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Est: £119.4k

1950 Jaguar XK 120 Alloy Roadster

RM Sotheby's • US • 28 Jan 2027

Market Position:

Lowest 20% of Past Sales

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Est: £119,413

1950 Jaguar XK 120 Alloy Roadster

US • 28 Jan 2027

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Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This is a rare, matching-numbers 1949 Jaguar XK 120 Alloy Roadster, with only 15,128 miles indicated. It's a barn-find needing full recommissioning, making it ideal for restoration.

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Condition 

3

Barn-find, requires full recommissioning

/ 10

15,128 miles

670053

1950

Auction

Manual

LHD

United States

Est: £119.4k

1950 Jaguar XK 120 Alloy Roadster

RM Sotheby's • US • 28 Jan 2027

Market Position:

Lowest 20% of Past Sales

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Description

To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION WITHOUT RESERVE at RM Sothebys' The Boeckmann Collection event, 28 January 2027.

Offered Without Reserve | $160,000 - $120,000 USD

One of 184 alloy-bodied examples configured in left-hand drive Equipped with matching-numbers chassis, engine, gearbox, and coachwork

Reassembled and evaluated in 2020 by a British car specialist

Essentially undriven since 1981; odometer displayed 15,128 mi. at cataloguing

A charming barn-find early alloy roadster ideal for restoration or preservation class display Jaguar’s seminal post-war XK model launched with a batch of lightweight alloy-bodied roadsters, which were often used by privateers to great effect at local racing events.

Just 184 examples of the XK 120 Alloy were configured in left-hand-drive before construction switched to steel bodies.

Claiming rarity and lightweight construction, these earliest of the XKs are more highly valued than their steel-bodied brethren, as they offer the purest expression of the origin...

Price Analysis vs Other XK120 Roadster Alloys

£72,307

Lowest Price (Since 2020)

£156,788

Median Price (Since 2020)

£228,268

Highest Price (Since 2020)

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