What changed hands?
1963 Aston Martin DP215. Identify the chassis and the sale before comparing this with another Aston Martin.
A prototype within the Monterey results
The DP215 is identified as a one-off competition prototype in the auction report. Its $21.455 million result sits between the Ferrari and Ford in this selection. All three amounts use the report’s buyer’s-premium-inclusive basis.
What rarity does not prove
A one-off object resists easy comparisons. Its result cannot establish a standard price for Aston Martins, and rarity alone does not explain the winning amount. The sale record gives us an outcome; a valuation would require a separate investigation.
Read the number carefully
An auction result captures a particular object, a particular sale and the buyers competing on that occasion. It does not establish the value of every similar object, or what this one would sell for today.
Our selection keeps historical results separate from asking prices and estimates. Where the cited report does not break out fees, we say so rather than inventing a hammer price.
Sale documentation: RM Sotheby’s · Monterey 2018 results ↗
What does “source reviewed” mean?
We checked the published report against the amount and object listed here. That does not independently authenticate the object or confirm settlement of the transaction.