10 Most-Intriguing Collector-Car Auction Sales Of 2011 (11 images)

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Winner of the 1931 Indianapolis 500, this nicely restored historic race car hit $2 million at Mecum Auctions' Monterey event.  (Photo: Mecum Auctions)
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  • The oldest running car in the world, this ancient piece of French history hit $4.62 million at RM Auctions sale in Hershey, Pa. (Photo: RM Auctions)
  • Winner of the 1931 Indianapolis 500, this nicely restored historic race car hit $2 million at Mecum Auctions' Monterey event.  (Photo: Mecum Auctions)
  • Also at Gooding's Pebble Beach event, this classic beauty sold for $10.3 million, the most ever paid for an American car at auction.  (Photo: Gooding & Company)
  • Bertone's groundbreaking Lancia Stratos Zero, one of the most-famous 
concept cars of all time, was among the five Dream Cars sold at RM's 
auction at Villa d'Este, Italy.  (Photo: Wouter Melissen)
  • Bertone Dream Cars  - Six iconic and instantly recognizable 1960s concept cars from the famed Bertone design house were offered at RM's auction at Villa d'Este, Italy, with the high sale going to the 1967 Lamborghini Marzal, a predecessor to the Espada, that went for $2.13 million.  (Photo: Wouter Melissen)
  • A well-crafted and beautifully finished custom coupe donated by Steve Davis, president of Barrett-Jackson, reached the improbable height of $700,000 on the Las Vegas auction block with every penny benefitting the Armed Forces Foundation. (Photo: Barrett-Jackson)
  • The Holy Grail of Mercedes collectors, this stunning roadster lead the pack of five amazing pre-war Benzes at the RM auction in Monterey with a sale of $9.68 million.   (Photo: RM Auctions)
  • A provenance of a darker sort lifted the value of this ragged Le Mans race car linked with the worst motorsports tragedy in history at the 1955 24 Hour of Le Mans, selling for $1.3 million at Bonhams' auction in Weybridge, UK.  (Photo: Bonhams)
  • The prototype for Ferrari's most-evocative race car scored the highest price ever paid for any car at auction with its $16.4 million sale at Gooding & Company's Pebble Beach sale.  (Photo: Gooding and Company)
  • Movie provenance and past ownership by film idol Steve McQueen worked their magic for this attractive coupe that sold for a stratospheric $1.39 million, also at RM in Monterey. (Photo: RM Auctions)
  • A gorgeous restoration and some kind of cosmic convergence over Southern California resulted in this bus reaching an astonishing $210,000 at Barrett-Jackson's Orange County sale. (Photo: Barrett-Jackson)
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Miller Bower Seal Fast Special

Winner of the 1931 Indianapolis 500, this nicely restored historic race car hit $2 million at Mecum Auctions' Monterey event. (Photo: Mecum Auctions)

Credit: Date: December 14, 2011
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