The classic car sale of the century in Italy at the weekend achieved €51.26 million (about £43.6m) in sales, with the majority of the mostly Italian lots selling for over their high estimates, according to RM Sotheby’s.
DEC 02nd 2016
MC12 sells for €3m... and 639 other lots total £43.6m!
All the cars in the Duemila Ruote (two thousand wheels) sale in Milan were sold as seen and without reserve, leading many to expect a classic car bonanza. With 430 cars – Concours winners to basket cases – plus 150 motorcycles, 60 boats and hundreds of items of automobilia, RM Sotheby’s billed the sale as the largest auto-themed collection ever.
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“It was an unbelievable weekend with unprecedented crowds and outstanding prices,” reports RM Sotheby’s, whose next sale in Daytona, Florida, through December 3rd and 4th. It will include the last LaFerrari made, and all proceeds will go to the reconstruction of central Italy following the devastating earthquakes earlier this year.
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Here are the top (and bottom!) six prices from the Duemila Ruote sale. Bargains? You decide…
TOP SIX
€3.416m 1966 Ferrari 275 GTB/6C Alloy
€3.024m 2004 Maserati MC12
€1.030m 1993 Ferraro F40
€1.008m 1988 Porsche 959 Komfort
€873,600 1969 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona ‘Plexi’
€851,200 1991 Lancia-Ferrari LC2 Group C
Highest Brit: €504,000 1952 Aston Martin DB2 drophead
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SIX BARGAINS FROM THE BASEMENT (ALL NEED WORK!)
€1,680 1965 Fiat 500 Giardinera
€15,680 1969 De Sanctis Formula 850
€20,160 1970 Matra M530 LX
€29,120 1968 Maserati Mexico 4.2
€30,240 1964 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray
€33,600 1962 Lancia Flaminia GT
Lowest priced Brit: €9,520 1963 Jaguar Mk X
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