The top 10 most earth-shaking classic car auctions

Published by Mike on December 18, 2013

The concept of a televised classic car auction is really a fairly recent phenomenon. Some of the greatest or most significant sales of all time exist only in stills and in the memories of the people who were there. Here are ten for the ages:

1. RM Auctions – Monterey, CA (2013)

It’s a tough choice between the first and second auctions on our list. Both set important records. RM sold a 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 NART Spider for $27.5 million, which makes it the most expensive road car ever sold at auction. Although it was a bit less than the absolute record that Bonhams achieved with a competition car, the overall strength of the rest of the RM’s Monterey 2013 sale makes this one of our top earth-shaking auctions.

Rob Sass is the Publisher of Hagerty Classic Cars magazine. He is a regular contributor to the automotive section of the New York Times and is the author of “Ran When Parked, Advice and Adventures from the Affordable Underbelly of Car Collecting.”

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