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The Aston Martin DB5 was introduced at the 1963 Earls Court Motor Show. It had similar Touring-designed coachwork to the DB4 and an enlarged 4-liter version of Tadek Marek's race-engineered aluminum engine. It was a superior driver's car thanks to 170 improvements over the preceding model. Its legacy and popularity skyrocketed after being featured in the 1965 James Bond film, Goldfinger. Built through 1965, a total of 1,021 examples were made.
This particular original examples has had nearly four decades of ownership by its current owner. Chassis number 1305/L was optioned from the factory with overdrive and a final-drive ratio of 3.77:1. It was given three-eared hubcaps over chrome wheels, and Ace number plates reading 'DB5 1964.' It was completed by the Aston Martin factory in October of 1963 and finished in Platinum (white) paint and trimmed with dark blue Vaumol leather from Connolly Brothers. According to its chassis number, it was the fifth saloon built.
It was sold through British Motor Car distributors in San Francisco and was one of the first to be sold on the West Coast. It was acquired new by the Washington Fruit and Produce Company of Yakima, Washington, on behalf of John Bloxom, the company's owner and manager. It was acquired in mid-June 1964 and often driven 120 miles each month to a related business division in Hood River, Oregon. It was sold in the mid-1970s and passed to one or two intermediaries over the next few years before becoming available for sale in 1981 in Sausalito, California. That is when the car entered the care of its current San Francisco owner and has been in his care for 38 years.
This Aston Martin has never been completely restored. It has been regularly maintained and received some cosmetic refurbishments along the way. The front seats have been reupholstered in Connolly leather, and the body was taken down to bare metal and repainted in lacquer, all in keeping with the proper original color scheme of Platinum over dark blue.By Daniel Vaughan | Jan 2020
This particular original examples has had nearly four decades of ownership by its current owner. Chassis number 1305/L was optioned from the factory with overdrive and a final-drive ratio of 3.77:1. It was given three-eared hubcaps over chrome wheels, and Ace number plates reading 'DB5 1964.' It was completed by the Aston Martin factory in October of 1963 and finished in Platinum (white) paint and trimmed with dark blue Vaumol leather from Connolly Brothers. According to its chassis number, it was the fifth saloon built.
It was sold through British Motor Car distributors in San Francisco and was one of the first to be sold on the West Coast. It was acquired new by the Washington Fruit and Produce Company of Yakima, Washington, on behalf of John Bloxom, the company's owner and manager. It was acquired in mid-June 1964 and often driven 120 miles each month to a related business division in Hood River, Oregon. It was sold in the mid-1970s and passed to one or two intermediaries over the next few years before becoming available for sale in 1981 in Sausalito, California. That is when the car entered the care of its current San Francisco owner and has been in his care for 38 years.
This Aston Martin has never been completely restored. It has been regularly maintained and received some cosmetic refurbishments along the way. The front seats have been reupholstered in Connolly leather, and the body was taken down to bare metal and repainted in lacquer, all in keeping with the proper original color scheme of Platinum over dark blue.By Daniel Vaughan | Jan 2020
2019 RM Sothebys : Monterey
Pre-Auction Estimates :
USD $700,000-USD $900,000
Sale Price :
USD $643,000
1964 Aston Martin DB5 Auction Sales
Recent Sales of the Aston Martin DB5
(Data based on Model Year 1964 sales)
1964 Aston Martin DB5 Sports Saloon Chassis#: DB5/1796/L Sold for USD$632,071 2023 Bonhams : The Zoute Sale | |
1964 Aston Martin DB5 Chassis#: DB5/1497/R Sold for USD$582,500 2023 Broad Arrow : Monterey Jet Center | |
1964 Aston Martin DB5 Sports Saloon Project Chassis#: DB5/1500/R Sold for USD$428,222 2023 Bonhams : Festival of Speed | |
1964 Aston Martin DB5 Sports Saloon Chassis#: DB5/1760R Sold for USD$819,993 2023 Bonhams : Festival of Speed | |
1964 Aston Martin DB5 'Project' Chassis#: DB5/1736/R Sold for USD$510,579 2023 RM Sothebys : Villa Erba | |
1964 Aston Martin DB5 Chassis#: DB5/1849/L Sold for USD$816,121 2023 RM Sothebys : Paris | |
1964 Aston Martin DB5 'Project' Chassis#: DB5/1482/R Sold for USD$378,356 2022 RM Sothebys : London | |
1964 Aston Martin DB5 Sports Saloon Chassis#: DB5/1674/R Sold for USD$372,555 2022 Bonhams : Goodwood Revival | |
1964 Aston Martin DB5 Chassis#: DB5/1681/R Sold for USD$2,425,000 2022 Broad Arrow Auctions : Monterey Jet Center Auction | |
1964 Aston Martin DB5 Chassis#: DB5/1466/L Sold for USD$912,500 2021 RM Sothebys : Monterey | |
1964 Aston Martin DB5 'Vantage Specification' Chassis#: DB5/1900/R Sold for USD$852,000 2020 RM Sothebys : The Elkhart Collection | |
1964 Aston Martin DB5 Chassis#: DB5/1561/R Sold for USD$708,750 2020 Silverstone - Race Retro Classic & Competition Car Sale | |
1964 Aston Martin DB5 Chassis#: DB5/1612/L Sold for USD$637,500 2019 Gooding & Company : Pebble Beach | |
1964 Aston Martin DB5 Chassis#: DB5/1305/L Sold for USD$643,000 2019 RM Sothebys : Monterey | |
1964 Aston Martin DB5 Sports Saloon Chassis#: DB5/1436/R Sold for USD$1,096,817 2019 Bonhams : Aston Martin Sale | |
1964 Aston Martin DB5 Sports Saloon to Vantage Specification Chassis#: DB5/1900/R Sold for USD$832,100 2019 Bonhams : Goodwood Members Meeting | |
1964 Aston Martin DB5 4.2-Litre Sports Saloon Chassis#: DB5/1926/R Sold for USD$944,435 2018 Bonhams : The Bond Street Sale | |
1964 Aston Martin DB5 4.3-Litre Sports Saloon Chassis#: DB5/1758/R Sold for USD$594,066 2018 Bonhams : Goodwood | |
1964 ASTON MARTIN DB5 Sold for USD$1,114,295 2018 Coys - Blenheim Palace | |
1964 Aston Martin DB5 4.2-Litre Sports Saloon Chassis#: DB5/1614/R Sold for USD$836,713 2018 Bonhams : The Aston Martin Sale |
Aston Martin DB5s That Failed To Sell At Auction
1964 Aston Martin DB5's that have appeared at auction but did not sell.
Vehicle | Chassis | Event | High Bid | Est. Low | Est. High |
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1964 Aston Martin DB5 | DB5/1756/R | 2024 RM Sothebys : Cliveden House | $400,000 | $450,000 | |
1964 Aston Martin DB5 Sports Saloon | DB5/1756/R | 2023 Bonhams : Bond Street Sale | $475,000 | $550,000 | |
1964 Aston Martin DB5 | DB5/1406/R | 2022 RM Sothebys : London | $625,000 | $675,000 | |
1964 Aston Martin DB5 4.2-Litre Sports Saloon | DB5/1365/R | 2021 Bonhams : Goodwood Revival : Collectors Motor Cars and Automobilia | $450,000 | $550,000 | |
1964 Aston Martin DB5 | DB5/1690/R | 2021 Gooding & Company : Pebble Beach Concours Auction | $650,000 | $725,000 | |
1964 Aston Martin DB5 Convertible | DB5C/1512/R | 2021 Bonhams : Goodwood Festival of Speed | $1,300,000 | $1,700,000 | |
1964 Aston Martin DB5 4.2-Litre Sports Saloon | DB5/1614/R | 2020 Bonhams : The Bond Street Sale | $600,000 | $650,000 | |
1964 Aston Martin DB5 Sports Saloon | DB5/1436/R | 2020 Bonhams : Goodwood Speedweek | $700,000 | $800,000 | |
1964 Aston Martin DB5 4.7-Litre Sports Saloon | DB5/1751/R | 2019 Bonhams : The Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale | |||
1964 Aston Martin DB5 | D351430R | 2019 Historics at Brooklands MercedesBenz World | $525,000 | $575,000 | |
1964 Aston Martin DB5 | D351430R | 2018 Historics @ Brooklands Motor Museum | $550,000 | $600,000 | |
1964 Aston Martin DB5 4.2-Litre Sports Saloon | DB5/1692/R | 2018 Bonhams : Goodwood Revival | $650,000 | $750,000 | |
1964 Aston Martin DB5 Vantage Specification | DB5/1401/R | 2017 RM Sothebys : London | $785,000 | $900,000 | |
1964 Aston Martin DB5 | DB5/1614/R | 2017 H & H Auctions Woodcote Park | $700,000 | $800,000 | |
1964 Aston Martin DB5 Convertible | DB5C/1295/R | 2015 Bonhams : The Scottsdale Auction | $1,400,000 | $1,700,000 | |
1964 Aston Martin DB5 Sports Saloon | DB5/1538/R | 2011 Bonhams Automobilia, Motos de collection et Automobiles d'exception au Grand Palais | $225,000 | $275,000 | |
1964 Aston Martin DB5 Convertible | DB5C/1285/R | 2010 RM Auctions Automobiles of London | $295,000 | $320,000 | $375,000 |
1964 Aston Martin DB5 Saloon | DB5/1681/R | 2005 Bonhams Collectors' Motor Cars, Motorcycles and Related Automobilia | $50,000 | $60,000 |
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