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Monterey is just around the corner, and early consignments at this year’s auctions may just rewrite the book on top all-time million-dollar sales. Here are ten of the cars they’ll need to beat, as listed in the SCM Platinum Database.
1. 1957 Ferrari...
1957 Ferrari 250 TR RM Auctions, MaranelloMay 17, 2009 SOLD at $12,402,500 Coachwork by Scaglietti. The grandaddy. Fourth TR of 34 built (21 like this with pontoon fenders), and the second customer car. Originally finished in white for Piero Drogo, who added the br...
2. 1961 Ferrari...
1961 Ferrari 250 GT California SWB RM Auctions, Maranello May 18, 2008 SOLD at $10,894,400 Number 13 of 56 SWB Californias built, fitted with highly praised covered headlights. Black hue applied some years ago with swirling in most areas, some minor chips to ...
3. 1931 Bugatti...
1931 Bugatti Type 41 Royale Christie's, London November 17, 1987 SOLD at $9,800,000 A new world auction record.
4. 1962 Ferrari...
1962 Ferrari 330 TRI/LM Testa Rossa RM Auctions, Maranello May 20, 2007 SOLD at $9,281,250 Coachwork by Fantuzzi. The Phil Hill/Olivier Gendebien 1962 Le Mans winner. Also owned by NART, then raced by Pedro Rodriguez to win the Bridgehampton Double 500. Rodri...
5. 1937 Mercede...
1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special RM Auctions, London October 31, 2007 SOLD at $8,235,112 U.K. owned before and during WWII, later refurbished by M-B. Spent 30 years in Brook Stevens' Wisconsin Museum, converted from R to current LHD, restored in the mid-1980s. Acqui...
6. 1937 Bugatti...
1937 Bugatti Type 57SC Atalante Gooding & Co., Pebble Beach CA August 13, 2008 SOLD at $7,920,000 Converted to SC specs either by the factory or one of its early owners. Dry-sump supercharged 200-hp engine, lowered frame with rear axle passing through it. Known...
7. 1965 Shelby ...
1965 Shelby Cobra Daytona Mecum Auctions, Monterey CA August 15, 2009 289-ci V8, 4x2-bbl, 4-sp. One of six Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupes. Won FIA championship for Shelby American in 1965. Subsequently owned by Bob Bondurant and used in movie " Redline 7000." Fully restored w...
8. 1929 Mercede...
1929 Mercedes-Benz 38/250 SSK SWB Bonhams, Sussex September 3, 2004 SOLD at $7,443,070 First sent from German factory in unbodied form for custom U.K. bodywork that is still present. Largely unrestored, though early 1950s-installed cylinder block plus some liners s...
9. 1904 Rolls-...
1904 Rolls-Royce 10hp Bonhams, London December 3, 2007 SOLD at $7,254,290 1800-cc twin. The oldest surviving Rolls-Royce, with body changes over the years and a non- original steering column. Fitted with streamlined coachwork in the ’20s, restored in the ’50s. In g...
10. 1964 Ferrar...
1964 Ferrari 250LM Sports RM Auctions, Maranello May 18, 2008 SOLD at $6,979,225 One of 32 built. Although 5845 had a busy racing life, with numerous owners all over the world, many colors, and some transformation including windows, nose, and interior (as it had be...