Andrews Auto Collection Auction is biggest ever – 16 million dollar cars - Gizmag
So this too is a world record which isn’t surprising because it's the original 1962 Geneva and New York show car with a rich provenance including a 145 mph run on the Bonneville salt flats. $4,180,000 – 1934 Packard Twelve Individual Custom Stationary Coupe The car which broke this nine-year-old record is one of just five surviving 1934 Eleventh Series Twelve Individual Custom Stationary Coupes, all but of which are held in... There’s a great back story to the car, which involved a lot of detective work during its restoration, plus a few artifacts, which enabled the original Dietrich car to be recreated near atom perfect. The completed restoration took the 2005 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance by storm, winning First in Class, the CCCA Award of Excellence, and the Most Elegant Closed Car. The car was originally designed by Duesenberg's chief designer, J. Herbert Newport, for thirties sex symbol Mae West , best known for the lines she wrote or delivered such as “Is that a pistol in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me. ”,... The car was eventually built for Ethel Mars , the wife of Mars Candy company founder Franklin Clarence Mars and a. Source: www.gizmag.com
