Ten highlights from the Andrews auction

If there's a lesson recent auctions have taught us, it's that 1960s Ferrari convertibles are not cheap. The latest to hoover up millions of pounds from a wealthy car collector is this short-wheelbase 400 Superamerica.

This particular car was displayed at the 1962 Geneva and New York motor shows, has been raced at the Bonneville salt flats, and comes with Ferrari Classiche certification (a good thing, but an expensive thing).

Worried its rather exciting past has taken its toll? A thorough restoration was carried out in 2005, and the 400 has collected several Concours show honours since.

We don't know who its new owner is, but dropping five mill on a car will probably convince them to tuck it a way in a cocooned environment. With a 340bhp 4-litre V12 engine beneath that swooping bonnet, though, we implore them to get it out on the road to titillate the ears of all who it passes.

The next most expensive car sold from the Andrews collection is this slice of classic Americana. Extracting a mere 160bhp from a V12 engine might not light your fire, but its impeccable proportions should. The long nose/small cabin look synomous with 1930s classics is as superbly turned out as its side-slung spare and its white wall tyres.

In short, it looks the business. It's one of five known survivors of its type - no doubt a major reason behind its plump sales figure - and it comes with a host of Concours titles to its name. Your New York gangster fantasies are just a black and white filter away from perfect.

Over a million quid for a Cobra is a lot, especially when you consider how cheaply you can get an entirely authentic looking replica.

But this is no facsimile. Back in 1962, this was the first ever Cobra race car sold to the public, though with 340bhp prepared to grenade its rear tyres, we doubt it was as accessible as a modern day Caterham Academy car. Looks one heck of a lot cooler, though.

It's also worth a fair bit more than its 1960s asking price, which was a princely $7471. Wow.

Another glorious old American racer worth a quite glorious amount of money. Even more powerful than the Cobra, propulsion comes courtesy of a 360bhp V8 engine working through a four-speed manual gearbox.

It had an exceedingly successful 1962, winning races aplenty in the ‘SCCA A-Production' series with Dick Thompson at its helm, before being converted for road use in 1963. Should you wish to return it to winning ways, it's eligible for historic racing. If you've a million quid taking up space in your bank account, please do so on our behalf...

One of our favourite cars when we first clapped eyes on the Andres Collection a few months ago, we're very pleased to see the Indianapolis towards the top of the under-the-hammer price rankings.

Just look at it, for starters: if you don't look at it for 30 seconds before concluding all cars should be orange and with exhausts protruding from the front wings, we recommend checking your pulse.

The work of Italian coachbuilder Boano (no relation of the Irishman who forces music onto your smartphone), the fact it has an engine - a 225bhp V8, at that - is almost of secondary importance. When a car looks this crackers, actually moving the thing is surely just a bonus.

Speaking of which, here's a car that's destined to stay static, unless you're really handy with the spanners. Though this display piece is described as fully functional: the ‘Vette's body lifts up from the mechanicals, which are all meticulously labelled and provide moving demonstrations of their own.

As you may have guessed, its origin is from the 1960s motor show circuit, and everything on the stand is from one finished, road-ready Corvette Stingray that was disassembled for the purpose.

And just like a regular, road-going classic, it's enjoyed a sympathetic restoration to get it into the shape you see here. Someone has just bagged themselves the greatest man cave centrepiece going. Half a mill well spent.

Prices of exotic old Italians are climbing at a scary rate at the moment. If the desirable Ferraris attracting millions aren't proof enough, then find some in this, the least desirable of all the Countachs selling for more than a new Aventador.

Sure, a 449bhp V12 and scissor doors rarely combine to create something that isn't desirable, but the 25th Anniversary Countach isn't known for its beauty when stood beside its simpler, svelter predecessors.

But to misquote an idiom, we wouldn't kick it out of our garage...

Yep: more money than a Ferrari 458 Speciale for a pickup. It's fair to say it's an extensively modified one, and a wondrous two-finger salute to those who reckon originality is key in the classic car market.

Under the hood? A 600bhp, 427 (i.e 7-litre) Ford V8, with independent front and multi-link rear suspension to ensure it can all be successfully deployed. There can't be a cooler way of taking things to the tip.

An MGB fetching BMW M4 money? Yup, though it's an MGB that's finished fourth in class at a Sebring 12-hour race and is one of just four original factory Lightweights.

It's been returned to its original livery for sale - red, white and blue, what else? - and comes ready to race again. If that Corvette was a bit to steep for you to live out your historic racer fantasies, will this do the trick?

Our final favourite from the Andrews Collection is one of the most attainable, selling last weekend for less than one per cent of the price of the most successful lot. It's also the price of a new Cayman S. So what's grabbed us so?

How about the Powerkit-equipped flat-six engine, with 381bhp? In a Cayman weighing far less than standard thanks to some strenuous dieting? Forget your FXXKs and P1 GT-Rs, this could be the perfect track car for mere mortals like us, retaining a simple six-speed manual gearbox, gaining some superb bucket seats, and looking exceedingly serious with its bare floor panels.

We hope it's already booked on its first half dozen trackdays.