The 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder, formerly owned by Oscar winning actor, James Coburn, sold for $10,894,400 (€7,040,000 , £5,598,208) at the RM Auctions / Sotheby’s sale in Maranello in 2008. It was the first car ever to have sold for more than $10 million at auction and broke the record set in 1987 by the 1931 Bugatti Royale Kellner Coupe that Chrisie’s sold for $9.8 million.
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