Originally published on dupontregistry.com.

Ferrari has one of the greatest racing legacies in the world, and some of its most epic stories were forged at what is arguably the world’s most contentious racing arena: the 24 Hours of Le Mans. One Ferrari that played an instrumental role in building this heritage in the 1960s is the Ferrari 250 LM. Only 32 examples of the 250 LM were ever built, and one particularly spectacular one sold at RM Sotheby’s Paris 2025 Auction for a staggering price above $36 million.

A 1964 Ferrari 250 LM, the car was the sixth of the 32 250 LM cars made. Owned by Luigi Chinetti and driven by Masten Gregory and Jochen Rindt for the North American Racing Team (NART), the car won the 24 Hours of Le Mans outright in 1965. That victory made the car a unicorn for various reasons: it secured the sixth consecutive Ferrari victory at Le Mans, it was the only privateer-entered Ferrari to win Le Mans overall, and it was the last V12 Ferrari to win Le Mans.

Since its milestone achievements, the car has been preciously kept, with the matching numbers engine and gearbox still there, and all that pedigree concentrated in one vehicle makes it one of the most incredible collector-grade cars of all time. In Paris, it crossed the RM Sotheby’s auction block, selling for an astronomical price of roughly $36,344,960, truly showcasing the significance of one of the greatest treasures in automotive history sold.