Results: The 1912 Mercedes 28/50 PS Town Car sold for US$253,000, about what the auctioneers thought it would bring. It was the second-highest sale at that auction. OTOH, the French steam car, considered the oldest operating motor car in the world, the 1884 De Dion Bouton Et Trepardoux Dos-A-Dos Steam Runabout, sold for US$4,620,000, twice the pre-sale estimate. Apparently some folks still have money.

Jeremy

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"Buster" in the '95

Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762
"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970