Following August 17's "2025 RM Sotheby’s Monterey Auction: Top 10 Results And Highlights".
From The duPont Registry, August 17:
This year’s Bonhams|Cars Quail Auction at the 2025 Monterey Car Week set the tone for the weekend with a truly incredible lineup of some of the world’s most sought-after automobiles being offered for sale. As one of the top auctions to watch this year, over 700 enthusiastic bidders were in attendance at the Quail Lodge & Golf Club in Carmel, California, where 109 cars crossed the block and racked up $44.7 million in total sales. With a 96% sell-through rate, this was one of Bonhams’ strongest Monterey showings in years.
The headline came from a 2020 Bugatti Divo that we featured last week with a pre-auction estimate of between $7.0-$9.0 million. The gavel finally dropped on this 1-of-40 Divo at $8.6 million, a new auction world record. That figure comfortably eclipses previous Divo results, showing how demand for modern Bugattis has surged. With fewer than 800 miles on the odometer and provenance that also included a display at the Petersen Museum’s “Hypercars: The Allure of the Extreme,” this particular example checked every box for collectors.
Other modern Bugattis followed closely. A 2021 Chiron Pur Sport achieved $3.96 million, while a 2023 Chiron Super Sport brought in $3.4 million. These results raise an interesting question for potential buyers: Is now the time to get into modern Pïech-era W16 Bugattis, as the French marque brings its century-long gas-powered lineage to a close, with the upcoming Hybridized V16 Tourbillon?....
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10. 1938 Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 B Mille Miglia Berlinetta
$687,000
9. 1956 Ferrari 250 Europa GT
$1,512,000
