$15.185m Ferrari Enzo tops Broad Arrow’s 2026 Amelia Island opening sale

Broad Arrow, the Hagerty-owned auction house and official partner of The Amelia concours, sold at least 80% of its 82-car catalogue last night at the Ritz-Carlton. Pending the inevitable post-sales, we forecast a gross of $63m+.

At a with-premium price of $15,185,000, the headlining black Enzo was still some $2.6m short of the record set at Mecum in January, but it is still massive money for a model that traded in the $3m–$4m range just over two years ago. A distance covered of only 450 miles helped, and the Nero paintwork wasn’t red, but 12 of the 111 North American Enzos were black, so it is not too special.

The final lot – like the five-car collection that preceded it, a late entry – was unique. Estimated at $6m to $7m, the 2005 Porsche Carrera GT was paint-to-sample Gulf Blue over Ascot Brown, the only car to that specification delivered to the US. It sold for $6,715,000.

The auction was conducted in customary brisk fashion by regular North American hand Lydia Fenet, assisted by Broad Arrow’s Alain Squindo, both pictured, top.

At a glance (on the night):

* Gross: $63,383,601
* Percentage sold by number, motor cars: 81%
* Top-selling car: 2003 Ferrari Enzo $15,185,000 gross, $13,800,000 net (est. $12m to $16m, above)
* Well sold? At $4,185,000 gross against an estimate of $2m to $2.5m, the sub-100-mile 2017 Ferrari F12tdf.
* Well bought? There were some smart No Reserve racing car buys at Gooding earlier that day – how about the 1967 McKee Mk7 Can-Am car snapped up for $72,800 incl. premium? One year too young for the Goodwood Revival, but still.

A 1988 Porsche 959 Sport sold by RM in Paris in 2017 for the equivalent of $2.1m achieved $5,505,000 yesterday.

Other results of note (all prices gross):

* 2017 Aston Martin Lagonda Taraf, $478,000. A Middle East market oddball that has its fans.
* 1935 Auburn 851 Super-Charged ‘Boattail’ Speedster, $527,500. Estimated at a No Reserve $650k to $850k. RM sold a similar car for $852,000 last week in Miami.

* 1955 Lancia Aurelia B24 S Spider America, $769,500, above. Left-hand drive – where these cars are now.
* 1952 Aston Martin DB2 Drophead Coupé, $224,000. Right-hand drive, as above.

* 1960 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster, $1,022,500, above. North American car, originally Light Blue with Ivory hardtop; now silver. An older restoration with no mention of matching numbers.

* 1973 Ferrari Dino 246 GTS, Not Sold, above. Regular (not ‘chairs’) US GTS in interesting Marrone Metallizzato with Beige leather interior, both redone recently in the US.

* 1966 Ferrari 275 GTB/6C, Not Sold, above. Sold by RM in Germany in July 2024 for €2.5m (then ca. $2.7m). Has the model appreciated to $3m to $3.2m? Potential buyers on the night thought not.

Broad Arrow’s Amelia Island event continues this afternoon with a 92-car catalogue topped by a 275 GTB 4-cam and a Miura SV, both estimated around $3.5m to $4m.

Photos by Marcelo Murillo (top) and Peter Singhof for K500