At the age of fifty-two, Ferrari became the most expensive car sold. The 1962 model, the Ferrari 250 GTO, sold for $ 34.65 million.
This exceeded the previous record belonging to a racing car Mercedes-Benz, sold for 31.6 million dollars.
Only 39 cars of this brand are available in the world. So far, several of these have been sold in private deals, the prices of which have not been disclosed, but according to sources, their prices were over $ 50 million.
It was with such a car that a serious scandal erupted at the beginning of the month, when an advertisement for its sale was placed on a German car site with a asking price of 63 million dollars.
However, according to experts, in this case it was a forgery.
This model was the dominant sports car in the mid-1960s.
For more than a decade, such a car has not been offered at public auction, and they are traditionally offered at private auctions, where their prices reach significantly higher levels, experts say.
The model is considered an extremely good investment, as only 10 years ago it was sold at public auction for 10 million dollars. As you can see, the current price reached is more than three times higher.
The car sold at auction at Bonhams was the 19th produced and was delivered in 1962 to French car racer Joe Schlesser. The car became second during the Tour de France in 1962.
That same year, however, she crashed near Paris. Her driver, Henry Oreile, was killed in the crash.
This is the only one of all 39 cars produced, involved in a fatal accident, which, according to some, has negatively affected the price of the car.
After the accident, the car was repaired and bought by Fabrizio Violati - a businessman involved in the extraction of mineral water. He has competed with her in a number of European summit races and retro car races up to 2000.
After Violati's death in 2010, his family sold his car collection to a group of private investors for more than $ 100 million, according to sources.
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Source: Insurance.bg