Ferrari 400 Superamerica leads $60M RM Sotheby's sale at Amelia Island [w/video] - Autoblog (blog)
RM SOTHEBY'S RAISES THE BAR WITH RECORD-BREAKING $60 MILLION AMELIA ISLAND SALE. - RM Sotheby's Amelia Island, Florida sale posts an outstanding $60,328,550, the highest result achieved in Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance week history. - Star of the sale: 1960 Ferrari 400 Superamerica SWB Cabriolet achieves $6,380,000, the most valuable automobile sold during the 2015 Amelia Island week, with proceeds to benefit the education of children. AMELIA ISLAND, Florida (March 15, 2015) – RM Sotheby's, the official auction house of the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance, is delighted to announce spectacular results for its 17th annual Amelia Island sale. The auction, which represented the first RM Sotheby's event since RM Auctions and Sotheby's formed a strategic partnership in February, achieved total sales of $60,328,550, besting the company's record 2014 Amelia Island performance by 67 percent. This result represents not only the highest total ever for a sale held during the Amelia Island week, but also exceeds the combined total of all other auctions this week, reaffirming RM Sotheby's clear market leadership. Taking top sale honors of the day and of the entire Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance week was the 1960 Ferrari 400 Superamerica SWB Cabriolet, chassis no. 1945 SA, achieving a very strong $6,380,000 to comfortably set a new world. Source: www.autoblog.com
