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Here are the highlights from RM’s £48m+ auction
Fangio’s old Ferrari, and Janis Joplin’s psychedelic Porsche head up NY sale
Remember that rather lovely Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato we showed you a few weeks back? Over the weekend, it sold for £9.4m at RM Sotheby’s New York auction.
It is, says RM, the most valuable British car ever sold at auction. And yet it’s not the most expensive one sold over the course of the event.
Nope, that honour went to the great Juan Manuel Fangio’s old Ferrari 290 MM. It sold for a whopping… well, click through to find out, as we’ve rounded up the top ten sellers from the ‘Driven to Disruption' sale, including Janis Joplin's rather psychedelic old Porsche 356 (above).
Advertisement - Page continues below10. 1934 Delage D8 S Cabriolet: $1,430,000 (£943,000)
9. 1954 Siata 208S Spider: $1,650,000 (£1.1m)
Advertisement - Page continues below8. 1964 Porsche 356 C 1600 SC Cabriolet: $1,760,000 (£1.2m)
7. 1972 Lamborghini Miura P400 SV: $2,420,000 (£1.6m)
6. 2003 Ferrari Enzo (Chassis 135440), $3,300,000 (£2.2m)
5. 1953 Ferrari 250 Europa Coupe: $3,300,000 (£2.2m)
Advertisement - Page continues below4. 1933 Pierce-Arrow Silver Arrow: $3,740,000 (£2.5m)
3. 1958 Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet Series I: $5,720,000 (£3.8m)
Advertisement - Page continues below2. 1962 Aston Martin DB4GT: $14,300,000 (£9.4m)
1. 1956 Ferrari 290 MM (Chassis 0626), $28,050,000 (£18.5m)
