10 most expensive cars sold at auction movie
Auction houses get many of the cars they sell reach exorbitant prices. Some are unique pieces, others have risen over the years and there are famous as those who show below. It appears in hit movies catapulted to fame and fortunate few are willing to pay whatever it takes to have one of these cars in their garages.
Ford GT40 Gulf 1968
One of the most famous movie cars for their appearance in the brilliant film ‘Le Mans’, hand film star Steve McQueen. The bookmaker RM Auctions sold it for 11 million (8,620,130 euros) in 2012. By price achieved and for being the first automobile race in which the carbon fiber was used to reduce weight, the GT40 is placed on the top of the list.
Shelby Daytona Coupe 1965
This car won the World Trademark category GT’s in 1965 and the film director Howard Hawkers used it in his film ‘Redline 7000’ as a form of an advertising agreement with the brand. He marked one of the first ‘product placement‘What we know today as surreptitious advertising. Mecum Auctions under the hammer at auction in 7,685,000 dollars (6,021,373 euros).
GT LWB Berlinetta Ferrari 250 1956
At an auction in 2012 of RM Auctions, the GT LWB Berlinetta Ferrari 250 which appeared in 1966 in the Disney movie ‘The Love Bug’ (That Love Bug in Spain) reached a price of 6,710,000 dollars (5,260,707 euros). Among its successes in competition it is to have won in 1956 the ‘Tour de France’ car.
Batmobile
In 2013, a lover of films Batman payment 4,620,000 dollars (3,620,970 euros) by the original Batmobile that appeared in the 1966 film and the series that aired between 1966 and 1968.
Aston Martin DB5
The car drove Secret agent James Bond 007 also he took part in 2010 of some of the interesting auctions RM Auctions. The sale price was finally 2,912,000 dollars (2,282,415 euros), far less than expected but getting placed in the top5 to DB5 who starred in the films’Goldfinger‘(1964) and’Thunderball‘(1965) Bond movie.
Porsche 911S 1971
Another mythical model She appeared in the legendary film ‘Le Mans’, Steve McQueen masterpiece in command, was the Porsche 911S. And a new level of finishes and top range equipment unit fell into the hands of movie star and appears during the first three minutes and forty seconds of the film. Its price at auction, $ 1,370,000 (1,073,868 euros).
Duesenberg Model J 1929
One of the cars which has seen the King of Rock Elvis Presley is the Model J of the movie ‘spinout‘(1966), film in which the singer starring Mike McCoy, the lead singer of a band that is also part-time racing driver. To tow the car that runs using this car reached a price at auction 1,237,500 dollars (969,285 euros)
Shelby Mustang GT500 1967
Nicholas Cage drove a Shelby Mustang 1967 during the filming of the movie ’60 seconds’. Although several units to shoot all scenes were needed, the piece auctioned in 2013 by Mecum Auctions reached a final bid one million dollars (784,030 euros). The coach car chip Foose Fue the architect that came true Mustang GT500 design of Steve Standford, an illustrator of great renown.
DeLorean DMC-12
In December 2011, the auction house ‘Profiles in History’ under the hammer at 541,000 US dollars (423,788 euros). The reason was the bid for the car used as a time machine ‘Back to the Future III ‘ (1990). Units used throughout the series, only three worldwide and the only one in the hands of a particular It is mentioned in this section. The other two uses the Universal Studios production company for its exhibitions. Martin McFly feel like traveling back in time is a matter of a few privileged …
Ford Mustang Fastback 2013
The most recent of all cars auctioned and placed at the end of the ‘top 10’ is the modified Ford Mustang in the movie ‘Need For Speed’ 2014. Ford took the car auction in April after the premiere of the movie and benefits 300,000 US dollars (235,240 euros) have been donated to the nonprofit Henry Ford Health Systems.