The most expensive auction of cars

News.Auction of expensive cars

Auction Icons, which was held December 6 in the New York office of the British home Sotheby's, stands out against the general background of the usual trades for the sale of rare and collectible cars. Firstly, a rare car here does not hold up to a million dollars (among such a "cheap" - a BMW cabriolet belonging to the founder of Apple Steve Jobs with an estimate of 300-400 thousand dollars). Secondly, all cars are not just rarities, but unique cars, from the elderly Ferrari to the brand-new Bugatti Chiron, and in any case they can afford only super-rich.

1. The only copy of the prototype created specially for exhibitions on the New Yorker model chassis. Collaboration between the Italian studio Ghia and the legendary American designer Virgil Exner (who invented, among other things, the famous "fins" of cars of the late 1950s). The estimate is 900 thousand - 1.1 million dollars.

2. The most expensive auction lot, estimated at 14-17 million dollars. The second of the eight produced spiders 250 GT with an aluminum casing; the car successfully participated in the race "24 Hours of Le Mans" in 1959 (third place in the class and fifth in the overall standings).

3. One of the most famous hypercars of our time; the proposed lot is the 78th out of a hundred issued copies. A run of about 10 thousand kilometers, an estimate of 1.9-2.3 million dollars. Considering that the new car cost about the same amount - a good business!

4. A racing car created specifically for endurance competitions ("24 Hours of Le Mans" and the like). The presented lot is the seventh of 53 cars produced. Participated in racing in the US, the seasons of 1952 and 1955-1957. The estimate is 5.5-7 million dollars.

5.As the certificate on lot, "the first imported into the United States, a copy, without mileage, without registration." For the happiness of possessing such a monster with an eight-liter four-turbine W-16 engine, it is obviously not a pity to give away 3.5-4 million dollars, in which it is valued.

6.Menerally rare than the LWB California Spider Competizione, version 250 GT, because it is estimated at some 1.5-1.8 million dollars. Virtually affordable luxury.

7. The first and so far the only hybrid car "stables" from Maranello. Judging by the mileage of 53 miles (85 kilometers), the car was not used. The evaluation of the lot - $ 3.25-3.75 million (the price of the car in the primary market began from $ 1.5 million, only 500 were produced).

8.Elegant cabriolet, owned by the late founder of Apple, Steve Jobs. The car is registered in the name of Jobs, which adds value to the lot (the businessman for the sake of anonymity very rarely registered the machine on himself). In the kit - user's manual, two ignition keys and, quite ironically, the Motorola phone, which was part of the original car delivery kit. The valuation of the lot is 300-400 thousand dollars.

9. A copy of one of the most beautiful British sports cars of all time, created specifically for the London Motor Show in 1959. All chrome parts of the original are covered with gold of the 999th test, the seats are trimmed with mink fur and skin of a kid. The machine was played as a prize among the readers of the tabloid Daily Express and was estimated at 4,000 then pounds sterling (86 thousand today). To the auction, however, the car was estimated much more expensive - 350-550 thousand dollars.

10. Hypercar with a hybrid power plant (two electric motors and inherited from the specially created for the race in Le Mans RS Spyder gasoline engine capacity of 608 "horses"). The car was produced in 2013-2015, the starting price in the US was 847 thousand dollars. The presented lot is a light version of Weissach (without air conditioning system and with Alcantara interior trim); the estimate is 1.7-1.9 million dollars.

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