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Most-Expensive Car Ever: 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO

26 August 2018 by Henk Bekker in $10 Million Plus, California, FP, Monterey, News, Records, USA

The most-expensive car ever sold at public auction is a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO that $48,405,000 was paid for at the RM Sotheby's Monterey 2018 sale. The highest price ever paid for a car in a public sale was $48,405,000 for a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO at the RM Sotheby's Monterey 2018 classic car auction held on August 25, 2018, in Monterey, California, USA. The previous record … [Read more...]

1951 Vincent 998cc Black Lightning – the Most-Expensive Motorcycle Ever

26 January 2018 by Henk Bekker in News, Press Releases, Records, USA

1951 Vincent 998cc Black Lightning at Auction

Bonhams sold Jack Ehret’s Australian Speed Record-Setting 1951 Vincent Black Lightning for nearly $1-million in Las Vegas, as the most-expensive motorcycle ever sold at public auction. Bonhams achieved a new world record high price for a motorcycle when the Australian speed record-setting, 1951 Vincent 998cc Black Lightning motorcycle sold for $929,000 in Las Vegas, USA. … [Read more...]

1939 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Lungo Spider: Most-Expensive Prewar Car Ever

22 August 2016 by Henk Bekker in $10 Million Plus, Monterey, Records

1939 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Lungo Spider by Touring

A 1939 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Lungo Spider by Touring sold for $19,800,000 at RM Sotheby’s Monterey 2016 as the most-expensive prewar car ever. It is also by far the most expensive Alfa Romeo ever sold at public auction and the eighth highest price ever paid for a car at public auction. Note: The pre-war record was raised by a 1935 Duesenberg SSJ, chassis J-563, that sold for … [Read more...]

2016 (January) Ten Most-Expensive Cars Sold at Public Auction

1 February 2016 by Henk Bekker in Records

1937 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Special Roadster by Sindelfingen

A 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Special Roadster sold for $9,900,000 by RM Sotheby’s leads the list of the most-expensive cars sold at public auction in 2016. After the January classic and collector car sales during the annual Scottsdale week in Arizona and the Kissimmee auction in Florida, an eclectic collection of marques makes up the list of the ten most-expensive cars sold at … [Read more...]

1956 Ferrari 290 MM – Most-Expensive Car in 2015

11 December 2015 by Henk Bekker in FP, Others, Records, USA

1956 Ferrari 290 MM by Scaglietti

A 1956 Ferrari 290 MM achieved $28 million at RM Sotheby’s Driven by Disruption Sale in New York as the most-expensive car sold at public auction in 2015. This 1956 Ferrari 290 MM by Scaglietti, chassis no. 0626, is also the third most-expensive car ever sold at public auction – only the 1962/3 Ferrari 250 GTO that Bonhams sold for $38 million in 2014 and the 1954 Mercedes Benz … [Read more...]

Most-Expensive Car Ever: 1962-3 Ferrari 250 GTO

15 August 2014 by Henk Bekker in California, FP, Monterey, News, Quail Lodge, Records, USA

1962 Ferrari 250 GTO sold by Bonhams

A 1962-63 Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinetta achieved $38,115,000 at the Bonhams Quail Lodge Sale as the most-expensive car ever sold at public auction. A 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinetta with coachwork by Scaglietti became the most-expensive car ever sold at public auction when $38,115,000 was paid for the Ferrari at the 2014 Bonhams Quail Lodge sale in Carmel, California. This … [Read more...]

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