An ex-Works Racing Aston Martin Ulster Team Car LM19 smashed records at the Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale on June 26 in Chichester.

Previously estimated to bring between £1.4 million and £1.6 million (or $2.2 million - $2.5 million), the pre-war British sports car sparked off a long and intense three-way bidding war between customers in the room and on the telephones, eventually selling to a European bidder for £2.9 million (or $4.6 million), and breaking the previous record the auction house had held for a pre-War Aston Martin.