Two vintage race cars set sales records Friday night at the flagship Monterey Car Week. A 1955 Jaguar D-Type car, a winner at the 1956 24 Hours of Le Mans, was sold at RM Sotheby’s for $19.8 million ($21.7 million, with auction fees included) to become the most expensive British automobile ever sold at public auction. |
Minutes later American race legend Carroll Shelby’s Cobra prototype, known as the CSX 2000, rolled onto the RM Sotheby’s stage. When the bidding ended, the race car had sold for $12.5 million ($13.75 million with fees). That made the Shelby car the highest-priced American vehicle sold at public auction. |
Bonham’s top car was a 1931 Bugatti Type 51 Grand Prix Roadster that sold for $4 million. | Mecum sold a 1973 Ferrari Dino 246 GTS Spider for $357,500 |