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RSS Report: Ferrari 250 GTO may have set new sale record at $52M


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Records are made to be broken, and it seems that one may have just been snapped again. An Italian website is reporting that a Ferrari 250 GTO, owned by American collector Paul Pappalardo, recently sold for $52 million.

Now, this is far from confirmed - Pappalardo responded to questions about the sale saying, "I do not confirm these things, I have no comment about!" - and if it's a private sale, it's unlikely that we'll ever know the exact amount of the transaction. If that figure is correct, though, it easily eclipses the $35 million made in a 250 GTO sale in April of 2012, as well as the $27.5-million sale of a 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 NART Spider sold at RM's Monterey auctions in August.

What makes a car that had 39 examples built more valuable than one that had only 10 units produced? Racing pedigree. The 250 GTO is a racing legend, with each car having a unique provenance that is more than enough to add some serious value. According to 0-100.it, the GTO in question, 5111GT, found its first owner in French racer and winner of the 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans, Jean Guichet, back in 1963. The Frenchman used the V12-powered racer to win the GT category of the Tour de France Automobile in that same year.

We'll follow up on this story as more information becomes available. Until then, be sure to peruse our 250 GTO gallery up top (car shown is 250 GTO 4675GT, sold in May 2010 for $18 million), as well as one from Pebble Beach last year, below.

Ferrari 250 GTO may have set new sale record at $52M originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 03 Oct 2013 14:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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