Auction House: RM Sotheby’s
Price in USD: $9,900,000
Location of Sale: Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
This beautiful car set the record for the most expensive car ever sold at Scottsdale Classic Car Week this year. It's also the third most expensive Mercedes-Benz ever sold at auction. Despite turning 80 years old next year, this car is believed to have traveled just over 10,000 miles since new.
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Auction House: Gooding
Price in USD: $10,400,000
Location of Sale: Pebble Beach, California, USA
The car pictured above is the most expensive Bugatti ever sold. It's also the only Type 55 Roadster to see competitive action in the famous Mille Miglia road race, and rumor has it that this very car was used as a personal vehicle by company founder Jean Bugatti.
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Auction House: Gooding
Price in USD: $11,990,000
Location of Sale: Pebble Beach, California, USA
This Alfa is the second-most expensive ever sold, as being the second-most expensive prewar car ever sold. It features original "Brianza" bodywork and matching chassis and engine numbers. Further bolstering its collectors' appeal is its racing history.
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Auction House: Gooding
Price in USD: $13,500,000
Location of Sale: Pebble Beach, California, USA
This car finished in 7th place at the 1960 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans race. It is alloy-bodied, and features original Scaglietti coachwork together with matching numbers.
Image: © Darin Schnabel / RM Sotheby’s
Auction House: RM Sotheby’s
Price in USD: $13,750,000
Location of Sale: Monterey, California, USA
This Shelby became the most expensive American car ever sold at public auction when it changed hands earlier this year. It's particularly special as it's the very first Shelby Cobra ever built. During its heyday, it was used as a development, promotional and driver training car, and has been retained by Shelby until this year.
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Auction House: Gooding
Price in USD: $17,160,000
Location of Sale: Amelia Island, Florida, USA
Numerous examples of this particular model of car have changed hands for over $10 million in the past, however, this particular one is rather special. Not only is it an unrestored car that just happens to have been well-maintained, it has only had three owners from new over the course of 55 years. What's more is that it made a brief appearance in an Oscar-winning feature film starring Sophia Loren.
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Auction House: Gooding
Price in USD: $18,150,000
Location of Sale: Pebble Beach, California,USA
The sale of this car set a new record for a long wheelbase California Spider, and it became the fourth California Spider to sell for more than $15 million. This alloy-bodied competition car raced at the 1960 edition of the 12 Hours of Sebring race, finishing 5th overall.
Image: © Patrick Ernzen / RM Sotheby’s
Auction House: RM Sotheby’s
Price in USD: $21,780,000
Location of Sale: Monterey, California, USA
Believed to be the only D-Type in existence that still retains its original form, this car was the winner at the 1956 edition of the Le Mans 24 Hour race. Its sale this year meant that it became the most expensive British-built car ever sold at auction.
Image: © Christian Martin / Artcurial
Auction House: Artcurial
Price in USD: $ 35,711,359
Location of Sale: Paris, France
This incredible Ferrari won the 1957 Mille Miglia race with famous driver Wolfgang von Trips at the wheel, then became the very first car to do a lap of the track at Le Mans with an average speed exceeding 200km/h. It is only the second car in history to break the $30 million barrier at auction, and looks like it's worth every penny.
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