What a classic Austin-Healey sells for at auction

The median, the usual range and the way prices have moved, from 2,479 recorded Austin-Healey sales at public auction since 1994: which models make the most, which come up most often, and what each of them sells for.

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Part of: Austin-Healey, the full marque guide

Median sold price by year, with the dashed line restated in 2025 money. Hollow final dot: the current, incomplete year.

Median sold price £31,314

Usual range £16,365 to £45,580

Recorded sales 2,479 since 1994

Data to 10 August 2026

2,479 Austin-Healeys have sold at public auction since 1994, at a median of £31,314; the middle half of them made between £16,365 and £45,580. The sale rooms see about 197 a year and 72% of the cars offered find a buyer. The 3000 Mk III BJ8 is the one that comes up most often, with 460 sales on record at a median of £42,000. The highest result is £785,500, paid for a 100 Special Test in July 2013.

In 2025 the median classic Austin-Healey sold for £26,798 across 221 sales, 13% down on 2024. In real terms, typical classic Austin-Healey prices were down about 32% over the five years to 2025, once inflation is accounted for.

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Austin-Healey median sold price by year, nominal and adjusted for inflation
Year	Sold	Median	In 2025 money
2026 (so far)	139	£25,710
2025	221	£26,798	£26,798
2024	196	£30,730	£31,909
2023	189	£30,000	£32,193
2022	191	£33,755	£38,657
2021	190	£32,732	£40,476
2020	145	£31,314	£39,682
2019	156	£33,355	£42,699
2018	131	£35,585	£46,328
2017	131	£37,732	£50,261
2016	123	£37,339	£51,018
2015	89	£35,400	£48,852
2014	86	£37,264	£51,630
2013	79	£39,050	£54,877
2012	63	£34,855	£50,104
2011	62	£31,025	£45,742
2010	29	£31,500	£48,246
2009	39	£35,105	£55,114
2008	32	£31,168	£49,897
2007	35	£23,062	£38,206
2006	22	£19,125	£32,423
2005	47	£18,912	£32,870
2004	40	£21,375	£37,915
2003	10	£26,848	£48,306
2002	7	£22,940	£41,819
2001	5	£34,307	£63,463
1999	6	£15,154	£28,804
1996	3	£8,046	£16,209
1995	6	£12,178	£25,234
1994	3	£11,238	£23,896

Which Austin-Healey models make the most

Not every Austin-Healey is priced alike. The 100/4 BN2 sits at the top of the marque, with a median of £49,500 across 73 sales and most of them between £39,226 and £68,901. The Sprite Mk I sits at the bottom at a median of £12,850, so the dearest Austin-Healey model typically makes about 4 times what the cheapest does.

Each bar runs from the quarter mark to the three-quarter mark of that marque's sales, so it covers the middle half of them and leaves out the project and the concours car. The thickest bars have three thousand sales or more behind them, the thinnest fewer than five hundred. The scale is by ratio, every gridline about three times the one before, which is the only way a Reliant and a Jaguar fit on one axis.

The busiest Austin-Healey models in the sale rooms

Auction prices by Austin-Healey model
Model	Sales	Usual range	Median	Sold prices
3000 Mk III BJ8	460	£31,645 to £53,011	£42,000	By variant and year
Sprite Mk I	318	£9,800 to £16,778	£12,850
3000 Mk III	140	£29,030 to £48,252	£36,857	By variant and year
3000 Mk I BT7	112	£27,750 to £41,397	£33,690	By variant and year
3000 Mk II BJ7	112	£25,781 to £42,596	£32,234	By variant and year
100/4 BN1	100	£28,644 to £54,878	£40,285	By variant and year
100/6 BN4	90	£21,700 to £33,772	£27,232	By variant and year
3000 Mk II	89	£24,150 to £41,000	£34,855	By variant and year
3000 Mk I	83	£25,644 to £41,962	£32,736	By variant and year
100/4 BN2	73	£39,226 to £68,901	£49,500	By variant and year
3000 Mk II BT7	73	£27,758 to £42,829	£33,755	By variant and year
100/6	66	£23,754 to £35,130	£30,496	By variant and year

Plus 763 rarer variants with too few sales for a row of their own.

Model by model

Each of these has its own page where the figures are broken down by variant and by year, with the sold prices restated in today's money. For the cars themselves, their history and what to check before buying, the Austin-Healey guide is the place to start.

The latest Austin-Healey sales

£29,995 3000 Mk III BJ8 Bring A Trailer, 8 August 2026
£8,570 Sprite Mk I Bring A Trailer, 7 August 2026
£25,437 3000 Mk II BT7 Bring A Trailer, 6 August 2026
£25,515 3000 Mk I BN7 Bring A Trailer, 4 August 2026
£9,250 Sprite Mk I Mathewsons, 4 August 2026

Quick answers

Frequently asked questions

How much does a classic Austin-Healey sell for?

Across 2,479 recorded auction sales, the median classic Austin-Healey made £31,314, with most selling between £16,365 and £45,580 (as of August 2026). Those are sold prices rather than valuations: condition, history and specification move any individual car well outside that range.

Which Austin-Healey is worth the most at auction?

Of the Austin-Healey models with enough sales to read, the 100/4 BN2 carries the highest median: £49,500 across 73 recorded sales, most of them between £39,226 and £68,901, with the 3000 Mk III BJ8 next at £42,000 (as of August 2026). Those are sold prices for cars in every condition; a concours example of a cheaper model can still out-sell a project 100/4 BN2.

What is the cheapest way into a classic Austin-Healey?

At auction, the Sprite Mk I: a median of £12,850 across 318 recorded sales, with most between £9,800 and £16,778 (as of August 2026). The bottom of that range is usually a project rather than a bargain, and a cheap car to buy is rarely a cheap car to put right.

Are classic Austin-Healey prices rising?

No, not on the evidence to 2025. Adjusted for inflation, the typical classic Austin-Healey made about 32% less in 2025 than five years earlier. The 2025 median was £26,798 across 221 sales, 13% below 2024. Those are medians across every Austin-Healey model and every condition the sale rooms see, so a single model can be moving the other way.

What is the most expensive classic Austin-Healey ever sold at auction?

The highest recorded auction result for a classic Austin-Healey is £785,500, paid for a 100 Special Test in July 2013. Results like that are exceptional cars at exceptional moments; the typical range is £16,365 to £45,580.

How often does a classic Austin-Healey come up for sale?

Frequently, by classic-car standards: roughly 197 sell at auction each year, and 72% of the cars offered find a buyer. There is a steady supply, so it pays to wait for a good one rather than stretch for the first car you see.

Before you buy or sell

Buying a classic at auction
Why the hammer price is never the price, what Category S and N actually mean, why a clean-looking V5C proves less than buyers assume, and how to think about bidding on a car nobody has let you inspect.
Selling a classic privately
A private seller is not a shop, and the law knows it. Which consumer protections fall away, which three rules still bind you, why selling an unroadworthy car is an offence whoever you are, the DVLA steps that end your liability, and the payment habits that keep the money.
Agreed value insurance
The trade valuation guides insurers use do not value cars over about twenty years old, which is why a classic on a market-value policy is a claim waiting to be argued. What the Financial Ombudsman expects, what the regulator found when it looked, what agreed value actually promises, and the evidence that sets it.
What a restoration really costs
Why restoration bills reach numbers that horrify outsiders, where the money actually goes, and the practical protections that matter when handing a valuable car to a workshop for a year. Staged payments, written scope, and what happens if the business fails.

Strong evidence. 2,479 recorded sales and a dozen or more a year: the median and the range are well founded. Sold prices from public classic car auction results (1994 to 10 August 2026), not asking prices and not a valuation: a concours car and a project both sit inside these ranges, and condition, history and specification move any one car well outside them. Inflation-adjusted figures use the ONS CPIH index, in 2025 money. How to read these figures.