Auction history
1953 Bentley R-Type
VIN B378TN
This 1953 Bentley R-Type sold for $29,150 at RM Sotheby's in September 2021, as of October 8, 2026.
Photo: RM Sotheby'sEvery time it’s been to auction
1 appearance. Oldest first.
- Sep 2021Sold $29,150RM Sotheby's
What R-Types sell for
Only 7 R-Types have sold in the past two years, too few to mark a range.
R-Types that sold
The 7 sales in the past two years, too few to mark a range. Newest first.
- 195361,000 miles · Aug 2026 · Bring a Trailer$37,000
- 195498,000 miles · Apr 2026 · Bring a Trailer$25,540
- 195390,000 miles · Nov 2025 · Bring a Trailer$40,250
- 195318,259 miles · Oct 2025 · others$34,000
- 195351,000 miles · Sep 2025 · Bring a Trailer$15,000
- 195449,000 miles · Aug 2025 · Bring a Trailer$10,100
- 195449,000 miles · Jul 2025 · Bring a Trailer$9,100
Questions
- What did this car last sell for?
- $29,150 at RM Sotheby's in September 2021.
- How many times has it been to auction?
- Once, and it sold that time.
No chart and no score. Every figure on this page is a hammer price from a real auction, matched to the car’s trim, body and gearbox, converted at the rate on the day it sold, with the replicas, projects and odd sales set aside. The range is where most of those sales landed. Where there aren’t enough sales to say something, the page says so instead.
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