Silverstone auctions have had a highly successful sale at the annual Race Retro show, with dual sales for classic and competition vehicles netting some exciting results. Sell-though rates were strong, and several high prices achieved reinforce the notion that people are still paying good money for good cars.

You can view the results from the Race Retro Competition Car Sale by clicking here, and the result from the Race Retro Classic Car Sale by clicking here.

Click the title of each vehicle to view a graph of past auction results, and to see upcoming sales.

1956 Austin Healey 100M ‘Le Mans’ Roadster – sold for £175,950

The classic Healey has always been the archetypical British sports car, and values have reflected their strong popularity for quite some time now. Limited build cars like the 100S and 100M have always been particularly strong, only reinforced by the £175,950 raised for this immaculate ’56 matching numbers example. Built in celebration of the company’s second and third in class places in the 1953 24 Hours of Le Mans, just 640 examples were produced of this limited edition special.

1969 Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV Series 1 – sold for £41,625

The Alfa 105 has long been a classic only for those in the know. Historically they have never been excessively valuable, but the market is definitely waking up to their many charms. £41k sounds like a lot of money for a 105, but try finding an original, unrestored, early right-hand drive 1750 anywhere else. Well bought.

1989 Lancia Thema 8.32 – sold for £29,813

This Thema was one of a pair of immaculate cars sold at Race Retro on behalf of Rowan Atkinson, and the astonishing £29,813 shows that there is no shortage of money waiting for the right cars. This would have to be the definition of the term sleeper – to most it looks like a boxy eighties saloon, but hiding under that bonnet is a 32-valve V8 from the Ferrari 328. We guess it makes sense, as it benefits from over £20,000 worth of work during its seven years in the Atkinson collection, and is probably the best example that money can buy. One for the inspired collector.

1993 Mercedes-Benz 500E – sold for £71,300

The second car from the Atkinson collection is this 500E. Again, a super-stealthy highway cruiser that is only known by true enthusiasts, and again, probably the best example you could hope to find. The 500E is a true hand built special, featuring the 322bhp V8 from the 500SL and final tuning by Porsche. One for the astute collector.

1988 Peugeot 205 GTI 1.9 – sold for £19,688

205 GTIs are widely tipped as future classic icons, and hunt for genuine, original cars is well and truly on. This one might not benefit from the super low miles that saw world record prices of nearly £40,000 paid for time warp examples last year, but this car is an original, unmessed-with, two-owner car that benefits from recent extensive work. A half priced entry to the world of collectable 205s, or crazy money for a hot-hatch that cost barely £3,000 a few years ago? You decide.

See the graph at the bottom of this story to track Peugeot 205 GTi auction results, and search for other skyrocketing hot hatches.

1982 Renault 5 GTL – sold for £1,690

This has got to be the bargain of the sale, and we are convinced that it would impossible to have any more fun for this sort of money. Sure, it needs a little recommissioning work before it hits the track again in anger, but we are told that the work required is not extensive. And this car has provenance (kind of) – it has been a racing car all its life, and was built from new in 1981 for the Renault 5 one-make series. With a few grand spent on bringing it up to standard, it is surely the cheapest way onto the historic racing grid and a hilariously fun way to enjoy the race tracks of the UK and Europe. Very well bought.

Pair of Ferrari F40 seats – buy them now for £16,910

Interestingly, these unused F40 seats failed to sell, which disappointed us as we were really excited to see what would happen here. F40s values have literally doubled in the past few years (to well over a million pounds now), so it follows that parts for the restoration of tired examples and ex-racing cars would rise too. We’re posting these for two reasons – the first is that at just under £17,000, they are surely the most expensive car seats that we’ve ever seen. However, try finding them elsewhere…