One year ago Gooding and Company sold the 1957 Ferrari 250 TR Prototype sold for $16.39 million at Pebble Beach setting by it a new world record. This year the company has an ultra-rare 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540 K von Krieger Special Roadster and going to smash the previous record.
Called "the most exciting pre-war Mercedes-Benz I've ever known" by David Gooding the unique 540K Special Roadster has long history. It was originally built for the royal Prussian family in 1936. In 1942 the car was shipped to Switzerland by Baroness Gisela von Krieger to avoid the perils of WWII, after which it followed her to the United States where she drove it around Greenwhich, CT. The Baroness later moved back to Switzerland and left the roadster behind, where it sat in a garage for more than forty years.
But such rare item couldn’t just rot down in a garage, that’s why its new owner restored it and finished in black and chrome with a Cognac leather interior.
If you are interested more in the lot and its history, just click the link and you will see the official Press Release.
