{"id":7477,"date":"2008-11-03T11:11:12","date_gmt":"2008-11-03T11:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=7477"},"modified":"2024-12-06T03:30:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T03:30:24","slug":"rm-auction-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/rm-auction-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"RM Auction Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"copy-paste-block\">\n<p>Last week, RM Auctions proved that the economy hasn&#8217;t affected certain blue chip cars. At their London Automobile sale, several records where broken including the McLaren bid we featured last week.<\/p>\n<p>One sale watched by the concours community was a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supercars.net\/cars\/4256.html\">Horch Special Roadster<\/a> which sold for nearly 1.8 million USD. In need of a restoration, this is a sister to the Horch which won the Pebble Beach concours in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Besides the McLaren, another record was reached for the Ferrari <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supercars.net\/cars\/2107.html\">Tour de France Berlinetta<\/a> which reached 3.5 million USD. Like many of the cars, it was rolled out in a smoke screen and highlighted by a starlight ceiling.<\/p>\n<p>All the ambience, cars and action can be seen in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supercars.net\/gallery\/119513\/1942\/1.html\">this week&#8217;s gallery<\/a> by Dirk de Jager. We&#8217;ve assembled some of his top shots from the sale highlights.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, RM Auctions proved that the economy hasn&#8217;t affected certain blue chip cars. At their London Automobile sale, several records where broken including the McLaren bid we featured last week. 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