After Mecum shocked the collector-car world with its Kissimmee auction—where a fleet of low-mileage Ferrari supercars shattered countless auction records in a single afternoon—and RM Auctions followed up in Arizona with very strong results, all eyes were on this week’s Retromobile sales in Paris. Would European buyers embrace the same supercar frenzy currently gripping the U.S. market? They did—and in doing so, they consolidated a trend that has lifted Maranello’s iconic supercars into an entirely new dimension.

At RM Sotheby’s flagship Paris sale held at the Salles du Carrousel in the Louvre Palace, a 2004 single-owner Ferrari Enzo with just 286 kilometres on the clock sold for €8,105,000, while a 1997 single-owner Ferrari F50 showing only 1,680 kilometres crossed the block for €7,598,750. A 1988 Ferrari 288 GTO—the father of Ferrari’s supercar lineage—achieved a strong €5,855,000.

Classic Ferrari blue-chip collector cars also performed well: a 1960 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder sold for €14,067,500, while a 1956 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Berlinetta “Tour de France” by Scaglietti, estimated at €13–15 million, changed hands for an undisclosed sum. A matching-numbers 1971 Lamborghini Miura SV reached a final bid of €3,717,500, coinciding with the iconic model’s 60th anniversary, while a delivery-mileage 2024 Bugatti Bolide sold for €3,998,750. Still, it was the legacy-building Ferrari supercars that continued to stun the crowds. Just a few months ago, most Ferrari F50s and Enzos were crossing the auction block for €5–6 million. You can browse all auction results from the RM Sotheby's Paris sale in the Classic Driver Market.

Meanwhile over at Gooding Christie's sale, the prices were also rocketing with records being smashed, the stand-out being a 1983 Ferrari 288 GTO reaching a staggering €9,117,500, a new high for the model. On the theme of breaking records, another was broken during the sale with the 2018 Ferrari FXX K EVO topping out at €6,980,000, the highest the track-only variant has ever reached, while its slightly more subdued sibling, the FXX EVO from 2008 reached 4,448,000. Another 1990’s legend from Maranello’s stable performed well, a beautifully specified 512 TR Speciale would see a hammer price of €747,500, meaning this wedge-shaped poster car for so many is well on its way to becoming a million-Euro car. 

While the record breakers were impressive, there were some bargains to be had within the sale, even some wearing a Ferrari badge. Showing the current trend of popularity around 1990s and 2000s Ferraris perhaps better than ever was the hammer price of a stunning 1963 Ferrari 250 GT Lusso, fetching a mere €1,242,500. This was particularly shocking when just a few lots later, a track-specific Ferrari 458 GTE from 2013 would rack up  €1,130,000. Both incredible cars in their own right, but the Lusso has been heralded as a production from the golden era of Maranello, but the interest in such a car isn’t quite as strong as it has been in previous years! Check out the full list of cars from Gooding Christie's sale here.