Unsold

1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing

VIN: 84271981181

$820,000

Unsold

High bid

Seller details

  • Auction

    Christie's

  • Location

    Monterey, CA; US

  • Event date

    Aug 20 - Aug 21, 2000

  • Lot

    104

Vehicle specs

  • Chassis/VIN

    84271981181

  • Body style

    Coupe

  • Interior Color

    Blue

  • Exterior Color

    Ice Blue

  • Generation

    1954-1964 Mercedes-Benz 300SL

Vehicle details

Notes and observations recorded by Hagerty staff.

Equipment

Restored to like new condition. The subject of a lengthy saleroom notice read from the podium by Dermot Chichester amplifying its chassis number and history, along with a disclaimer from M B concerning its status as the 1952 factory prototype S N 0009 52 and clarification that it did not come to the US with the two Paul OShea SLSs.

Market commentary

The dissertation on the chassis number made short work of auctioning this car as bidders astutely sat on their bidder cards rather than risk a million bucks on a controversy. Too bad, because the car is pretty neat, with lots of nifty features.

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