{"id":2987,"date":"2011-08-22T10:11:11","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T17:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=2987"},"modified":"2012-04-30T05:53:34","modified_gmt":"2012-04-30T12:53:34","slug":"world-record-price-for-a-mercedes-benz-sold-at-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=2987","title":{"rendered":"World record price for a Mercedes-Benz sold at auction"},"content":{"rendered":"

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1937 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Spezial Roadster, sold for more than $9-million at this year’s RM Monterey auction.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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RM Auctions, the world\u2019s largest collector car auction house, continued its strong track record in Monterey, California on Saturday August 20, 2011, setting a new world record for a Mercedes-Benz sold at auction.\u00a0 Additionally, the auction house sold 12 automobiles for individual million-dollar-plus results.<\/p>\n

The star of the night, a spectacular 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Spezial Roadster<\/em><\/strong>, chassis number 154140, attracted spirited bidding in the room and on the phones, selling for an impressive US$9,680,000 to applause from the crowd\u2014a new world record for a Mercedes-Benz sold at auction.<\/p>\n

The stunning 540 K was joined by a magnificent series of four other supercharged eight-cylinder Mercedes-Benz automobiles from the 1930s, each fetching multi-million-dollar results before the packed house.<\/p>\n

Other highlights included a superb roster of historic Ferraris, lead by the sale of a rare alloy-bodied 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Competizione<\/em><\/strong> for US$5,280,000.<\/p>\n

Unofficial million-dollar-plus sales from Saturday, August 20, 2011 (all prices in US dollars and include a 10% buyer’s premium)
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Lot 229 \u2013 1955 Ferrari 750 Monza Spyder <\/em><\/strong>– $2,530,000<\/p>\n

Lot 232 \u2013 1939 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Spezial Roadster<\/em><\/strong> – $4,620,000<\/p>\n

Lot 236 \u2013 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Spezial Coupe<\/em><\/strong> – $3,080,000<\/p>\n

Lot 237 \u2013 1952 Ferrari 340 Mexico Berlinetta<\/em><\/strong> – $3,685,000<\/p>\n

Lot 238 \u2013 1958 BMW 507 Roadster<\/em><\/strong> – $1,072,500<\/p>\n

Lot 242 \u2013 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Spezial Roadster<\/em><\/strong> – $9,680,000<\/p>\n

Lot 244 \u2013 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Competizione<\/em><\/strong> – $5,280,000<\/p>\n

Lot 247 \u2013 1935 Mercedes-Benz 500 K Roadster<\/em><\/strong> – $3,767,500<\/p>\n

Lot 248 \u2013 1953 Ferrari 375 America Coupe<\/em><\/strong> – $1,980,000<\/p>\n

Lot 249 \u2013 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Sport Cabriolet A<\/em><\/strong> – $2,970,000<\/p>\n

Lot 251 \u2013 1924 Mercedes-Benz 28\/95 Sport Phaeton<\/em><\/strong> – $1,017,500<\/p>\n

Lot 252 \u2013 1962 Ferrari 400 Superamerica Coupe<\/em><\/strong> – $2,090,000<\/p>\n

The sale marked the conclusion of RM\u2019s biggest ever Monterey auction, which attracted record bidder registrations from 20 countries, including Argentina, Japan, and United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n

Complete official results for RM\u2019s Monterey sale is posted online at www.rmauctions.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1937 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Spezial Roadster, sold for more than $9-million at this year’s RM Monterey auction.       RM Auctions, the world\u2019s largest collector car auction house, continued its strong track record in Monterey, California on Saturday August 20, 2011, setting a new world record for a Mercedes-Benz sold at auction.\u00a0 Additionally, theRead Full Story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mercedes-benz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2987"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4538,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2987\/revisions\/4538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}