Top 50 car sales at the 2017 Amelia Island Auctions

The collectible automobile auctions marketplace continued to surprise everyone in Amelia Island this week, with the weather playing the final wildcard to prevent any analysis of the results having much meaning. Total sales were US$121.3 million, down from $140 million last year, but that doesn't mean much when the crowds headed for the auctions decided to go elsewhere when they had looked at the weather map.

Hagerty reports that the the average sale price was $332,345, which was down from an average sale price of $420,551 in 2016. It doesn't mean much because of all the disparate factors that influenced the weekend and the sale.

Apart from the weather, this year's sale didn't include a Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder. Last year, one such car sold for $17.2 million, which just about covers the entire 2017 auction cluster shortfall compared to 2016. Nor did the 2017 sales have a collection as significant as the Jerry Seinfeld Porsche Collection, which sold for $22.2 million last year.

The average sale price was down in 2017 for myriad reasons but mainly because of lack of sales in the $10 million plus premium area, many of the hero cars failing to sell, and cars sold above $2 million being hence notably scarce.

Rather than attempt to unravel the auction, we've pulled together the most notable sales and non-sales, and thrown in a dozen outliers we liked.

No sale | 1957 Jaguar XKSS

No sale | 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta

No sale | 1950 Ferrari 166 MM Barchetta by Touring

$7,700,000 | 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Cabriolet by Vanvooren

No sale | 1928 Bentley 4½-Litre Le Mans Sports "Bobtail"

$5,665,000 | 1998 Porsche 911 GT1 Strassenversion

No sale | 2015 Ferrari La Ferrari

$2,640,000 | 1995 Ferrari F50

$2,392,500 | 2015 McLaren P1

Gooding & Co

$2,365,000 | 1956 Maserati A6G/54 Coupe Series III by Frua

$2,250,000 | 1949 Aston Martin DB Mk II

$2,145,000 | 1936 Lancia Astura Cabriolet Series III "Tipo Bocca"

$2,227,500 | 1955 Ferrari 250 Europa GT Alloy

$1,842,500 | 1964 Ferrari 275 GTB

$1,750,000 | 1989 Mazda 767B

$1,705,000 | 1929 Stutz Model M Supercharged Coupe by Lancefield

$1,705,000 |1966 Aston Martin Short-Chassis Volante

$1,683,000 | 1956 Bentley S1 Continental Drophead Coupe

$1,650,000 | 2012 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport

$1,540,000 | 1949 Aston Martin DB Mk II

$1,540,000 | 1993 Porsche 964 Turbo S Leichtbau

$1,485,000 | 1990 Ferrari F40

$1,375,000 | 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 3.0

$1,375,000 | 1953 Fiat 8V Supersonic by Ghia

$1,375,000 | 1977 Porsche 934/5

$1,358,500 | 1954 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing

$1,347,500 | 1958 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I Drophead Coupe "Honeymoon Express" by Freestone & Webb

$1,347,500 | 1952 Bentley R-Type Continental Fastback Sports Saloon by H.J. Mulliner

$1,320,000 | 1955 Lancia Aurelia B24S Spider America

$1,300,000 | 1955 Lancia Aurelia B24S Spider America

$1,248,500 | 1953 Lancia Aurelia PF200 C Spider by Pinin Farina

No sale | 1938 Talbot-Lago T150C 'Lago Speciale' Cabriolet

$1,237,500 | 1933 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Special Newmarket Permanent Sedan by Brewster

$1,144,000 | 1957 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing

$1,100,00 | 1955 Alfa Romeo 1900C SS Coupe Zagato

$990,000 | 1965 Aston Martin DB5

$957,000 | 1958 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster

$902,000 | 1933 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A Dual Cowl Sports Tourer by Castagna

$880,000 | 1950 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 SS Coupe by Touring

$770,000 | 2005 Porsche Carrera GT

$770,000 | 1938 Graham 97 Supercharged Cabriolet

$748,000 | 1967 Ferrari 330 GTC by Pininfarina

$726,000 | 1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Tourer by Hemmings

$698,000 | 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Cabriolet B by Sindelfingen

$632,000 | 1934 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental Drophead Sedanca Coupe by Gurney Nutting

$550,000 | 1947 Cisitalia 202 SC Cabriolet

$550,000 | 1911 Pierce-Arrow Model 48 Touring

$522,500 | 1933 Packard Twelve Convertible Victoria

$517,000 | 1964 Porsche 356 Carrera 2 Coupe

$506,000 | 1953 Mercedes-Benz 300 S Roadster

$478,500 | 1967 Maserati Mistral 4000 Spider

$473,000 | 1958 Porsche 356 A Speedster by Reutter

$467,500 | 1969 Ferrari Dino 206 GT

$335,500 | 1986 Lamborghini Countach 5000S

$330,000 | 2008 Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione

$324,500 | 1954 Arnolt Bristol Prototype Roadster

$292,600 | 1904 Knox 16/18HP "Tudor" Five-Passenger Touring

$275,000 | 1951 Allard J2

$242,000 | 1947 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith Cabriolet