Mercedes-Benz 280

Important Sales Reviewed by SCM Experts

In each month’s issue for the past 38 years, SCM’s analysts have reviewed 5 to 7 significant cars sold at auction, and discuss what options, history, or details made that particular more or less valuable. They give their expert opinion on the market for these cars, and whether this car was well bought or well sold. If you’re thinking of purchasing a Mercedes-Benz 280, you’ll likely find these profiles critical in helping you make the right decision. Each of the following is an article from our print magazine on a Mercedes-Benz 280 sold at auction.

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  1970 Mercedes-Benz 280SE 3.5 Cabriolet

  By Pierre Hedary · Published December 7, 2021

  For the buyers who were in the market for a convertible in the early 1970s, there was no finer choice in the world than the 280SE 3.5 cabriolet. It was the fastest, most lavish, and most expensive convertible offered by Mercedes-Benz, arguably the finest automobile manufacturer in the world at the time, making this a […]

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  1968 Mercedes-Benz 280SL

  By Pierre Hedary · Published November 15, 2017

  This 280SL was delivered new with the rare and desirable optional 5-speed ZF gearbox and fitted with the even rarer option of a limited-slip differential (Mercedes-Benz Datenkarte on file). It was sold new to Mr. Herman Kaiser in Duisburg, Germany on September 3, 1968, receiving the registration number DUAZ10. Then on January 21, 1972, the […]

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  1971 Mercedes-Benz 280SE 3.5 Cabriolet

  By Gary Anderson · Published April 1, 2014

  In 1959, Mercedes broke with tradition by introducing the angular “Heckflosse,” or “Finback,” sedan on the W-111/W-112 chassis — itself revolutionary in having the first-ever crumple zones and roll-over integrity to protect the occupants from injury in the event of collisions — to replace the bulbous “ponton” built on the W-128 chassis. Two years later, […]

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  1971 Mercedes-Benz 280SL convertible

  By Stephen Serio · Published December 1, 2011

  This car was supplied new to the wife of well-known Tulsa-based actor and producer Milton Berry. She kept this quality, matching-numbers Mercedes-Benz 280SL until it was traded in to the original Tulsa, OK, Mercedes-Benz dealer in 1999. It stayed in his personal collection until 2010, when it was ultimately purchased by the present owner after […]

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