The most expensive cars ever sold at auction - at up to $142M
- A whopping eight Ferraris feature in the 最高の,を越す 10 priciest auction sales - the remaining two are Mercedes cars
- The 記録,記録的な/記録する-high winning 企て,努力,提案s placed at auctions around the world (期間が)わたる from $26.4m to a staggering $142m
Classic cars have been one of the fastest 高く評価する/(相場などが)上がるing high-value 資産s, 増加するing in price faster than art, ワイン, 所有物/資産/財産 and even precious metals.
That is why collectors are willing to 支払う/賃金 through the nose to 安全な・保証する the most 望ましい models of all.?
But what is the most money ever spent on a モーター 乗り物 sold at auction?
Here's the 最高の,を越す 10 countdown of models to change 手渡すs for the biggest sums when 大打撃を与えるs dropped in auction rooms.
10. 1964 Ferrari 275 GTB/C Speciale - $26,400,000
Sold:?16 August 2014
Auction: RM Sotheby's Monterey Sale, California, USA
Just three 275GTB/C Speciale Ferraris were ever created by coachbuilding specialists Scaglietti.?The other two aren't likely to be made 利用できる any time soon
The other two are said to be 心にいだくd by 私的な collectors who have no 意向 to sell - that might explain why the 利益/興味 was so high for this one 支援する in 2014
This is where the 猛攻撃 of high-price Ferraris kicks off.?
The 1964 275GTB/C Speciale was designed in a no-expense-spared 企て,努力,提案 to take on the Ford GT40 and Shelby Cobra Daytona at Le Mans.?
It was the first Ferrari to feature 独立した・無所属 後部 中断 and this example is the first 版 of a 生産/産物 run of just three models spawned from the Maranello factory in Italy.?
The other two are said to be 心にいだくd by 私的な collectors who have no 意向 to sell - that might explain why the 利益/興味 was so high for this one 支援する in 2014. It sold for a 大規模な $26.4million in California in August that year.
9. 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB4/S N.A.R.T. Spider - $27,500,000
Sold:?17 August 2013
Auction: RM Sotheby's Monterey Sale, California, USA
This?1967 Ferrari 275 GTB4/S N.A.R.T. Spider became the most expensive model to be sold at auction when the 大打撃を与える dropped in 2013
The fully 回復するd example is one of only 10 高度に 望ましい N.A.R.T. Spiders ever built. It was 報告(する)/憶測d that the winning 入札者 was Aston ツバメ F1 team boss, Lawrence Stroll
When this 減少(する)-最高の,を越す Ferrari went under the 大打撃を与える in California in 2013 it became the most expensive car sold at auction at the time.?
Yet the $27.5million price tag (£17.6million when 変えるd to 続けざまに猛撃するs at the time of the sale) has been (太陽,月の)食/失墜d by a number of モーターs since - a (疑いを)晴らす signal of how strong the classic car market has been in the last 10年間.
It stood out for making an 外見 in the 1968 film The Thomas 栄冠を与える 事件/事情/状勢 featuring Steve McQueen but also for 存在 kept in 選び出す/独身-所有権 from new until the date of the then-記録,記録的な/記録する sale in 2013.
The fully 回復するd example is one of only?10 高度に 望ましい N.A .R.T. Spiders ever built.?It was 報告(する)/憶測d at the time of the event that the winning 入札者 was 億万長者 Canadian fashion entrepreneur and Aston ツバメ 決まり文句/製法 One team boss Lawrence Stroll.
8. 1956 Ferrari 290 MM - $28,050,000
Sold:?10 December 2015
Auction: RM Sotheby's Driven by Disruption sale, New York, USA
The 1956 Ferrari 290 MM is an ex-作品 racer built for 決まり文句/製法 One racing legend Juan Manuel Fangio as the Italian brand looked to take the fight to Mercedes-Benz at the Mille Miglia
It sold in 2015 for?$28,050,000 (£18.5million) and remains one of the most expensive モーター cars to change 手渡すs
The 1956 Ferrari 290 MM is an ex-作品 racer. Chassis 0626 was built for 決まり文句/製法 One racing legend Juan Manuel Fangio as the Italian brand looked to take the fight to Mercedes-Benz at the Mille Miglia.?
With the five-time F1 支持する/優勝者 at the wheel, it placed fourth - the number 458 sister car driven by Eugenio Castellotti took the 勝利,勝つ.?
The car went on to compete for nine years and 記録,記録的な/記録するs show it was never 衝突,墜落d - a remarkable 業績/成就 for a 競争 machine in one of the most dangerous 時代s of motorsport.?The fact it was never 難破させるd is also fortunate given that only four were ever made.?
The 1956 Ferrari 290 MM?sold in New York?in 2015 to a hat-trick of accolades, becoming the most expensive car sold in 2015, the most 価値のある モーター to ever change 手渡すs in New York and RM Sotheby's priciest lot at the time.?
7. 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 - $29,600,000
Sold:?12 July 2013
Auction:?Bonhams Goodwood Festival of 速度(を上げる) Sale, Chichester, UK
The Mercedes-Benz W196 Grand Prix car was the standout lot in the 2013 Goodwood Festival of 速度(を上げる) sale and remains today the most 価値のある モーター sold at auction in Britain with bidding の近くにing at almost £20million
This incredible Silver Arrows Mercedes was raced by Juan Manuel Fangio, taking the chequered 旗 at both the スイスの and German Grand Prix in 1954.?
The Mercedes-Benz W196 Grand Prix car was the standout lot in the 2013 Goodwood Festival of 速度(を上げる) sale and remains today the most 価値のある モーター sold at auction in Britain with bidding の近くにing at almost £20million.
When it went to the 封鎖する it was in period 条件 - that 含むs every 明白な blemish, dirt and tyre rubber from its last 外見 on the 跡をつける.
6.?1967 Ferrari 412P Berlinetta -?$30,255,000
Sold: 18 August 2023
Auction:?Bonhams The Quail Auction, California, USA?
This 1967 Ferrari 4 12P Berlinetta 'former' race car sold in the summer of 2023 is 公式に the most expensive to change 手渡すs at a Bonhams auction
Before 長,率いるing to the 封鎖する, it was the 支配する of an 'exhaustive' nine-year 復古/返還 to revitalise the car to its 初めの glory and - just as importantly - make it suitable and 合法的な to be driven on public roads
This Ferrari sold in the summer of 2023 is 公式に the most expensive to change 手渡すs at a Bonhams auction.
Bought by a collector at The Quail Auction in California during August's Monterey Car Week, the rare Ferrari 412P Berlinetta racer 達成するd $30.25million.?
This exceptional car is unparalleled in its rarity, as it’s just one of two 412Ps 建設するd.?
Before 長,率いるing to the 封鎖する, it was the 支配する of an 'exhaustive' nine-year 復古/返還 to revitalise t he car to its 初めの glory and - just as importantly - make it suitable and 合法的な to be driven on public roads.?
'Thanks to its 充てるd lineage of owners and the stewardship of its 販売人, the 412P stands as an 耐えるing piece of art that 栄誉(を受ける)s the Ferrari 遺産/遺物. It was a 特権 to be ゆだねるd with its sale and to 達成する such an exceptional 結果 that 尊敬(する)・点s that fully,' commented Rupert 旗,新聞一面トップの大見出し/大々的に報道する from Bonhams Cars.
5. 1957 Ferrari 335 Sport Scaglietti - $35,730,510
Sold:?5 February 2016
Auction:?Artcurial Retromobile Sale, Paris, フラン
When this Ferrari sold in 2016, Artcurial thought it had 始める,決める a new 記録,記録的な/記録する to become the most expensive モーター to go 経由で auction...
The auction house believed it to be a new 記録,記録的な/記録する when the 大打撃を与える dropped at just over ?32million. Artcurial even created a special hashtag on Twitter at the time - but once 変えるd to dollars it fell short of the 最高の,を越す 位置/汚点/見つけ出す
Many argue that had the 交流 率 of the euro been better at the time of its sale, this could have taken the 肩書を与える as the most expensive car sold at auction.
The 1957 Ferrari 335 Sport by Scaglietti - 同様に as 存在 減少(する)-dead gorgeous - had 始める,決める 記録,記録的な/記録する times at Le Mans and competed in the 初めの Mille Miglia 決起大会/結集させる.
Artcurial believed it had 始める,決める a new 記録,記録的な/記録する when the 大打撃を与える dropped at just over ?32million?- even cr eating a special hashtag on Twitter at the time - but once 変えるd to dollars it fell short of the 最高の,を越す 位置/汚点/見つけ出す. Ouch!
4. 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO - $38,115,000
Sold:?14 August 2014
Auction:?Bonhams?Quail 宿泊する Auction, California, USA
This Ferrari 250 GTO sold by Bonhams in 2014 was the most expensive car to ever sell at auction for the best part of four years. It was 申し込む/申し出d to a 私的な 買い手 for the first time in half a century, having been kept in one family's 所有権 for 49 years
This Ferrari held the 栄冠を与える as the most expensive car to ever sell at auction for the best part of four years.
Sold for $38,115,000 during the summer 2014, the 250 GTO was 申し込む/申し出d to a 私的な 買い手 for the first time in half a century, having been kept in one family's 所有権 for 49 years.?
While that's a hell of a lot of money to splurge on four wheels, it's still not enough to make it the most 価値のある car of all time.
It was built to contest the 1963 FIA World GT 選手権s. Not only did it take part, but it took the 栄冠を与える that year and is considered one of the most-race and best-known 250 GTOs of all time.?
3.?1962 Ferrari 250 GTO - $48,405,000
Sold:?26 August 2018
Auction:?RM Sotheby's Monterey Sale, California, USA
The former priciest model to go under the 大打撃を与える was another Ferrari 250 GTO from 1962 - this one sold during Monterey car week by RM Sotheby's in 2018?
Chassis number 3413 GT is one of the earliest made. It was the third 250 GTO to ever leave the Maranello 生産/産物 line, though it's 広範囲にわたって believed that all 36 examples remain in 存在 today and has a glittering racing history
This 1962 Ferrari GTO had been the priciest model to ever go under the 大打撃を与える for four years, having dethroned the GTO above at an RM Sotheby's sale during Monterey car week in 2018.
Chassis number 3413 GT is one of the earliest made. It was the third 250 GTO to ever leave the Maranello 生産/産物 line, though it's 広範囲にわたって believed that all 36 examples remain in 存在 today and?has a glittering racing history.?
It's also another example that 誇るs it was never spearheaded bumper first into a 衝突,墜落 障壁 during its 回路・連盟 偉業/利用するs.
It 達成するd a staggering $48.4million at the Monterey auction during America's biggest モーター 会合,会う, which is 二塁打 the price of the sister car (above) it 取って代わるd at the 最高の,を越す of the かつてない auction sale standings.
2. 1962 Ferrari 330 LM/250 GTO - $51,705,000
Sold: 13 November 2023
Auction:?RM Sotheby's 'The One' Auction, New York, USA
The most expensive Ferrari to ever sell at auction: This みごたえのある 1962 330 LM/250 GTO - 広範囲にわたって considered the rarest example of Ferrari's most celebrated and sought-after classic car - sold for $51.7million. This is the highest price anyone has ever paid for a Ferrari at public sale
The '250 GTO' has been incredibly 井戸/弁護士席 cared for and 乾燥した,日照りの 蓄える/店d by one owner for the last 38 years. It comes with the 伝統的な GTO contrasting blue racing seats
Taking second 位置/汚点/見つけ出す in the 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる) of the most expensive cars ever sold at auction is also the most 最近の - a glorious Ferrari dubbed the '宗教上の grail of all collector cars'.
It was 申し込む/申し出d to the highest 入札者 by RM Sotheby's on 13 November, but not at a 伝統的な モーター auction. Instead, it was amongst some of the world's most expensive and collectible modern and 同時代の art at the auction house's most prestigious sale of the year hosted in New York.
The みごたえのある 1962 Ferrari 330LM/250 GTO?is 広範囲にわたって considered the rarest example of Ferrari's most celebrated and sought-after classic car.
That's because chassis number 3765 is the only 250 GTO ever 公式に entered into 競争 by the 製造業者’s own racing team, Scuderia Ferrari.?
The winning 企て,努力,提案 of $51.7million - which 作品 out at 概略で £42.1million - is the highest price anyone has ever paid for a Ferrari at public sale and makes this the second most expensive モーター sold at auction of all time.
1.?1955 Mercedes 300 SLR Uhlenhaut クーデター - $142,000,000
Sold:?5 May 2022
Auction:?RM Sotheby's 最高の,を越す secret auction at Mercedes Museum, Stuttgart, Germany
This 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut クーデター was sold to a 私的な collector at a 最高の,を越す-secret RM Sotheby's auction hosted at Mercedes' museum in Germany on 5 May 2022
For years, collectors have 審議d if Mercedes-Benz would ever let either of the two 300 SLR クーデターs out of the company's 所有権 and sell it to a 私的な 買い手. This is what has driven the monumental price tag for this very special car?
Auction house RM Sotheby's sold the most expensive - and by some distance - モーター 乗り物 in 2022. At the time, the sale price was almost three times the previous 記録,記録的な/記録する.
The car in question is one of just two 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut クーデターs the German car 会社/堅い built, which changed 手渡すs for a monumental $142,000,000 (£115million).
It was bought by a 私的な collector at an auction with a difference. That's because, while still a public sale, it was a secret, behind-の近くにd-doors, 招待する-only event hosted by Sotheby's and Mercedes at the 製造業者's museum in Germany on 5 May 2022. Only those with pockets 深い enough were みなすd 適格の for an 入ること/参加(者) ticket.
RM Sotheby's said the car has 'always been regarded as one of the 広大な/多数の/重要な jewels of モーターing history' and its sale is a monumental moment with few ever imagining that it would be 申し込む/申し出d to a 私的な 買い手 by the German 製造業者.?
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