<p>This is a <b>list of the most expensive cars sold in public <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_auctions" class="mw-redirect" title="Auto auctions">auto auctions</a></b> through the traditional <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidding" title="Bidding">bidding</a> process, that of those that attracted headline grabbing publicity, mainly for the high price their new owners have paid.&#10;</p>On May 5, 2022, in a secret auction at the brand's museum in &#10;Germany, Mercedes-Benz sold one of just two 1955 300 SLR Uhlenhaut &#10;coupes from its extensive collection of historical automobiles&#8212;which &#10;dates back to the earliest days of the car in the late 19th century. The&#10; sale, to a private buyer, was for 135 million euros ($142,769,250). It &#10;handily outstripped the previous record-setting $48.4-million sale of a &#10;1962 Ferrari 250 GTO at a 2018 auction to become the most expensive car &#10;ever sold at auction. Both of these high-dollar sales were brokered by &#10;RM Sotheby's.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_cars_sold_at_auction#cite_note-1"></a>