This Ferrari 290MM racer just sold for $22m

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Written by Vijay Pattni
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This is an old Ferrari. It was built in 1956 as a proper Ferrari factory racer. The first race it ever entered was a little known, easy Sunday drive called the Mille Miglia. It finished second overall. Indeed, this 1956 Ferrari was driven by the period"s most revered and talented racing drivers. People like Juan Manual Fangio, Phil Hill, Peter Collins, Wolfgang von Trips, and Sir Stirling Moss. You need to know this information because it helps explain why, over the weekend, this 1956 Ferrari 290MM by Scaglietti sold for a whopping $22,005,000 at RM Sotheby"s LA auction held at the Petersen Automotive Museum. That"s about 17m. And you thought you had an expensive night out

Date written: 10 Dec 2018

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