make just £60-80,000.
It was a sign of things to come at Bonham’s most successful Aston Martin sale yet as a trio of barnfinds – a DB4, DB5 and DB6 netted a combined total of £609,300.
Also up for grabs was a 1966 DB6 Vantage project, which made £107,900 after a flurry of bids, while a 1965 DB5 went for £320,700.
Other lots included a 1963 DB4, which more than doubled its estimate to sell for £180,700, while a restored 1965 DB5 and a 1968 DB6 Volante defied expectations to make £460,700.
