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The car in question, a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder, was the headliner of the sale and sold to the UK broadcaster and BBC Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans for an astounding 7,040,000 over £5.6million.
Pound for pound, this is the highest price ever paid for any car at auction, topping the previous record holder a Bugatti Type 41 sold by Christies in 1987 by over £100,000, though at the time of this sale the dollar was much stronger and the euro did not exist, so all values are relative.
This may be the highest price to be paid for a car at auction but it is not necessarily the most valuable car or even Ferrari. 250 GTOs are known to have commanded in excess of $10 million privately and there are even rumours of a recent private Ferrari sale of around $23 million.
For further information about forthcoming RM auctions see www.rmauctions.com.
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