Our archive holds 10 confirmed sales of the Rolex reference 116518 in US dollars, across 4 auction houses between 2006 and 2026. These are settled transactions, not asking prices.
What it sells for
The median result is $24,865. The mean is $27,490. Those two figures sit close together, which means no single exceptional lot is distorting the picture.
Half of all recorded sales fall between $15,000 and $35,560. The full range runs from $11,250 to $63,500, a spread of 137% across the middle half.
How it performs against estimate
Of 10 sales where the house published an estimate, 60% beat the high estimate and 0% fell short of the low. Specialists underprice this reference more often than they overprice it.
Asking prices against realised prices
We currently track 3 retail listings for this reference. The cheapest asks $20,000, which is 20% below the median auction result. A dealer asking under the auction median is worth a closer look, though condition and completeness explain much of any gap.
How to read these figures
Every number here comes from completed auctions, hammer plus buyer's premium, converted where necessary and restricted to US dollar sales so the comparison is like for like. Condition, completeness and dial variant account for much of the spread within a single reference, so treat the median as market context rather than a valuation of any particular example.
