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Q1 2026 Report: The Collector & Exotic Car Market — A Dealer & Specialist Briefing
Auction-realized prices and the public-market backdrop
Where the capital in fact cleared in Q1 2026: which marques carried value versus volume, when the calendar rewarded consignment, and what is commanding the top of the market.
The headline
The correction in three numbers
$702.5M
Q1 2026 auction value
Across 7,535 sold lots — and up +44% YoY on a like-for-like basis
$38.5M
Top lot: 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO
The quarter's apex; six cars cleared $10M+
31 of 68
Seven-figure lots that were Ferrari
Ferrari led on value: $203.5M across just 181 lots
Auction-realized prices — what collector cars actually sold for at the hammer, not asking prices. · 15M+ auction results · 850+ houses.
The read
What the data shows
The quarter's real signal sits beneath the gross total: the market held its level rather than softened, and the value that moved concentrated in a handful of scarce, twentieth-century names. For anyone holding or buying, provenance and rarity set the ceiling while the volume marques set the floor, and knowing which side a car sits on is what decides whether it holds its price when sentiment turns.
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- The full month-by-month breakdown (Jan Scottsdale season → Feb → Mar)
- Showroom vs. saleroom — the automaker backdrop (GM, Ford, Stellantis)
- Marque analysis: where the volume vs. the capital actually went
- Methodology & how to cite the data
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Source: ALT/FNDATA, “Q1 2026 Report: The Collector & Exotic Car Market — A Dealer & Specialist Briefing” (June 2026). Based on auction-realized prices for collector and exotic cars cleared at the auction houses ALT/FNDATA tracks, with public-market context from Q1 2026 automaker performance. © 2026 ALT/FNDATA · altfndata.com/reports/collector-car-market-report-q1-2026