Auction Stats April brought a moment of calm to the classic and exotic car market, with all key metrics staying within 3% of where they were during the same period last year. While that kind of stability might not make headlines, it signals an important shift in context, especially following the price softening we saw throughout 2024.
Notably, the downward trend in prices seems to have come to a halt. Dollar Volume (DV) is now holding steady or rising month over month, and when combining DV with the number of sold listings, 2025 is shaping up to be the strongest year we’ve seen yet. This momentum may reflect the market’s ongoing diversification, with new events, formats, and players expanding the reach and depth of the enthusiast ecosystem. If the current pace holds, 2025 could be on track to break industry records across the board.
Note: as of the time of this post, Worldwide had not provided their official results for the Enthusiast Auction. Therefore, those results are not included in our charts or commentary.
Notable Sales
Top 10 Sales in April 2025
Every car in April’s Top 10 sales cleared the $1.1M mark, with half of them selling online. From rare classics to modern supercars, the full variety of the market was represented, but one brand dominated: five of the ten were Porsches, thanks in part to Broad Arrow’s Porsche-focused auction that helped push several standout examples to the top.
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Top 10 Flips & Flops in April 2025
Each month, we track “Flips” and “Flops,” which we define as cars with documented previous sale records. This enables us to calculate the net gain or loss and the time elapsed since the last sale. While some purists argue that a genuine Flip/Flop occurs only within a 12-month timeframe from the previous sale, we believe this list offers entertainment and valuable insights that a narrower window would overlook. Admittedly, it’s plausible that cars have changed hands in private transactions between these public listings; nonetheless, this data provides valuable insights into which cars have realized significant gains or losses compared to their previous sales. Enjoy this data at your own discretion.
Flips
Flops
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Market Busters in April 2025
While most statistics and reviews tend to concentrate on the upper echelon of the market, noteworthy examples are consistently emerging across all segments of the industry. Our “Market Busters” chart showcases listings that broke records within their respective market segments and across all value tiers.
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Results are included from the following auctions in April 2025:
Online Auctions:
Live Auctions (US):
- Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach
- Broad Arrow Porsche Air | Water
- Mecum Houston
- Worldwide Auctioneers Enthusiast
Live Auctions (EU / UK):
* A Market on CLASSIC.COM is a grouping of comparable vehicles that have, at a minimum, the same Make, Model, and Model Generation. When relevant for purposes of valuation, a Market may be further segmented by Model Variant, Trim, Transmission Type, Body Style, and other factors.
**The CLASSIC.COM Market Benchmark (CMB) is a benchmark value for vehicles in a given Market based on data accumulated by CLASSIC.COM and calculated by a proprietary algorithm that takes into account volume and recency of each data point. CMB can be used to assess the performance of a market over a given time period. However, it does not represent the value of a specific vehicle.
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