Broad Arrow returned to the shores of Lake Como with style, spectacle and an auction room packed to capacity, closing its second annual Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este Auction at Villa Erba with €40.8 million in total sales.
Held May 16–17, the sale brought together 75 collector cars and buyers from 31 countries, with bids coming from the room, telephones and online as more than 12,000 viewers followed the action remotely. The final tally: an 87-percent sell-through rate and a headline result that confirmed the appetite for the right blend of modern hypercars, blue-chip classics and Italian design.
At the top of the board was a 2023 Ferrari Daytona SP3, a single-owner example showing just 743 kilometers, which sold for €6.25 million. The Icona-series Ferrari set the tone for a sale where Italian firepower dominated: a 1990 Ferrari F40 brought €2.93 million, a 1968 Ferrari 330 GTS achieved €1.92 million and a 2023 Ferrari 812 Competizione added €1.41 million.
Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, Lamborghini and Bugatti also found their moment under the Villa Erba lights. A 2015 Porsche 918 Spyder Weissach Package reached €2.26 million; a 1957 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing Coupe sold for €1.64 million; a 2022 Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 brought €1.58 million; and a 1929 Bugatti Type 43 Roadster by Eugène Matthys crossed the seven-figure mark at €1.01 million.
From the rotunda to the lakeside concours lawns, the weekend delivered the kind of atmosphere that makes Villa d’Este a crown jewel of the collector car calendar. For Broad Arrow, the result gives the house momentum heading into a season that includes The Quail Auction in Carmel and further European sales in Belgium and Switzerland.
Top Sales at Villa Erba
