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We’ve been busy covering Barrett-Jackson this week, but there are plenty of other auctions going on in Scottsdale as well. One of those is Gooding & Company, which has been selling some pretty incredible cars. Perhaps the most significant is this 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing, which is just one of 29 built with an aluminum alloy body.

Standard 300SL Gullwing prices can exceed a million dollars, but this particular example was expected to sell for anywhere between ,500,000 and ,000,000. These alloy 300SL Gullwings come up for sale infrequently, though, which is perhaps why the final bid of .2 million was so high. With auction fees, the final selling price of the 300SL was an incredible .62 million, a new record for this car.

You can read more about this particular 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Alloy after the jump, and check out photos of the car in the gallery above.

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Rare 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Alloy sells for record .62 million originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Spell it with two Es and the name Beetle is intrinsically linked to Volkswagen. Drop that second E for an A, though, and you’re looking at another 60s icon altogether. While the VW might not hold much sway for music buffs, the Beatles and its individual members hold plenty of interest for car fans.

If it’s not John Lennon’s ’65 Ferrari 330 GT going up for auction, it’s a special one-off Mini painted by George Harrison. This time around, though, it’s Harrison’s Aston Martin that’s garnered our attention.

This 1964 DB5 belonged to Harrison back in the 60s and was just sold at auction for well above its estimated value. After a fierce bidding war under the auspices of Coys in London, the classic Aston went to an unnamed collector from Houston, Texas for £350,000 (equivalent to 7k at today’s exchange rates) – a good £150k (5k) more than expected.

At those prices, the new owner may be whistling “baby you can drive my car”, but is more likely to hide his love away in a climate-controlled garage somewhere. Follow the jump for the full press release.

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George Harrison’s Aston Martin DB5 sells for over half a million originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 11 Dec 2011 12:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Prices for vintage Ferraris have escalated the last few years, with the more expensive models breaking records for the price of a car sold at auction. A 1961 Ferrari California Spyder sold for more than million in 2008, and a 1957 Ferrari 250 TR went for more than million in 2009. When auction house Gooding announced that it would be selling the recently restored 1957 Ferrari 250 TR prototype at this past weekend’s Pebble Beach sale, we had a feeling that the record would be broken once again.

Our hunch was correct, as a final bid of .9 million was offered for the car at Friday night’s auction. Taking into account Gooding’s ten percent selling fee, the final price rang in at an astounding .39 million.

In addition to the 250 TR, Gooding sold six additional cars over the million dollar mark including a 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California (.355 million), a 1963 Shelby Cobra 289 Factory Team Car (.285 million) and a 1953 Ferrari 375 Vignale Coupe (.2 million). You can read more about the record-breaking auction in Gooding’s press release after the jump.

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1957 Ferrari 250 TR Prototype sells for record .39 million at Gooding’s Pebble Beach auction originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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