A one-day Artcurial auction was held in Monaco at the Hermitage Hotel on July 19. More than 120 lots were presented at the auction, the total sales value was 6 556 652 € (51% of the lots were sold, ed.).
Top sales were headed by a snow-white 1968 Lamborghini Miura P400 equipped with a unique stereo system of the time. One of the first supercars in the history of the automotive industry went under the hammer for € 977,400, with an estimated value of € 850,000 to € 1.2 million
On the second place according to the results of the auction is the first SUV in history, released under the Mercedes Maybach brand — the 2018 G650 Landaulet. The Landau car is powered by a twin-turbo V12 630 hp. sold for € 754,464.
Closed the top three Aston Martin DB5 1965 release. A car with a perfectly preserved interior, but requiring a major overhaul, was sold for 506 600 €. In addition to the full-scale restoration, the new owner will have to decide whether to restore the non-original engine or purchase the four-liter straight-six engine, with four cylinders, which was originally equipped with the DB5.
The top five also included a 1985 Peugeot 205 T16 and a 1989 Lamborghini Countach 25e Anniversaire. A unique Peugeot of its kind, owned by the head of Pioneer France Jack Setton, in blue and white livery was sold for 274,200 €. At the same time, the car produced for the 25th anniversary of Lamborghini lost only 40 € to Peugeot!