Bentley · 1953–1998
R-Type
Dated sale results, live auctions and asking prices for this model, each linked to the page it came from.
Median sale, 12 mo
$25,540
5 dated results
Middle half
$15,250 – $34,500
25th to 75th percentile
Range
$6,100 – $37,000
lowest to highest sale
Asking now
$76,500
median of 6 listings
Median moved down 15% since the previous refresh (from $30,020).
Sale results over time
Observed dates on the x-axis; reported sale on the y-axis. Points more than 90 days apart are not joined, so gaps stay visible. Sample composition may change between points.
Sources: Bring a Trailer(opens in a new tab), Hemmings(opens in a new tab) · last read Nov 8, 2026
For sale now
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1954 Bentley R-Type (opens in a new tab)Hemmings$44,000/uimage/158095552.jpg)
1998 Bentley Continental (opens in a new tab)Hemmings$76,500/uimage/158378228.jpg)
1954 Bentley R-Type (opens in a new tab)Hemmings$183,943/uimage/143730378.jpg)
1953 Bentley R-Type (opens in a new tab)Hemmings$995,000/uimage/138041892.jpg)
1953 Bentley R-Type (opens in a new tab)Hemmings$21,750/uimage/161891570.jpg)
1954 Bentley R-Type (opens in a new tab)Hemmings$11,750
Asking prices are what sellers want, not what anyone paid.
Sale results
Completed auctions with a published result and date. Newest first.
43-Years-Owned 1955 Bentley R-Type Saloon (opens in a new tab)Bring a Trailer · Oct 30, 2026$34,500
1953 Bentley R-Type Park Ward Fixed-Head Coupe Project (opens in a new tab)Bring a Trailer · Aug 15, 2026$15,250
1953 Bentley R-Type Saloon 4-Speed (opens in a new tab)Bring a Trailer · Aug 3, 2026$37,000
1954 Bentley R-Type Saloon (opens in a new tab)Bring a Trailer · Apr 29, 2026$25,540
1953 Bentley R-Type Saloon 4-Speed Project (opens in a new tab)Bring a Trailer · Mar 20, 2026$6,100
1953 Bentley R-Type Empress Saloon by Hooper (opens in a new tab)Bring a Trailer · Nov 7, 2025$40,250- 1953 Bentley R-Type Saloon 4-Speed Project (opens in a new tab)Bring a Trailer · Sep 16, 2025$3,000
1953 Bentley R-Type Saloon (opens in a new tab)Bring a Trailer · Sep 12, 2025$15,000
1954 Bentley R-Type Saloon 4-Speed (opens in a new tab)Bring a Trailer · Aug 22, 2025$10,100
1954 Bentley R-Type Saloon 4-Speed (opens in a new tab)Bring a Trailer · Jul 25, 2025$9,100
53-Years-Family-Owned 1953 Bentley R-Type Saloon 4-Speed (opens in a new tab)Bring a Trailer · Aug 19, 2024$26,005
1953 Bentley R-Type Drophead Coupe by Park Ward (opens in a new tab)Bring a Trailer · Aug 16, 2024$67,500
1953 Bentley R-Type Saloon 4-Speed “The Arctic Circle Bentley” (opens in a new tab)Bring a Trailer · Oct 9, 2023$36,750
1953 Bentley R-Type Saloon 4-Speed Project (opens in a new tab)Bring a Trailer · Aug 7, 2023$8,600
1953 Bentley R-Type Saloon 4-Speed (opens in a new tab)Bring a Trailer · Aug 4, 2023$32,000
1953 Bentley R-Type Saloon 4-Speed (opens in a new tab)Bring a Trailer · Apr 30, 2023$29,750
41-Years-Family-Owned 1953 Bentley R-Type Saloon 4-Speed (opens in a new tab)Bring a Trailer · Jul 21, 2022$37,000
1954 Bentley R-Type Saloon (opens in a new tab)Bring a Trailer · Jun 12, 2022$38,000
Did not sell
Auctions that ended with the reserve not met. The high bid is shown; it is not a sale and is not in the median.
1953 Bentley R-Type Saloon (opens in a new tab)Bring a Trailer · Mar 28, 2025$56,000
1953 Bentley R-Type Saloon 4-Speed (opens in a new tab)Bring a Trailer · Oct 10, 2024$15,750
1954 Bentley R Type Saloon (opens in a new tab)Bring a Trailer · Oct 3, 2024$8,600
1953 Bentley R-Type Saloon 4-Speed Project (opens in a new tab)Bring a Trailer · Jan 11, 2023$12,750
1955 Bentley R-Type Saloon (opens in a new tab)Bring a Trailer · Dec 3, 2022$19,250
1953 Bentley R-Type Saloon (opens in a new tab)Bring a Trailer · Nov 11, 2022$21,555
1954 Bentley R-Type Saloon (opens in a new tab)Bring a Trailer · Oct 5, 2021$32,000