Trophy Sales on Collecting Cars

Ashtons99 · Dec 21, 2022

NickReilly063 said:
Not bad money at 8k for a 113000 mile car but showing unsold - bearing in mine the last one had 93k and only made £7500 plus fees.

2005 RENAULTSPORT CLIO 182 TROPHY for sale by auction in Banbury, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Benefiting from notable recent maintenance.

collectingcars.com

Sticking a Trophy into an auction in December is hardly the wisest of moves

Slow progress · Jan 12, 2023

Actually bought this one but via Autotrader!

Rhys · Jan 12, 2023

Slow progress said:
Actually bought this one but via Autotrader!

Nice one!

I wondered what had happened to it.

Rhys · Feb 10, 2023

Almost 2 months without a Trophy on CC! Makes a nice change from one every two week we were getting towards the end of last year.

GrahamO · Feb 10, 2023

Rhys said:
Almost 2 months without a Trophy on CC! Makes a nice change from one every two week we were getting towards the end of last year.

Hear hear, better to keep a bit of scarcity.

Rhys · Apr 29, 2023

Looks like we're back on CC after almost 6 months with no Trophys!

2023
xx/05/2023 - #082 - 76,000 miles - £TBC

2022
X/12/2022- #309 - 113,162 Miles - £unsold
12/12/2022 - #353 - 93,500 Miles - £7,950
07/12/2022 - #419 - 76,717 Miles - £11,660
10/11/2022 - #310 - 77,160 miles - £11,853
19/10/2022 - #459 - 37,086 miles - £12,985
07/10/2022 - #198 - 157,471 miles - £5,406
16/09/2022 - #485 - 50,281 miles - £15,370
15/08/2022 - #443 - 94,613 miles - £9,540
12/07/2022 - #207 - 28,831 miles - £24,380
28/06/2022 - #309 - 111,641 miles - £8,427
17/06/2022 - #005 - 66,446 miles - £14,045
02/05/2022 - #143 - 98,480 miles - £8,215
12/04/2022 - #175 - 61,595 miles - £10,865
27/03/2022 - #277 - 44,700 miles - £16,960
13/03/2022 - #001 - 16,478 miles - £47,965
26/01/2022 - #079 - 101,000 miles - £9,646

2021
20/10/2021 - #311 - 154,241 miles - £7,208
17/10/2021 - #280 - 55,233 miles - £12,190
10/09/2021 - #077 - 109,813 miles - £11,501
24/08/2021 - #429 - 40,642 miles - £16,000 (PreAuction Sale)
15/07/2021 - #218 - 61,157 miles - £14,045
29/04/2021 - #467 - 94,200 miles - £8,704
12/04/2021 - #042 - 64,520 miles - £12,985

2020
10/11/2020 - #393 - 107,003 miles - £6,148
21/10/2020 - #309 - 108,994 miles - £7,420
15/10/2020 - #452 - 163,309 miles - £4,293
02/09/2020 - #467 - 93,895 miles - £8,586
08/08/2020 - #262 - 48,733 miles - £12,031
29/06/2020 - #358 - 120,498 miles - £7,420

photo_ed · Apr 29, 2023

Rhys said:
Looks like we're back on CC after almost 6 months with no Trophys!

Flippin' 'eck. Must mean Spring is here...

Andrew Coates · Apr 30, 2023

Well, I've had mine on Ebay for a couple of months now with loads of time wasters (as usual); one looker who then decided he wanted a 986 Boxster S instead (fair enough) but no sale so you might be seeing another one on Collecting Cars sometime next month or early June if I don't manage to sell it beforehand. I know it's my car but it seriously is mint. The guy who came said it was the best example he'd seen and he had looked at a several over the last few months so I think it is just a case of getting someone to just physically see the car and if they were serious about wanting a Trophy, they would buy it. Fingers crossed

Chipper · May 1, 2023

I think Collecting Cars has ran its time, at first a novelty site promoting ‘exclusive’ cars, but from what I have seen the standard has progressively slipped to allow anything that is there, or their abouts, that pays the fees. Why pay the commission when you could negotiate a strong private deal. For the Private seller, back your car and put it on at the money you want on A.Trader, FB or eBay, is what I say!

Titan · May 2, 2023

Yeah I sort of get the feeling CC has lost a bit of its lustre this last while alright.

It seems it has become a very competitive market place, between the more traditional
auction companies/houses and I've also seen another new venture called CarHuna that is
about to launch now soon as well.
I believe there are some pretty big and well known names in the car dealership world behind it,
DK Engineering being one of them.

Carhuna - Buy & Sell Your Way - Auctions, Classifieds & Underwrite+

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I guess all you can say is that having a lot of options and variety is only going to be good
for the consumer and the person selling their car now.

Slow progress · May 4, 2023

Rhys said:
Looks like we're back on CC after almost 6 months with no Trophys!

2023
xx/05/2023 - #082 - 76,000 miles - £TBC

2022
X/12/2022- #309 - 113,162 Miles - £unsold
12/12/2022 - #353 - 93,500 Miles - £7,950
07/12/2022 - #419 - 76,717 Miles - £11,660
10/11/2022 - #310 - 77,160 miles - £11,853
19/10/2022 - #459 - 37,086 miles - £12,985
07/10/2022 - #198 - 157,471 miles - £5,406
16/09/2022 - #485 - 50,281 miles - £15,370
15/08/2022 - #443 - 94,613 miles - £9,540
12/07/2022 - #207 - 28,831 miles - £24,380
28/06/2022 - #309 - 111,641 miles - £8,427
17/06/2022 - #005 - 66,446 miles - £14,045
02/05/2022 - #143 - 98,480 miles - £8,215
12/04/2022 - #175 - 61,595 miles - £10,865
27/03/2022 - #277 - 44,700 miles - £16,960
13/03/2022 - #001 - 16,478 miles - £47,965
26/01/2022 - #079 - 101,000 miles - £9,646

2021
20/10/2021 - #311 - 154,241 miles - £7,208
17/10/2021 - #280 - 55,233 miles - £12,190
10/09/2021 - #077 - 109,813 miles - £11,501
24/08/2021 - #429 - 40,642 miles - £16,000 (PreAuction Sale)
15/07/2021 - #218 - 61,157 miles - £14,045
29/04/2021 - #467 - 94,200 miles - £8,704
12/04/2021 - #042 - 64,520 miles - £12,985

2020
10/11/2020 - #393 - 107,003 miles - £6,148
21/10/2020 - #309 - 108,994 miles - £7,420
15/10/2020 - #452 - 163,309 miles - £4,293
02/09/2020 - #467 - 93,895 miles - £8,586
08/08/2020 - #262 - 48,733 miles - £12,031
29/06/2020 - #358 - 120,498 miles - £7,420

I did buy #309 but by autotrader and paid £9.5k…probably a bit over the value but was smitten at first test drive

photo_ed · May 15, 2023

No.82 Showing as sold for £12,043 (including buyers premium).

Rhys · May 15, 2023

photo_ed said:
No.82 Showing as sold for £12,043 (including buyers premium).

Looked a decent buy at that price!

photo_ed · May 15, 2023

Rhys said:
Looked a decent buy at that price!

If we consider the cars sold previously on CC of a similar mileage in recent times they're all in a similar ballpark. I find that the market for Trophy's (and other modern 'collector cars' for that matter) to still be highly influenced by the numbers on the odometer, rather than on condition etc.

Titan · May 16, 2023

Agree with you there photo_ed.

It might be an opportunity to pick up a really nice,but higher mileage example at a more decent price.

Rather than going head to head with buyers who are mostly concerned with the lower mileage stuff.

photo_ed · May 16, 2023

Next up..

No. 485.

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2005-renaultsport-clio-182-trophy-33

Previous result: 16/09/2022 - #485 - 50,281 miles - £15,370

Rhys · May 16, 2023

Be interesting to see another repeat seller!

2023
xx/05/2023 - #485 - 51,748 miles - £
15/05/2023 - #082 - 76,000 miles - £12,043

2022
X/12/2022- #309 - 113,162 Miles - £unsold
12/12/2022 - #353 - 93,500 Miles - £7,950
07/12/2022 - #419 - 76,717 Miles - £11,660
10/11/2022 - #310 - 77,160 miles - £11,853
19/10/2022 - #459 - 37,086 miles - £12,985
07/10/2022 - #198 - 157,471 miles - £5,406
16/09/2022 - #485 - 50,281 miles - £15,370
15/08/2022 - #443 - 94,613 miles - £9,540
12/07/2022 - #207 - 28,831 miles - £24,380
28/06/2022 - #309 - 111,641 miles - £8,427
17/06/2022 - #005 - 66,446 miles - £14,045
02/05/2022 - #143 - 98,480 miles - £8,215
12/04/2022 - #175 - 61,595 miles - £10,865
27/03/2022 - #277 - 44,700 miles - £16,960
13/03/2022 - #001 - 16,478 miles - £47,965
26/01/2022 - #079 - 101,000 miles - £9,646

2021
20/10/2021 - #311 - 154,241 miles - £7,208
17/10/2021 - #280 - 55,233 miles - £12,190
10/09/2021 - #077 - 109,813 miles - £11,501
24/08/2021 - #429 - 40,642 miles - £16,000 (PreAuction Sale)
15/07/2021 - #218 - 61,157 miles - £14,045
29/04/2021 - #467 - 94,200 miles - £8,704
12/04/2021 - #042 - 64,520 miles - £12,985

2020
10/11/2020 - #393 - 107,003 miles - £6,148
21/10/2020 - #309 - 108,994 miles - £7,420
15/10/2020 - #452 - 163,309 miles - £4,293
02/09/2020 - #467 - 93,895 miles - £8,586
08/08/2020 - #262 - 48,733 miles - £12,031
29/06/2020 - #358 - 120,498 miles - £7,420

Chipper · May 17, 2023

I think the problem with Collecting Cars circles around the reserve. If the reserve was disclosed during the auction people would know what they are bidding towards, or if they are 000’s short. Also CC get on to the seller as the auction draws to an end to ‘encourage’ you to lower or remove the reserve (presumably as they make no commission with no sale). Then in a lot of cases the bidding falls short, which I think is what happened with the last Trophy. I would have been disappointed with that result of £11200 if it was mine for the standard of the car (less £150 for the photographs, which the seller also pays). I would have thought a well written private advert would have attracted the right buyer for more ££, bearing in mind you still have to meet the buyer and arrange the transaction yourself anyway, using the CC model.

NickReilly063 · May 17, 2023

Well put and very true - I've had some experiance of trying to purchase / sell car's on there and CC's are only interested in selling cars for there commission, which is understandable to keep the cogs turning but not always in the customers best interest.

I did think the T this week would maybe have run on a little more ???

Titan · May 17, 2023

Apart from CC,is there many other places that would be good or better to use?

Like TheMarket by Bonhams or similar?

Since CC seems to have become the default site now,people selling probably think it's the best option as it probably gets the most traffic from potential buyers...or not maybe?