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Iconic vs Historics: The Great Auction Showdown
After the super auctions of Retromobile and Amelia Island, Cliff Goodall took a holiday in England to enjoy the kind of auctions that are very British, where passion prevails over everything.
After the major auctions at Amelia Island and Retromobile, we now welcome spring with two British events where passion met pricing that was accessible to a much wider customer base: Historics, held at Ascot, and Iconic, which took place during Race Retro 2025.
Iconic offered 93 vehicles with a total value of £8,577,000, about half the number compared to Historics (178), but with almost double the value: £5,009,500 — meaning the latter had significantly lower average prices.
