1939 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Lungo Spider by Touring

1939 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Lungo Spider by Touring

1939 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Lungo Spider by Touring

Auction: RM Sotheby’s Monterey 2016

Estimate: $20 to 25 million

Sold for $19,800,000 as the most-expensive Alfa Romeo ever, the most-expensive pre Second World War car ever, and the eighth most-expensive car ever sold at public auction.

Photo: Darin Schnabel ©2016 Courtesy RM Sotheby’s

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