Wikicollecting's Top 10 Most Expensive Classic Car Sales of 2011 Discover the classic car world's biggest auction results of the last 12 months with this Top 10 price guide from Wikicollecting.org.
2) Gooding & Co - 1931 Duesenberg Model J Murphy Coupe - $10,340,000
“The most elegant American Classic ever created” were the words used to describe the 1931 Duesenberg Model J Murphy Coupe, and few collectors world argue.
Built for Captain George Whittell Jr, Duesenberg’s best-ever customer, this stunning pre-war masterpiece of Art Deco design became the most expensive American car in history when it sold at the Gooding & Co Pebble Beach sale for a World record price of $10,340,000.
1) 1957 Ferrari Testa Rossa - $16,390,000
The most expensive car of 2011, and the most expensive ever sold at a public auction, is the 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Prototype. One of just two factory Classiche-certified Testa Rossas in existence, the car has a race history featuring every major worldwide event.
Described by Gooding & Co founder David Gooding as “one of the greatest race cars of all time”, the Ferrari made history at the company’s Pebble Beach auction in August when it sold for a World record price of $16,390,000.
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