Car collectors, start your engines.
Three Ferraris, a Jaguar, and an Alfa Romeo made the top 5 most expensive cars sold at auction in 2016.
It was reported by
The Daily Mail that superstar soccer players Lionel Messi and Christiano Ronaldo both bid for the #1 most expensive car. Rumored that Messi beat out his long-time rival Ronaldo; but even the newspaper couldn`t confirm who actually won the car.
Gooding Auction House sold #4 and #5, and RM Sothesby`s Auction house sold #2 and #3. It was however, Artcurial Paris Auction House that won the honors of selling the #1 most expensive car sold at public auction in 2016. In fact, it was the second car in history to sell for more than $30 million!
Let`s look at the collection.
1. 1957 Ferrari 335 Sport by Scaglietti - $35,711,359
(Photo: Artcurial)
Auctioned in Paris by auction house Artcurial.
Sold at the at the Paris Rétromobile sale to an anonymous bidder. It`s an official Scuderia Ferrari which finished second in the 1957 Mille Miglia (an open road endurance race), won Ferrari the 1957 World Championship, and won the Cuban Grand Prix in Havana in 1958. The red racer set a lap record at the 24 Hours of Le Mans at 186mph in 1957! As the second most expensive car ever sold at auction, it is also in the ranks of the sixth car to ever sell for more than $20 million.
2. 1955 Jaguar D- Type - $21,780,000
(Photo: Patrick Ernzen)
Auctioned in Monterey by auction house RM Sotheby`s. Racer set a new record for a British car sold at auction and the seventh most expensive car ever sold at auction. Blue beauty won the 1956 Le Mans 24 Hours race and is considered as the only Le Mans winning Jaguar C or D-Type that to have survived in its original race-winning form.
3. 1939 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Lungo Spider by Touring - $19,800,000
(Photo: RM Sotheby`s)
Auctioned in Monterey by auction house RM Sotheby`s. The chassis designed by world-renowned Italian car builder Carrozzeria Touring and one of twelve fitted with Spider bodies. It`s the most expensive Alfa Romeo ever sold, set a new record for pre-WWII cars, and is the eight most expensive car sold at auction.
4. 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider Competizione - 18,150,000
(Photo: Brian Henniker)
Auctioned in Pebble Beach by auction house Gooding. Silver supercar is an alloy-bodied competition version which finishing 5th overall at the 1960 12-Hours of Sebring race. Coachwork intact and was designed by world-class Italian car builder Carrozzeria Scaglietti.
5.1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider - 17,160,000
(Photo: Mathieu Heurtault)
Auctioned in Amelia Island by auction house Gooding. This well maintained but unrestored red racer was featured in the Oscar winning movie,
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, featuring Sophia Loren. Car has had only three Italian owners and now has earned the spot as the tenth highest price ever paid for a car at auction.
Would you like to see these cars in action? So would I, but alas, car collectors keep their trophies in their high-security garages. The chance of seeing one of these beauties turn the corner like it`s on rails on any street, well, next to none. But at least we have photos to post on social media sites.
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Chuck G. is a freelance blogger and celebrity interviewer based in Southern California. She`s a Geek who watches Soccer & Volleyball ❤ Beach Life. You may follow her on Twitter @chuckgwriter. 
