After A Mercedes Sold For $142 Million This Month, Here Are The 10 Most Expensive Cars Ever Sold

After a Mercedes was sold for $142 Million this month, here are the 10 most expensive cars ever bought at auction.

The top 10 most valuable cars to be sold at auction features seven Ferraris, two Mercedes and an Aston Martin.

Last week, RM Sotheby’s and Mercedes confirmed the sale of rare Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé from 1955 to a private collector for a record-breaking price of €135,000,000 ($142 Million).

This price is not only more than three times what the previous record-holder, a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, sold for at $70 million in 2018, but also among the top 10 most expensive items ever sold at auction.

While announcing the sale of the icon of automotive history, Mercedes-Benz said all proceeds from the auction will be used to establish the global scholarship programme “Mercedes-Benz Fund”.

Here’s Autojosh rundown of the top 10 most valuable and ultra-exclusive cars to be sold at auction, featuring seven Ferraris, two Mercedes and an Aston Martin.

10. 1956 Ferrari 290 MM by Scaglietti

$22,005,000 ($22 Million)

Sold: 8 December 2018

Auction: RM Sotheby’s The Peterson Automotive Museum Auction in Los Angeles, US.

9. 1956 Aston Martin DBR1

$22,550,000 ($22.5 Million)

Sold: 18-19 August 2017

Auction: RM Sotheby’s Monterey Sale in California, US.

8. 1964 Ferrari 275 GTB/C Speciale by Scaglietti

$26,400,000 ($26.4 Million)

Sold: 15-16 August 2014

Auction: RM Sotheby’s Monterey Sale in California, US.

7. 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB4/S N.A.R.T. Spider

$27,500,000 ($27.5 Million)

Sold: 17-18 August 2013

Auction: RM Sotheby’s Monterey Sale in California, US.

6. 1956 Ferrari 290 MM by Scaglietti

$28,050,000 ($28 Million)

Sold: 10 December 2015

Auction: RM Sotheby’s Driven by Disruption sale in New York, US.

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5. 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196

$29,600,000 ($29.6 Million)

Sold: 12 July 2013

Auction: Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale, Chichester, UK.

4. 1957 Ferrari 335 Sport Scaglietti

$35,730,510 ($35.7 Million)

Sold: 5 February 2016

Auction: Artcurial Retromobile Sale, Paris, France.

3. 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO

$38,115,000 ($38.1 Million)

Sold: 14 August 2018

Auction: Bonhams Quail Lodge Auction, California, US.

2. 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO

$48,405,000 ($48.4 Million)

Sold: 24-25 August 2018

Auction: RM Sotheby’s Monterey Sale in California, US.

1. 1955 Mercedes 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe

$142,000,000 ($142 Million)

Sold: 5 May 2022

Auction: RM Sotheby’s secret auction at Mercedes Museum, Stuttgart, Germany.

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