A $32.3 Million Saturday Night
TLP was covering various Monterey Car Week Events over last weekend. On Saturday night we made our way over to the RM Sotheby's auction to see just how much the first Shelby Cobra would fetch. We were also tracking a LeMans winning '55 Jaguar D Type which was pegged to sell for over $20 million.
In less than an hour both cars would sale for a total of $32.3 million ($35.45 including auction fees). The Jaguar would become the most expensive British automobile ever sold at public auction when it sold for $19.8 million ($21.7 million with auction fees). A few minutes later The Shelby was up and sold for $12.5 million ($13.75 with fees) making it the highest-priced American vehicle sold at public auction.
Not bad for an hour's time on a Saturday night.
Shelby Cobra CSX 2000 rolls off the auction runway after fetching $12.5 Million
Jaguar D-Type leaves the auction block.