This year’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance threw up a few surprises like the launch of the $150,00 Spyker B6 Ventor but no one would have been too shocked to have seen millions of dollars change hands at a 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 N.A.R.T. Spider went under the hammer at charitable event.
RM Auctions are claiming that the $27.5 million that the classic Ferrari was sold for is the world’s second most expensive car sold at auction. At £17.5 million it’s only a couple of million shy of the £19.6 that a Mercedes W196 raised in a Bonhams auction at Goodwood last month but it’s definitely the most expensive Ferrari sold at auction. The auctioneers listed the car, one of ten North American Racing Team convertible models, at between $14 million and $17 million. Other cars that went under the hammer included a 1928 Mercedes-Benz 680S Torpedo that fetched $8.25 million and a 1931 Bentley 4.5 litre Supercharged Le Mans that went for $4.65 million.
The 63rd annual Concours d’Elegance was a happy hunting ground for RM Auctions who saw a 1953 Ferrari 375 Spider go for $9 million, a 1955 Ferrari 750 Monza Spider fetch $4 million, a Ferrari 166 MM Barchetta sell for $3 million and a Ferrari 400 Superamerica SWB Aerodinamico Coupe achieve a $2.75 million price. Bonhams auctioneers didn’t fare as well with the Prancing Horse, but sold a 1953 Ferrari 250 Europa Vignale Coupe for $2.8 million.
Four of the top ten sales over the weekend were for Ferraris, and overall a record breaking$301 million was spent at auction.
via Eurocarblog
