The 20 Most Expensive Cars Ever Sold at Auction, Ranked

Chassis 029 crossed the block at Gooding and Company with only 241 miles on the odometer. Finished in Creighton Brown, it set a world auction record for Gordon Murray's iconic three-seater.

Chassis XKD 501 claimed overall victory at the 1956 24 Hours of Le Mans in the hands of Scottish team Ecurie Ecosse. It remains the most expensive British automobile ever sold at auction.

Originally owned by Hollywood icon Gary Cooper, this short-wheelbase roadster produced four hundred horsepower from a supercharged straight-eight engine, setting a record for pre-war American cars.

The first of only five DBR1 chassis built by David Brown, chassis DBR1-1 won the 1959 Nurburgring 1000KM with Stirling Moss. It commanded top dollar as Aston Martin's crowning endurance racer.

Piloted by Carroll Shelby and Juan Manuel Fangio, chassis 0598 CM carried a big-block 4.9-liter Lampredi V12 engine and Scaglietti bodywork built specifically for the grueling Carrera Panamericana.

Combining open-top elegance with race-ready short-wheelbase agility, this covered-headlight Scaglietti spider represents the absolute peak of collector demand for road-going vintage Ferraris.

A one-of-one Tailor Made creation auctioned for charity, this modern Icona supercar pairs an 829-horsepower naturally aspirated V12 with styling cues derived from 1960s sports prototypes.

One of only three ultra-lightweight berlinettas crafted by Scaglietti, chassis 06701 featured aluminum paneling and a dry-sump racing V12 to succeed the dominant 250 GTO.

Commissioned by Luigi Chinetti for the North American Racing Team, this is one of just ten NART Spiders ever produced. Single-family ownership from new drove intense international bidding.

Built for Juan Manuel Fangio to contest the 1956 Mille Miglia, chassis 0616 carried the Argentine maestro to a solo fourth-place finish through torrential rain in Italy.

Piloted by Juan Manuel Fangio to wins in the 1954 German and Swiss Grands Prix, chassis 00006-54 stands as the sole postwar Silver Arrow Grand Prix racer in private ownership.

Raced by Maranello Concessionaires at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, chassis 0854 features breathtaking curves, an original four-cam V12 engine, and a verified period podium at Spa.

Driven by Stirling Moss and Mike Hawthorn, this factory works spider set the first lap above two hundred kilometers per hour at Le Mans before taking the 1957 World Sportscar Championship.

As Ferrari's mid-engine sports car pioneer, only thirty-two examples of the 250 LM were built. This chassis starred in period endurance racing across Europe and North America.

Campaigned by French driver Jo Schlesser in the 1962 Tour de France, this matching-numbers berlinetta remained in single-family stewardship for forty-nine years before its record sale.

Chassis CSX2300 is one of six Daytona Coupes designed by Peter Brock to challenge Ferrari in Europe, securing the 1965 FIA World Sportscar Championship for Shelby American.

Carrying factory Scaglietti Series II bodywork, chassis 3413 GT won the 1962 Italian National GT Championship and claimed back-to-back class wins at the punishing Targa Florio.

The only works-campaigned GTO equipped with a 4.0-liter V12 engine, chassis 3765 scored a class win at the Nurburgring 1000KM and was the sole example fielded by Scuderia Ferrari.

Engineered with streamlined wind-tunnel coachwork for high-speed circuits, this Silver Arrow took Juan Manuel Fangio to victory at Reims and Monza during Mercedes-Benz's Grand Prix return.

Named after chief engineer Rudolf Uhlenhaut, this gullwing prototype reached one hundred eighty miles per hour. Sold from the corporate museum, it stands as the most valuable automobile in human history.