$22-million for a classic Aston Martin! Most expensive cars at Monterey car week | Life

28 Aug 2017

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Monterey, California - Classic car auctions are renowned for super wealthy car collectors purchasing some of the finest and rarest automobiles for obscene amounts of money.

The Monterey Car Week which ends with an auction at Pebble Beach saw a slew of Ferraris, a racing Porsche and a McLaren F1 go under the hammer.

Have a look at the ten most expensive cars sold in sunny California:

1. 1950 Ferrari 166mm - $4.51-million

Good morning gentlemen - a preferred commute to work this morning? @alexpenfold #Ferrari166mm #Ferrari
A post shared by Gentlemen Be Like (@gentbelike) on Dec 8, 2015 at 11:30pm PST

2. 1959 Ferrari 250 GT Series I Cabriolet - $4.84-million

A post shared by Silodrome (@silodrome) on Nov 4, 2015 at 4:21pm PST

3. 1959 Ferrrari 410 Superamerica Series III Coupe - $5.355-million

A post shared by Andrew Olson (@countachfan) on Aug 19, 2017 at 2:12pm PDT

4. 1972 Ferrari 121 LM Spider by Scaglietti - $5.72-million

1955 Ferrari 121 LM Scaglietti Spyder . /446S/ ??production number 4??/1955/ ??... #0484lm #0532lm #0546lm #sn0558lm ?? 2007 asking €2.8mio 55 - ??1st owner Scuderia Ferrari 6? - ??original engine installed in #0602M (860 Monza) 94 - ?restored by Charles Pozzi SA, ???? 08 - ??Michael Knobloch, ???? _______________________________________________________ #ferrari#enzoferrari#ferrari1955#scaglietti#scagliettispyder#ferrari121lm#121lm#446s#drivetastefully#ferrariclassic#ferrariclassiche#pininfarina#vignale#scaglietti#ghia#?? @simonkidston #ferrari_bsn#fbsn#fbsn_scaglietti#fbsn_121lm#fbsn_446s#fbsn_scagliettispyder#0558lm
A post shared by Ferrari By Serial Number (@ferrari_bsn) on Jul 15, 2017 at 11:50pm PDT

5. 1959 Aston Martin DB4 GT Prototype - $6.765-million

The DB4 GT for sale at Monterey with @rmsothebys. Casual $6-8million estimate #astonmartin #db4gt #astonmartindb4gt #rmsothebys #classichecars ??@roadrunner333
A post shared by Classiche cars (@classiche_cars) on Jul 31, 2017 at 6:09am PDT

6. Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta by Scaglietti - $8.3-million

A post shared by Corsa Lusso (@corsalusso) on Aug 15, 2017 at 11:52am PDT

7. 1970 Porsche 917K - $14.08-million

A post shared by James Meek (@jmeekphotos) on Aug 17, 2017 at 2:32pm PDT

8. 1966 Ferrari 275 GTB/C - $14.52-million

A post shared by David (@davidkeens) on Aug 19, 2017 at 8:19pm PDT

9. 1995 McLaren F1 - $15.62-million

A post shared by QuickCarsAndBikes (@quickcarsandbikes) on Aug 27, 2017 at 1:23pm PDT

10. Aston Martin DBR1 - $22.55-million

DBR1 | Photo by @tedgushue | #AstonMartin #DBR1 #AstonMartinDBR1 #petrolmadness
A post shared by PetrolMadness™ by MJR (@petrolmadness) on Aug 1, 2017 at 5:18pm PDT

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