rm sotheby's // paris 2025
RM Sotheby's has been celebrating its flagship European auction in Paris for 12 years now. The year 2025 is set to be a historic one, as the sale's main lot, the Ferrari 250 LM, was sold for €35,000,000, making it the 6th most expensive car sold in the world. this car is The overall winner of the 1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, sealing the major milestone of six consecutive Ferrari victories at Le Mans and The only privateer-entered Ferrari to ever win the 24 Hours of Le Mans overall. it's Highly preserved and original example, retaining its matching-numbers engine and gearbox, and it's The sixth chassis of 32 examples built. she was accompanied by One of 25 Ferrari 512 BB/LMs, and One of 15 Ferrari 512M race cars. In addition to the classic cars, there was also a gorgeous example of the pagani huayra R, Chassis 005 out of 30 customer examples of the track-only hypercar, and the bugatti centodieci, One of just 10 examples produced. RM also presented a room full of porsches, enough to make anyone happy. From the classic Carrera RS 2.7 to the outrageous GT2 RS Clubsport, not forgetting the front-engined porsches, there was something for everyone (almost).
