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F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone is selling 50 of the world's rarest cars from his own personal collection.
RM Auctions - which is handling the sale in October - has the listed the lots and highlights include a 1955 Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing and a 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster, now thought to be worth $8.5 million.
There is also a rather more modest Ford Anglia, too.
A spokesman for RM Auctions said: "The collection, built up over decades of careful acquisition, is composed of a variety of automobiles that represent many marques and eras. This auction marks what will be the first and only public exhibition of the Ecclestone Collection."
But some commentators are curious about the sale - which is expected to raise around $40 million - because Bernie hardly needs to bolster his $8 billion fortune. Ecclestone's biographer Terry Lovell suggests that at the age of 77, he may be seeking to "tidy up some of his private assets."
- REUTERS
