Saturday’s sales in California resulted in a doubling of the number of eight-figure cars sold at auction during this year’s Monterey Car Week; six cars have now sold for more than $10 million. In its first day of sales, Gooding & Company contributed two of those, including the highest seller on the list below, which was compiled by Hagerty. Yet again, Ferrari dominates the list with six entries, although Porsche notched its first two with some absurdly significant—and fast—cars. And be sure to check out the eye candy in our photo gallery.
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-10. 1976 Porsche 911 Carrera Turbo, sold for $2,145,000 (Mecum)
The original 911 Turbo was the quickest car that Car and Driver tested in the 1970s. This particular car was the last vehicle special-ordered by noted actor, car collector, and bad-ass Steve McQueen.
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9. 1966 Ferrari Dino 206S Spider, sold for $2,310,000 (Gooding)
-Part of a line of famous V-6–powered competition Ferraris, this car raced at Sebring in 1967 and nearly burned to the ground prior to the Nürburgring 1000 Kilometres that same year. It wasn’t repaired until the mid-1980s but today looks better than new.
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8. 1969 Lamborghini Miura P400 S, sold for $2,530,000 (Mecum)
-A Miura sold on Day 1 for a similar price. This beauty is “mostly unrestored,” wears dazzling original paint, and has about 30,000 miles on the odometer.
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7. 1965 Ferrari 500 Superfast Series I, sold for $3,025,000 (Gooding)
-This big-engined Ferrari has a 5.0-liter V-12 that was said to be good for a top speed of 170 mph. Naturally, the original owner was Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, “a gentleman of incomparable wealth, taste, and influence,” according to Gooding.
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6. 1967 Ferrari 275GTB/4, sold for $3,877,500 (Gooding)
-Famed Ferrari dealer Luigi Chinetti took a Lamborghini Miura and a Maserati Ghibli on trade-in from this car’s original owner. This unrestored coupe took second-in-class at Pebble Beach in 2013 in the Postwar Preservation class.
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5. 1966 Ferrari 275GTB/6C Alloy, sold for $3,960,000 (RM Sotheby’s)
-This voluptuous Ferrari has many desirable features, including “long-nose” aluminum bodywork, a torque tube, and six Weber carburetors, which feed a 3.3-liter V-12. A California car from new, it retains its original paperwork, tools, and jack.
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4. 1931 Bentley 4 1/2-Litre Two-Seater Sports, sold for $4,015,000 (RM Sotheby’s)
-Only 50 “Blower Bentleys” were built, and this one still has its original chassis, engine, supercharger, and gearbox. The engine was overhauled in 2012 at a reported cost of $150,000.
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3. 1982 Porsche 956, sold for $10,120,000 (Gooding)
-As a Porsche works racer, this marvel took overall victories at Le Mans, Spa, Fuji, Brands Hatch, and Kyalami in the hands of drivers Jacky Ickx, Jochen Mass, Derek Bell, Al Holbert, Hurley Haywood, and Vern Schuppan. Need we say more?
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2. 1956 Ferrari 250GT Berlinetta Competizione “Tour de France,” sold for $13,200,000 (RM Sotheby’s)
-First owned by Marquis Alfonso de Portago, who piloted the car to victories in the grueling Tour de France Auto in 1956. This is the first of the famous TdF Ferraris, and it has earned best-in-class awards at various concours. It’s not hard to see why.
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1. 1962 Ferrari 250GT SWB Speciale, sold for $16,500,000 (Gooding)
-Nuccio Bertone, head of Carrozzeria Bertone, was this car’s first owner; he co-designed it with a young Giorgetto Giugiaro. This sultry one-off was shown at Geneva and Turin when new and was featured at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Élégance in 1982, 1997, and 2003.
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Gooding will be the only auction show in town this evening in Monterey, but it has some gems lined up that’ll be on our Day 4 list tomorrow. Meanwhile, RM Sotheby’s, Bonhams, Mecum Auctions, Russo and Steele, and JR-Auctions have all pounded their last hammers of the weekend.
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