At the auction in New York, a rare Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider Competizione by Scaglietti, released in 1959, was sold for an impressive $ 17,990,000. As the role of the auction organizer has acted the auction house RM Sotheby's.
It is worth noting that the peculiarity of this lot is the fact that back in 1959 it was this car that took the third place in its class on the legendary Le Mans race.
As authoritative portal Carscoops writes, Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider Competizione by Scaglietti received a chassis number 1 551 and is one of two cars, the lightweight body of which is completely made of aluminum.