Held in collaboration with the ACO, RM Sotheby’s Le Mans Centenary sale grossed a exceptional $22,040,783 in entrance of a packed salesroom and carried out near the paddock of the long-lasting race. Boasting a sell-through charge of 75%, 18 nations had been represented by bidders, of which 23% had been new shoppers. Held on the eve of the 24 Hours of Le Mans race, the public sale was a exceptional one-off spectacle throughout what proved to be an incredible race weekend.
It was undoubtedly a 12 months to recollect for the Scuderia Ferrari, with a shocking victory on monitor and the 1955 Ferrari 121 LM Spider by Scaglietti attaining the highest value within the public sale. Unquestionably one of the important competitors Ferraris, the automobile boasts historical past in each the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Mille Miglia of the identical 12 months. It was raced by legends of the period, together with Maurice Trintignant, Harry Schell, and Piero Taruffi. Attracting curiosity from world wide, this exceptional piece of motorsport historical past was the most costly automobile offered on the evening, and being certainly one of a mere 4 in existence, the automobile completely deserved its $6,296,364.
The 2007 Aston Martin DBR9 GT1, constructed by the extremely regarded Prodrive staff, has an illustrious competitors CV that features third within the GT1 class and twenty second total on the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans. It additionally completed third in each the 2008 Silverstone Vacationer Trophy and 2008 24 Hours of Spa and is considered certainly one of simply 18 constructed, richly deserving its $2,472,494. The 1984 Lancia LC2 was the extremely profitable factory-backed sports activities prototype created to compete within the World Sportscar Championship. Pushed by Wollek and Nannini, it took a shocking pole place within the 1984 race and was offered on the sale in its iconic Martini Livery and offered for $2,472,494.
Additional highlights embody the 1958 Lister-Jaguar ‘Knobbly’, which was one of the authentic in existence and the one Knobbly to ever race at Le Mans, promoting for $1,701,553. The 2008 Saleen S7-R, which received the LMGT1 class on the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans and completed thirteenth total, offered for $1,424,014. The 1954 OSCA MT4 by Morelli, a real icon of Nineteen Fifties motorsport with robust heritage because of its creation by the Maserati brothers, offered for $1,393,176. The 1990 Nissan R90CK, which set the legendary pole place within the palms of Mark Blundell within the 1990 24 Hours of Le Mans, offered for $1,177,313.
Nonetheless, it was not simply the vehicles that offered properly: the 1965 24 Hours of Le Mans Starter Flag achieved one of the exceptional outcomes of the sale, bringing in an unimaginable $434,194. Appropriately, the flag heralds from the 12 months during which Ferrari final received Le Mans, and it’s becoming that it achieved such an astonishing end result within the 12 months Ferrari was as soon as once more victorious.
High Ten Heaps at Le Mans
1955 Ferrari 121 LM Spider by Scaglietti – $6,296,364
2007 Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 – $2,472,494
1984 Lancia LC2 – $2,472,494
1958 Lister-Jaguar ‘Knobbly’ – $1,701,553
2008 Saleen S7-R – $1,424,014
1954 OSCA MT4 by Morelli – $1,393,176
1990 Nissan R90CK – $1,177,313
1932 Aston Martin Le Mans ‘LM8’ – $992,287
2006 Ferrari F430 GTC – $807,261
1996 Chrysler Viper GTS-R – $683,910
