ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER SERAPH: BUYER'S GUIDE
Median Price: £28,710 • Highest Price: £138,000 • Lowest Price: £10,000 • Sell-Through Rate: 67%
Source: Bonhams
How much is a Silver Seraph worth?
In our experience, we've seen plenty of Silver Seraph's go under the hammer and based on analysing every sale you can expect to pay £28,710 for one in average condition - that places it amongst the most expensive 40% of collector cars across our database.
As Rolls-Royce's go, a Silver Seraph is on the lower end relative to other Rolls-Royce models. In fact this model is £2,050 below the median Rolls-Royce price of £30,760.
What is the maximum to pay for a Silver Seraph?
Across the 72 Silver Seraph's we've seen sell, the highest price ever recorded for this model is £138,000. It was sold by Bonhams in the UK on 08 Sep 2018.
What is the lowest to pay for a Silver Seraph?
The lowest sale of all time for this vehicle is £10,000, Mathewsons sold this car in the UK on 21 Mar 2024.
What is the background of the make / model?
Rolls-Royce produced this model between 1997 and 2002.
Rolls-Royce is a British luxury car brand founded in 1904 by Charles Rolls and Henry Royce. Their first car, the Rolls-Royce 10 hp, was released in 1904. The brand has since become synonymous with high-quality engineering and luxury, producing iconic cars like the Phantom and the Silver Ghost. In addition to cars, Rolls-Royce has also produced airplane engines and other mechanical equipment. The brand has been owned by BMW since 1998.
How common is a Silver Seraph?
According to data from the DVLA, the UK licensing authority, in 2022 there were 166 licensed vehicles alive and kicking on UK roads. There were also 80 vehicles that are SORNd - in other words not currently registered for the road. Note: that data is for this model and all of its sub-models.
Building on that, we've also seen plenty of these go under the hammer at auctions around the world, 107 to be precise. It's among the 10% most common collector cars to sell at auction.
Of those 107 times the model has gone to auction 72 have sold. In other words, this model sells on 67% of times it goes to auction - that's below the average sell-through rate we traditionally see.
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Why this article was created
Well, we've got one of the largest databases of sold classic car prices in the world so we thought we ought to help and put that data to good use. To be clear though, this article is not intended to be a full tour of every nook and sill of the Silver Seraph, rather it's meant to act as an introductory guide and overview of the market for this model.
It is here to provide you guidance on how much you should and shouldn't be paying for one based on the 107 we've seen previously.
If you're after more detail, we've got you covered. Click the button below to be taken to a the price guide for this model so you can see every single sale, price trend over time and lots more.
How this article was created
This article was created by looking back at sales of Silver Seraph since the beginning of our database in 1992. We've scanned over 30 auction houses and results from over £15 billion of sold cars around the world to understand the where the market is at for this car.
The Classic Valuer takes that data and analytics which enables it to generate these articles at scale, for further information regarding the Silver Seraph please visit the price guide linked below.
About The Author
Giles Gunning
Giles is CEO of The Classic Valuer - one of the world's largest databases of sold classic cars in the world going back over 30 years covering over 11,000 models. Giles and The Classic Valuer are regularly referenced in key classic car publications including Classic & Sports Car.
Giles grew up around the iconic historic motorsport venue at Goodwood and enjoys his 1972 Alfa Romeo 1600 GT Junior around the Sussex roads. His primary car goal is to purchase back a selection of his grandfather's car's including his 1931 Riley Brooklands.
