Lotus Elan
18 sales counted, 16 Sep 2011 to 6 Oct 2026 · worldwide · in sterling
Figures as at 5 November 2026 · rebuilt nightly
SuperCar AI holds 18 public auction sales of the Lotus Elan. The latest ordinary sale was £23,000 at Bring a Trailer on 6 October 2026. Over the last three years, 12 ordinary sales ran from £16,000 to £36,000.
Lowest, last three years£16k27 Mar 2026 · Bring a Trailer
Highest, last three years£36k9 Jul 2026 · Bring a Trailer
Latest ordinary sale£23k6 Oct 2026 · Bring a Trailer
Achieved prices: what the buyer paid, buyer’s premium included. These are ordinary sales: counted sales Trade has not marked. Every sale, marked ones with their reason, is in the table below. Each is shown as itself: no averages.
I · Every sale over time
18 counted sales, each shown as itself
- Price paid as the house published it
- Winning bid plus the house’s published fee
- Marked sale: counted, with its reason in the list below
II · Every sale
18 sales counted, newest first
All achieved prices at public auction. Each links to the auction house’s own result, or to the published report where the house gave none. 3 sales are marked: counted, and shown with the reason they are not an ordinary sale.
| Date | Auction | Price paid | Achieved, £ | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
6 Oct 2026 | Bring a Trailer | $30,187bid $28,750 + buyer’s fee $1,437, added at the house’s published rate | £23,000at $1.3279 = £1, the Bank of England rate for 6 October 2026 | |
5 Sep 2026 | Bring a Trailer | $17,851bid $17,001 + buyer’s fee $850, added at the house’s published rateMarked: a project car, sold for restoration. Counted, and shown with its reason. | £13,000at $1.3515 = £1, the Bank of England rate for 5 September 2026 | |
3 Sep 2026 | Bring a Trailer | $32,812bid $31,250 + buyer’s fee $1,562, added at the house’s published rate | £24,000at $1.3518 = £1, the Bank of England rate for 3 September 2026 | |
11 Aug 2026 | Bring a Trailer | $34,650bid $33,000 + buyer’s fee $1,650, added at the house’s published rate | £26,000at $1.3509 = £1, the Bank of England rate for 11 August 2026 | |
9 Jul 2026 | Bring a Trailer | $47,775bid $45,500 + buyer’s fee $2,275, added at the house’s published rate | £36,000at $1.3391 = £1, the Bank of England rate for 9 July 2026 | |
19 Jun 2026 | Bring a Trailer | $18,112bid $17,250 + buyer’s fee $862, added at the house’s published rateMarked: a project car, sold for restoration. Counted, and shown with its reason. | £14,000at $1.3231 = £1, the Bank of England rate for 19 June 2026 | |
11 May 2026 | Bring a Trailer | $26,250bid $25,000 + buyer’s fee $1,250, added at the house’s published rate | £19,000at $1.3639 = £1, the Bank of England rate for 11 May 2026 | |
8 May 2026 | Bring a Trailer | $42,000bid $40,000 + buyer’s fee $2,000, added at the house’s published rate | £31,000at $1.3626 = £1, the Bank of England rate for 8 May 2026 | |
4 May 2026 | Bring a Trailer | $30,557bid $29,102 + buyer’s fee $1,455, added at the house’s published rate | £22,000at $1.3624 = £1, the Bank of England rate for 4 May 2026 | |
28 Apr 2026 | Bring a Trailer | $26,367bid $25,111 + buyer’s fee $1,256, added at the house’s published rateMarked: a project car, sold for restoration. Counted, and shown with its reason. | £20,000at $1.3498 = £1, the Bank of England rate for 28 April 2026 | |
23 Apr 2026 | Bring a Trailer | $42,000bid $40,000 + buyer’s fee $2,000, added at the house’s published rate | £31,000at $1.3510 = £1, the Bank of England rate for 23 April 2026 | |
27 Mar 2026 | Bring a Trailer | $21,525bid $20,500 + buyer’s fee $1,025, added at the house’s published rate | £16,000at $1.3291 = £1, the Bank of England rate for 27 March 2026 | |
11 Feb 2026 | Bring a Trailer | $42,000bid $40,000 + buyer’s fee $2,000, added at the house’s published rate | £31,000at $1.3633 = £1, the Bank of England rate for 11 February 2026 | |
31 Jan 2026 | Bring a Trailer | $31,850bid $30,333 + buyer’s fee $1,517, added at the house’s published rate | £23,000at $1.3720 = £1, the Bank of England rate for 31 January 2026 | |
26 Jan 2026 | Bring a Trailer | $35,175bid $33,500 + buyer’s fee $1,675, added at the house’s published rate | £26,000at $1.3708 = £1, the Bank of England rate for 26 January 2026 | |
Jan 2020 | RM Sotheby's | $32,480premium included, as published | £25,000at $1.3210 = £1, the Bank of England rate for January 2020. Only the month of sale is recorded. | |
May 2014 | RM Sotheby's | $19,250premium included, as published | £11,000at $1.6895 = £1, the Bank of England rate for May 2014. Only the month of sale is recorded. | |
16 Sep 2011 | Bonhams | £32,775premium included, as published | £33,000in sterling as published |
III · Held back
In our record, not in these figures
- 1Sale whose auction title says a car built to FIA specification, which this line is not.
- 1Sale whose auction title says a race car, which this line is not.
Cars offered that did not sell are not shown on this page.
IV · How these figures are made
Method and checks
Terms
- Achieved price
- What the buyer paid, including the buyer’s premium: the auction house’s fee, paid by the buyer on top of the winning bid. Where a house publishes only the winning bid, we add its published buyer’s fee and show both.
- Sterling
- Each sale is converted at the Bank of England rate for its sale date. Where only the month or the year of sale is recorded, the sale says so. The rate sits beside every sale.
- Marked sale
- A real sale that is not an ordinary one, such as a whole collection sold at no reserve. It is counted, and shown with its reason.
- Scope
- Worldwide public auctions, so this is not a UK price. Past results only: no asking prices, no estimates, no averages, nothing about prices to come.
Checks passed on 5 November 2026
- Every counted sale sold at a public auction18 checked
- No asking prices or unsold bidsnone found
- One basis throughout: price paid, premium included
- Every sale carries its exchange rate and source18 of 18
- Every figure is in sterling
- No sale in the figures failed the variant check
- Under 10% of this car’s sales held for a check0.0% (0)
- The count is every sale on this line, marked sales included
- Every marked sale is shown with its reason