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Limits RegistryA 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé — one of only two ever built, previously kept in Mercedes-Benz's own museum collection — sold for €135 million (approximately $143 million) at a private RM Sotheby's sale in May 2022, the highest price ever paid for a car. Because it was a private sale rather than a fully public auction, some record-keepers list it separately from open-auction records, but it remains the highest documented sale price for any automobile.
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A 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé — one of only two ever built, previously kept in Mercedes-Benz's own museum collection — sold for €135 million (approximately $143 million) at a private RM Sotheby's sale in May 2022, the highest price ever paid for a car. Because it was a private sale rather than a fully public auction, some record-keepers list it separately from open-auction records, but it remains the highest documented sale price for any automobile.
The highest price ever paid for a single automobile sold at a public auction.
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Limits Registry. LR-MOST-EXPENSIVE-CAR-AUCTION. Most expensive car ever sold at auction. 2026.