1961 Ferrari 250 GT California goes for $10 Million at auction

While pricing for the new Ferrari California is still yet to be released, the 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder went for $10.9 million at RM Auctions this past weekend. DJ Chris Evans cashed out €7,040,000 for the Ferrari which was originally expected to go for a winning bid of €3.5 million.

A Ferrari 250 GT California sold last year at an RM Auction at the Concorse d’Eligance for $4.5 million dollars. Evans $10.9 million purchase obviously breaks that record getting him behind the wheel of a dark blue version that used to be owned by The Magnificent Seven star, James Coburn.

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jsell - 5/19/2008 11:18:22 AM

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TIMELESS....


V-10 NSX

Brembo - 5/19/2008 11:23:53 AM

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Someone made a deal with the devil in order to get that ride.

jeffy210 - 5/19/2008 11:40:09 AM

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Bueller, Bueller....

(yes, I know they didn't use the actual car, but you can't help but thinking about it)

Hantra - 5/19/2008 12:39:55 PM

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Hmm. . . Maybe I need to be a freaking DJ! WTF? Had no idea a DJ could ball that hard.

theoptimisticpessimist - 5/19/2008 12:44:18 PM

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Now that is a timeless car, rare beauty. Not like the monstrosity that Ferrari is try to pass off as the new California.

vman1013 - 5/20/2008 10:04:28 AM

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You are f#ckin clueless! You don't drive this car hard. You cruise through the Hamptons in the summer for an hour or so on weekends. And its relieable because its pampered like a baby - by a mechanic you have on your personal staff!

And btw, the folks who can afford to pay $10MM for a car don't worry about saving money. They earn more interest in a day than you make in a year. For them $10MM is like $1000 for the average, college educated professional.

aussiemonster - 5/19/2008 11:10:16 PM

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MichaelTaylor, if you don't understand why people would lust after a Ferrari like this, then you deserve to be in a Toyota!

spydogoc - 5/20/2008 4:47:15 PM

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From what I understand, he was egged on by his friends and a billionaire phone bidder kept upping the bid.

The seller was stunned that it sold for that much!

That guy paid waaaaaaay too much for that car...