Broad Arrow’s Audrain Auction on October 2, 2026 produced $8.317m in published results, with 57 of the 65 cars offered finding new owners when one post-auction transaction is included. A 1914 Stutz 4E Bearcat led the sale at $1,875,000, followed by a 2009 Ferrari 430 Scuderia at $538,500. A 2022 McLaren 765LT Spider brought $516,500, while a 1970 Ferrari Dino 246 GT followed at $456,000.
The total represents the 56 cars for which Broad Arrow has published sale prices. A 1967 Bizzarrini GT America 2+2 Prototype was subsequently marked as sold after the auction, but no price has been disclosed, taking the eventual sell-through rate to 57 cars from 65, or 87.7 percent. Three quarters of the catalogue had been offered without reserve.
Results among the leading cars at Broad Arrow’s Audrain debut were generally close to expectations rather than significantly above them. The Stutz landed midway through its $1.75m-$2.0m estimate, while the 430 Scuderia, McLaren 765LT Spider, Dino, $428,500 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG and $368,000 Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione all sold within their respective estimate ranges. The Ferrari, McLaren and Dino results were towards the lower ends of those ranges.
There was greater variation elsewhere. Most notably, neither of the two original Mercedes-Benz 300 SLs found a buyer: the matching-numbers 1956 Gullwing was estimated at $1.6m-$1.8m, while the 1957 Roadster carried a $1.15m-$1.35m estimate. By contrast, the later 300 SL Gullwing recreation built by Anton ‘Tony’ Ostermeier sold for $307,500 against a $350,000-$450,000 estimate. Let’s have a closer look at the cars that went under the hammer at Broad Arrow’s Audrain debut.
The top result at Broad Arrow’s Audrain sale was $1.875m for this 1914 Stutz 4E Bearcat, chassis 2250, which came to Audrain with documented ownership stretching back to its first owner and a succession of significant American collections. Broad Arrow described it as a rare pre-1915 Series E Bearcat and supplied period correspondence, photographs and articles covering its history.
It was bought new in April 1914 by Thomas Ives Hare Powel of Middletown, Rhode Island, who retained it until 1936. It then passed to Smith Hempstone ‘Hemp’ Oliver, later curator of transportation at the Smithsonian, and subsequently through the hands of Thomas McKean and Charles Dearnley Jr. Winthrop Rockefeller acquired the car in 1965 and had it restored in the yellow and black colour scheme it still carries. It later joined William F Harrah’s collection before James and Dorothy Conant bought it in 1976.
The Conants kept chassis 2250 for around 30 years, during which it earned an AACA National First Place at Hershey and was shown at the inaugural Meadow Brook Concours d’Elegance. Richard Losee later acquired it. The Bearcat had last appeared at auction at Gooding & Company’s 2021 Pebble Beach sale, where it sold for $2.92m. Offered at Audrain with a $1.75m-$2.0m estimate, chassis 2250 sold for $1,875,000.
The second-highest result of Broad Arrow’s Audrain sale was this 2009 Ferrari 430 Scuderia, chassis ZFFKW64A090167230, built in March 2009 and finished in Bianco Avus with Nero Scuderia stripes over a Tessuto and Alcantara interior. Its original window sticker recorded around $12,000 of options, including the carbonfibre package, Tessuto upholstery, six-CD changer, fire extinguisher and tone-on-tone stitching. It was one of an estimated 90 examples supplied new to the US during 2009.
The 430 Scuderia was delivered through Ferrari of Beverly Hills on March 31, 2009. Its subsequent history covers three owners; the vendor acquired it in 2014 and moved it from California to Pennsylvania, continuing to use the car rather than preserving it as a delivery-mileage example. It showed 25,454 miles when catalogued. Maintenance included work by Ferrari of Philadelphia and other specialists. Ferrari of New England carried out an $11,563 service in 2025, covering fluids and filters, brake work, a replacement power-steering pump and drive belt plus new front lower ball-joint dust covers. Automotive Restorations of Stratford, Connecticut serviced the 430 Scuderia again in September 2026. Estimated at $500,000-$650,000, it sold for $538,500.
The third-highest result at Broad Arrow’s Audrain sale came from this 2022 McLaren 765LT Spider, chassis SBM14SCA1NW765013, the 13th of 765 Spiders produced. It was specified in Vega Blue, a $5430 McLaren Elite colour, over Black and Midnight Blue Alcantara, with more than $42,000 of optional equipment. This included the $18,000 MSO Black Pack, extended carbonfibre upper trim, carbonfibre front-wing louvres, Diamond Cut Laser-Etched wheels and the $9090 electrochromic roof, as well as heated electric memory seats, vehicle lift and a 360-degree parking camera.
The car was delivered through McLaren Chicago in December 2022 and sold to its first private owner the following March. It remained with that owner in Wisconsin and was serviced principally by the supplying dealer. It had covered around 1000 miles when offered at Mecum Monterey in August 2024, where bidding reached $425,000 without a sale.
On March 13, 2025 it was stolen while being transported to Illinois as part of a so-called Central Dispatch scam. It was recovered shortly afterwards by Hagerty with an exterior wrap applied.The wrap was removed during a September 2026 service that also included an oil change, air-conditioning work and four new Pirelli P Zero PZ4 tyres. Showing 3350 miles at Audrain and offered without reserve, it sold for $516,500 against a $500,000-$700,000 estimate.
This 1970 Ferrari Dino 246 GT, chassis 00908, was completed on June 8, 1970 as an L-series European-market car in Rosso Chiaro over Nero, with kilometre instrumentation, centre-lock wheels and the early bulkhead-mounted headrests. It was imported into the US through William Harrah’s Modern Classic Motors in Reno, Nevada before being sold to its first owner through Ron Tonkin Chevrolet in Portland, Oregon.
By 1981 it belonged to Michael Delprincipe of Harbor City, California, who retained it for around 15 years. Garry Roberts acquired the Dino in 1996 and commissioned Rod Drew’s Francorchamps of America in Costa Mesa to restore it two years later. The project ultimately took seven years, with the car stripped to bare metal and its engine, gearbox, suspension, brakes and wiring rebuilt. During the restoration it was refinished in Giallo Fly over Navy vinyl. History reports by Marcel Massini and Matthias Bartz confirm that it retains engine 0005748 and transmission 413.
Following completion in 2005, chassis 00908 was shown extensively, earning multiple Platinum and First-in-Class awards at Ferrari Club of America and Cavallino events. It was offered with its tool roll, jack, restoration invoices and a collection of concours trophies. The same Dino sold at RM Sotheby’s Monterey auction in August 2025 for $434,000. Just over a year later it returned to auction at Audrain with a $450,000-$500,000 estimate and sold for $456,000, $22,000 more than its previous result.
One of the most significant cars not to sell at Broad Arrow’s Audrain debut was this 1956 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing, chassis 198.040.65.00242. Ordered under commission number 806344 for export to Mercedes-Benz’s Los Angeles distributor, it left the factory on September 24, 1956 in Hellblau Metallic over red leather. Both were special-order choices, and factory records show that only nine 300 SLs received Hellblau during 1956. Its specification also included English-language instruments, a mph speedometer, windscreen washers, sealed-beam headlights, bumper overriders and a 3.64:1 rear axle.
The Gullwing has spent its documented life in California, passing through Michael Gallagher, Maynard H Lobell and John Northcott Jr before being acquired by its consigning owner around 2024. At some stage it was refinished in black with a black interior and blue plaid seat inserts. It retains its original chassis, engine, body, front spindles and four-speed transmission. The car has also been used on the Colorado Grand, where it was driven by Mercedes-Benz Classic Center USA director Mike Kunz, and has taken part in the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Classic.
More than $100,000 was spent at the Mercedes-Benz Classic Center during 2025. Work included removing and resealing the transmission, resurfacing the flywheel, replacing the fuel tank and attending to the ignition, driveline and braking systems, with the drums refinished, shoes relined and new front wheel cylinders and brake hoses fitted. The black exterior was also refinished before the sale. Estimated at $1.6m-$1.8m, the Gullwing failed to sell at Audrain and was subsequently advertised at $1.65m.
The other major no-sale at the top of Broad Arrow’s Audrain catalogue was the 1957 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster, chassis 198.042.7500233, estimated at $1.15m-$1.35m. A first-year example and one of 618 Roadsters built in 1957, it retained its original engine, body, transmission, rear axle and front-axle spindles, with its ownership chain documented through the Gull Wing Group Register. Delivered new to the US in White over blue leather, it was offered with a silver-painted hard-top and reproduction fitted luggage, but it failed to find a buyer.
The biggest estimate-beater of Broad Arrow’s Audrain sale was this 1956 Continental Mark II, chassis C56E2881, which sold for $173,600 against a $100,000-$150,000 estimate. Completed on March 1, 1956, the sixth Mark II built that day, it left the factory in Deep Green with Light Green seat centres, Medium Green bolsters and Light Green piping, recorded under body specification 05-1C2D-301-6. It was delivered through Bristol Lincoln-Mercury in Forestville, Connecticut to Edward George Kingsford, the Ford timber executive whose family name became associated with Kingsford charcoal.
The car later underwent a comprehensive restoration costing almost $200,000, during which it was returned to its original colour combination and fitted with factory air-conditioning. Its subsequent concours record began with Best Primary Division for 1956-1957 Continental Mark II at the 2003 Lincoln and Continental Owners Club Eastern National Meet. It repeated the class victory at the 2008 Eastern Nationals with 99 points from 100, also receiving the William Clay Ford Trophy and Best 1950s Engine Room award. A year later it scored 99.17 points at the Eastern National Lincoln Show and collected a second William Clay Ford Trophy. It showed 70,429 miles when catalogued. Offered without reserve at Audrain, it passed its $150,000 upper estimate to reach $173,600 – some $23,600 or 15.7 percent above it.
The largest shortfall against a low estimate among the cars that sold at Broad Arrow’s Audrain debut came from this 1999 Ferrari 550 Maranello, chassis ZFFZR49A5X0114331. Finished in Grigio Titanio over Nero leather, it was delivered through The Collection Ferrari in Coral Gables, Florida in December 1998 and first titled in Scottsdale, Arizona the following month, when 91 miles were recorded. It moved to Dallas in August 2000, passed to a second Texas owner in 2005 and then to an owner in Austin in January 2014.
Its history included a sideswipe collision on September 3, 2010. The CARFAX report recorded damage to the left-hand side, with no airbag deployment, but the insurer nevertheless declared the Ferrari a total loss. The car was subsequently repaired and is reported to have been repainted. It remained in Texas and accumulated relatively modest mileage, with much of its later maintenance carried out by Ferrari of Austin. Work in November 2022 included new spark plugs, attention to the headlights and a powertrain-module check, while a 2023 visit covered an inspection, brake check, four tyres and bleeding the power steering.
The 550 changed hands again in 2024. Ferrari of Austin serviced it in February 2025 at 42,083 miles, replacing the battery, wipers and steering rack before carrying out a four-wheel alignment, while L & L Automotive performed another service that May. It subsequently left Texas after around 25 years and joined its New York consignor. Showing 42,308 miles at Audrain and offered without reserve, the 550 sold for $156,800 against a $250,000-$350,000 estimate, $93,200 or 37.3 percent below the low figure.
This one-off 1967 Bizzarrini GT America 2+2 Prototype was another significant car that failed to sell during the auction itself, although Broad Arrow subsequently marked it as sold after the sale for an undisclosed sum. Created as a four-seat development of the GT America, it was displayed by Bizzarrini at the 1968 Turin Motor Show, finished as it is today in Champagne Metallic over brown leather. Its mechanical specification included a 355bhp 327ci Chevrolet Corvette V8, four-speed Borg-Warner manual transmission, independent front suspension, de Dion rear axle and four-wheel disc brakes.
The prototype remained incomplete when Bizzarrini’s assets were dispersed following the company’s collapse. Mauro Chigiotti, already an owner of several Bizzarrinis, acquired it in 1970 and completed the car before it moved to South Africa the following year. It later belonged to Mr and Mrs Louw of Durbanville, and was advertised in Road & Track in 1982, reportedly showing 4500km. Ian R Elliot of Johannesburg subsequently acquired it, followed by Gerhard Malherbe in 1984.
The car remained in South Africa until being returned to Italy for restoration by Reali in Livorno in 2008. During that process it received the administrative chassis identity IGM0593VT, which it retains today. It was imported into the US in May 2017 and came to Audrain for what was described as its first public auction appearance. Estimated at $400,000-$500,000, it failed to sell under the hammer before being recorded by Broad Arrow as sold after auction, with no price disclosed.
The 2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, chassis WDDRJ7HA8BA005265, sold for $428,500 against a $425,000-$475,000 estimate at Broad Arrow’s Audrain debut. Finished in designo Alanite Grey Magno over designo Exclusive Classic Red leather, it was specified with the AMG Performance suspension and steering wheel, interior and exterior carbonfibre packages and Bang & Olufsen audio. First supplied by Keyes European Mercedes-Benz in Van Nuys, California, it remained with its original owner until 2022 and had covered 4191 miles by the time of the Audrain sale.
This was not its first auction appearance. RM Sotheby’s sold the car at its Arizona sale in Phoenix in January 2022 for $280,000, when it had covered 3470 miles. It subsequently moved to Canada before returning to the US. The CARFAX recorded a mileage discrepancy during a 2024 service in Halifax, attributed to an incorrect conversion between miles and kilometres, while the car was now fitted with the optional AMG ten-spoke forged wheels.
Its $428,500 Audrain result fits closely with several other low-mileage SLS coupés sold during 2026. A 1936-mile 2011 example made $456,000 at Broad Arrow’s Quail Auction in August, while a 1141-mile 2011 car sold for $467,500 at Mecum Monterey the same month. Online results included $477,500 for a 3200-mile 2011 example and $402,000 for a 4900-mile 2012 car (all on Bring a Trailer). At the extreme end, a 251-mile 2012 SLS reached $775,000 on Bring a Trailer in St Louis, Missouri in July.
This 1995 BMW 850 CSi, chassis WBSEG9323SCD00180, sold for $100,800 against a $100,000-$125,000 estimate at Broad Arrow’s Audrain debut. Completed on February 3, 1995 for the US market, it was finished in Jet Black over black leather and retained its six-speed manual transmission and limited-slip differential. Its first owner kept the car in California for around 15 years, with servicing by Beverly Hills BMW and BMW of Sherman Oaks, before it moved to New York in 2011 and subsequently returned to California.
Later work included coolant, brake and power-steering fluid changes, plus replacement of the Servotronic steering unit and both batteries, followed by ignition work in 2019. During Massachusetts ownership from 2021, the power-steering return hoses and oil-pan gasket were replaced, while work in 2023 and 2024 included DME and fuel-pump relays, fuel filters, front suspension arms, rear control-arm bushes and Bilstein Sport dampers. It also won the Classic BMW Coupes class at Greenwich Concours in 2025. Showing 59,650 miles at Audrain, it had sold on Bring a Trailer in North Salem, New York in June 2025 for $88,850, meaning its latest result was around 13.5 percent higher just 15 months later.
The wider 850 CSi market has nevertheless remained highly dependent on mileage and specification. A 38,000-mile 1993 car sold for €69,300 at RM Sotheby’s Shift Online sale in Germany in April 2025, while Worldwide Auctioneers achieved $112,000 for another 1993 example at Auburn that August. Broad Arrow sold a 1993 model for €92,000 at Villa Erba in May 2026, and Historics achieved £70,928 for a 71,000-mile Techno Violet RHD example at Windsorview Lakes in July. At Ascot in September, however, a 109,900-mile RHD 1995 car sold for £43,000, while a 48,500-mile LHD example made €78,000 through Collecting Cars in France the same month.
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