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What a classic MG sells for at auction

The median, the usual range and the way prices have moved, from 6,916 recorded MG 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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Median sold price by year, with the dashed line restated in 2025 money. Hollow final dot: the current, incomplete year.
Median sold price £10,736
Usual range £5,670 to £18,000
Recorded sales 6,916 since 1994
Data to 10 August 2026

6,916 MGs have sold at public auction since 1994, at a median of £10,736; the middle half of them made between £5,670 and £18,000. The sale rooms see about 703 a year and 76% of the cars offered find a buyer. The B Roadster is the one that comes up most often, with 1,698 sales on record at a median of £7,056. The highest result is £525,000, paid for a Magnette K3 in September 2024.

In 2025 the median classic MG sold for £8,570 across 816 sales, much where it was in 2024. In real terms, typical classic MG prices were down about 46% over the five years to 2025, once inflation is accounted for.

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MG median sold price by year, nominal and adjusted for inflation
Year Sold Median In 2025 money
2026 (so far) 459 £8,000
2025 816 £8,570 £8,570
2024 711 £8,600 £8,930
2023 669 £11,674 £12,527
2022 690 £11,127 £12,743
2021 627 £11,880 £14,690
2020 428 £12,423 £15,743
2019 454 £12,348 £15,807
2018 342 £11,600 £15,101
2017 270 £12,242 £16,307
2016 256 £11,508 £15,724
2015 203 £12,320 £17,002
2014 199 £12,635 £17,506
2013 137 £12,650 £17,777
2012 126 £13,120 £18,859
2011 94 £13,628 £20,093
2010 81 £14,906 £22,830
2009 42 £11,160 £17,521
2008 39 £7,762 £12,426
2007 59 £12,075 £20,004
2006 57 £6,975 £11,825
2005 62 £6,532 £11,354
2004 43 £9,562 £16,961
2003 17 £10,948 £19,698
2002 7 £11,163 £20,350
2001 8 £17,522 £32,414
1999 4 £8,659 £16,459
1997 4 £12,130 £23,912
1996 4 £14,368 £28,946
1995 3 £6,115 £12,671
1994 3 £10,317 £21,938

Which MG models make the most

Not every MG is priced alike. The Midget TC sits at the top of the marque, with a median of £21,198 across 296 sales and most of them between £16,156 and £26,503. The Midget 1500 sits at the bottom at a median of £3,656, so the dearest MG model typically makes about 6 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 MG models in the sale rooms

Auction prices by MG model
Model Sales Usual range Median Sold prices
B Roadster 1,698 £5,000 to £10,756 £7,056 By variant and year
B GT 849 £3,360 to £8,208 £5,200 By variant and year
Midget TD 638 £10,047 to £17,449 £13,532 By variant and year
TF (1952 - 1956) 343 £15,214 to £23,502 £19,125 By variant and year
Midget TC 296 £16,156 to £26,503 £21,198 By variant and year
Midget Mk III 295 £3,400 to £7,473 £5,107 By variant and year
Midget 1500 292 £2,515 to £5,996 £3,656 By variant and year
A Roadster 234 £14,714 to £24,940 £18,746 By variant and year
A Roadster 1600 225 £15,208 to £24,445 £19,125 By variant and year
A Roadster 1500 129 £13,976 to £23,000 £18,252 By variant and year
C GT 119 £10,282 to £17,485 £14,092
C Roadster 118 £12,043 to £18,843 £15,821

Plus 1,680 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 MG guide is the place to start.

The latest MG sales

Quick answers

Frequently asked questions

How much does a classic MG sell for?

Across 6,916 recorded auction sales, the median classic MG made £10,736, with most selling between £5,670 and £18,000 (as of August 2026). Those are sold prices rather than valuations: condition, history and specification move any individual car well outside that range.

Which MG is worth the most at auction?

Of the MG models with enough sales to read, the Midget TC carries the highest median: £21,198 across 296 recorded sales, most of them between £16,156 and £26,503, with the TF (1952 - 1956) next at £19,125 (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 Midget TC.

What is the cheapest way into a classic MG?

At auction, the Midget 1500: a median of £3,656 across 292 recorded sales, with most between £2,515 and £5,996 (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 MG prices rising?

No, not on the evidence to 2025. Adjusted for inflation, the typical classic MG made about 46% less in 2025 than five years earlier. The 2025 median was £8,570 across 816 sales, close to 2024's. Those are medians across every MG model and every condition the sale rooms see, so a single model can be moving the other way.

What is the most expensive classic MG ever sold at auction?

The highest recorded auction result for a classic MG is £525,000, paid for a Magnette K3 in September 2024. Results like that are exceptional cars at exceptional moments; the typical range is £5,670 to £18,000.

How often does a classic MG come up for sale?

Frequently, by classic-car standards: roughly 703 sell at auction each year, and 76% 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. 6,916 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.