Canada-based RM Sotheby's announced that it has auctioned off a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe, earlier this month, for 135 million euros, or about $143 million, reports CNBC.
According to the company, the most expensive car to have ever been sold at auction was a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe, which fetched an eye-watering £107,183,250. Going under ...
Even that sum wouldn’t make the car the most expensive sold at auction. In 2022, a 1955 Mercedes 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe, one of only two built, sold for $143 million at a charity auction.
The prices paid can make for eye-watering reading, but sometimes things escalate to a whole new level and in no time, we find ourselves looking at one of the most expensive cars ever sold.