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RM Auctions\u2019 eighth London sale, at Battersea Park, on September 9th saw $36,348,733 worth of vehicles change hands, with 86% of all lots sold. Top sales honors went to a 1956 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Competizione \u201cTour de France\u201d, chassis 0563 GT, which was one of only nine built by the Maranello factory. With extensive period racing history, including two top-10 finishes in the legendary Tour de France road race, this desirable, race-bred GT sold for $7.7 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RM Auctions\u2019 eighth London sale, at Battersea Park, on September 9th saw $36,348,733 worth of vehicles change hands, with 86% of all lots sold. Top sales honors went to a 1956 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Competizione \u201cTour de France\u201d, chassis 0563 GT, which was one of only nine built by the Maranello factory. With extensive period racing history, including two top-10 finishes in the legendary Tour de France road race, this desirable, race-bred GT sold for $7.7 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":666481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10112,56,11577],"tags":[7366,60,17322,22323,4544,4542,2302],"class_list":["post-494242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-auctions","category-ferrari","category-auction-action","tag-auctions","tag-ferrari","tag-ferrari-prices","tag-ferrari-250-for-sale","tag-ferrari-250-gt-berlinetta","tag-ferrari-250-gt-berlinetta-tour-de-france","tag-rm-sothebys"],"yoast_head":"\nTour De France Tops London<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/tour-de-france-tops-london\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tour De France Tops London\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"RM Auctions\u2019 eighth London sale, at Battersea Park, on September 9th saw $36,348,733 worth of vehicles change hands, with 86% of all lots sold. 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