A fresh round of multi-million-pound consignments has been made to RM Sotheby’s upcoming London auction, which returns to The Peninsula London on 1 November.
Leading the sale is the third installment of Ferrari’s lauded XX Programme, a 2015 Ferrari LaFerrari (Est: £3,700,000 – £5,200,000). One of approximately 60 examples, this car is spectacularly finished in Bianco Italia with Rosso Fuoco and Argento accents and further benefits from a factory upgrade to the sought-after Evo specification. While it has covered 5,722 kilometres in total, it has only covered 213 kilometres since a complete overhaul at Maranello. With just 6% wear on the front brakes and 0% on the rear, the LaFerrari is perfectly placed for a return to the track.
Joining the Ferrari are two of Aston Martin’s most coveted and celebrated performance models—though from very different eras.
A 2024 Aston Martin Valkyrie Coupé (Est: £2,250,000 – £2,750,000) represents the cutting edge of technology, with this example being one of the most extravagantly specified of all 150 road-legal Coupés. One of only 25 right-hand-drive cars, its “Anemos” configuration added £500,000 to the original list price and included a show-stopping purple tinted exposed carbon fibre finish with 24-carat gold leaf accents and a purple Alcantara interior.
A 1959 Aston Martin DB4 GT (Est: £1,850,000 – £2,150,000), meanwhile, offers high-performance thrills with a period flavour. One of only 75 examples in total and of just 45 configured in right-hand-drive, the DB4 GT improved on the roadgoing model thanks to a lightened, shortened chassis, aluminium bodywork, Girling disc brakes and a tuned twin-plug 3,670-cc straight-six. This special example was first owned by Aston Martin Works driver and 1957 Nürburgring 1,000 KM winner Noël Cunningham-Reid and could be raced everywhere from Le Mans to Goodwood.
While Cunningham-Reid was taking the laurels at the Nürburgring, an Italian rival was closing out its career. The five-time Mille Miglia Storica entrant 1954 Maserati A6GCS (Est: £1,250,000 – £1,450,000) was campaigned everywhere from Marrakech to Reims and Montlhéry in its early life and would go on to finish 1st in class in the 1955 Tourist Trophy at Dundrod.
It is joined by supercar royalty in the form of a 1968 Lamborghini Miura P400 by Bertone (Est: £1,200,000 – £1,400,000), which is beautifully finished in its factory-correct Bleu Miura. One of only 37 specified in that fantastic colour, the matching-numbers Italian delivery example benefits from a bare-metal restoration by Scartapatti between 2018 and 2021.
A 2023 Ferrari 812 Competizione A (Est: £1,300,000 – £1,500,000)—the open version of the celebrated 812 Competizione—is attractively finished in Grigio Competizione over Charcoal Alcantara courtesy of Ferrari’s Atelier programme and the first of its type to ever be offered at a UK auction. With one owner, 273 miles on the clock, and main dealer service history, it isn’t one you will want to miss.
Following the Italian performance powerhouse is one of Stuttgart’s wildest roadgoing supercars—a 1996 Porsche 911 GT2 (£1,100,000 – £1,300,000). Only 194 road-legal 993-generation GT2s were ever produced in order to homologate the rear-wheel-drive supercar for competition. Significantly, this example was ordered via Porsche’s Exclusive Manufaktur programme, finished in Grand Prix White and benefitting from sports seats, air conditioning, differential lock, and a 92-litre fuel tank.
Even more extreme is the track-only variant of McLaren’s seminal hybrid hypercar, a 2015 McLaren P1 GTR (Est: £950,000 – £1,150,000). One of only 58 created, it is finished in the arresting shade of Iridium Blue and has been regularly enjoyed on private track days while being serviced by McLaren through its P1 GTR programme. At time of cataloguing it had covered just 6,698 kilometres.
