Most Expensive Cars Sold at Auction (All Time)

About This Dataset

Collector automobiles ranked by hammer price at public auction in millions of USD. The 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO is the most coveted collector car in history — widely considered the most beautiful racing car ever built, with only 36 examples made, each commanding extraordinary prices whenever one comes to market. A single example sold for $70 million in 2023, the highest price ever achieved for a car at public auction.

Analysis

Ferrari 250 GTO (1962) heads the table on 70, ahead of Ferrari 250 GTO (1962, second example) (48.4) and Mercedes-Benz W196 F1 (1954) (29.6) in Auction Price (Million USD) in 2023. 56 separates the highest figure (70) from the lowest (14). First and second are separated by 21.6, so the leader sits inside the field rather than apart from it. Places 3 to 8 are close together, spanning 29.6 to 14.

Source: Wikipedia

Key Findings

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Ferrari 250 GTO (1962) leads in Auction Price (Million USD) with 70 in 2023.

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2023 recorded the highest combined total across all categories.

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Gap in 2023: Ferrari 250 GTO (1962) is 5× larger than Porsche 917 K Short Tail (1970).

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8 categories · 6 years

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Top Value

Ferrari 250 GTO (1962)

Auction Price (Million USD) · 2023

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Metrics

Auction Price (Million USD)

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Period

2013 – 2023

6 years of data

Methodology & source

Data source: Wikipedia
Coverage: 8 entities · 2013–2023 (6 years) · 8 observations
Measure: Auction Price (Million USD)
Last updated: 6 September 2026
Compiled by: The ANYSTAT team, from the source above

How the figures are calculated

Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
Missing years are left empty rather than estimated — no interpolation, no carrying a previous year forward.
Change is measured between the first and last year in which an entity actually reported a value, so a series that starts late is not penalised for the years before it existed.
The compound annual rate is (last ÷ first)^(1 ÷ years) − 1, using those same two reported years.
Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2023.
An entity that reported nothing in the latest year is still listed — it follows the ranked entities in the table rather than being dropped.

Rankings & Full Data

8 records · Auction Price (Million USD) · ranked by 2023

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#	Category	2013	2016	2017	2018	2021	2023	Change
🥇	Ferrari 250 GTO (1962)	—	—	—	—	—	70	—
🥈	Ferrari 250 GTO (1962, second example)	—	—	—	48.40	—	—	—
🥉	Mercedes-Benz W196 F1 (1954)	29.60	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	Ferrari 275 GTB/4 NART Spider (1967)	27.50	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Aston Martin DBR1 (1956)	—	—	22.50	—	—	—	—
6	Jaguar D-Type (1955)	—	21.80	—	—	—	—	—
7	McLaren F1 (1995)	—	—	—	—	20.50	—	—
8	Porsche 917 K Short Tail (1970)	—	—	14	—	—	—	—