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10-10-2011, 12:54 PM
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World's 'Oldest Running Motor Car' Sells for $4.62 Million
Published October 10, 2011
| FoxNews.com
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/10/10/worlds-oldest-running-motor-car-sells-for-462-million/#ixzz1aOjmXZe0
http://www.rmauctions.com/images/cars/HF11/HF11_r153_01.jpg
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A vehicle purported to be the world’s oldest running motor car has sold for $4.62 million dollars.
At the RM Auctions in Hershey, Pennsylvania this past Saturday, the steam-powered [URL="http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/09/26/worlds-second-oldest-functional-car-heading-to-auction/"]1884 De Dion Bouton et Trepardoux Dos-a-Dos Steam Runabout (http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/leisure/2011/09/26/1884-de-dion-bouton-et-trepardoux-dos-dos-steam-runabout/) attracted a winning bid of $4.2 million, more than twice what it was expected to fetch. A 10 percent fee was added to the price, adding $420,000 to the grand total.
World's 'Oldest Running Motor Car' Sells for $4.62 Million
Published October 10, 2011
| FoxNews.com
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/10/10/worlds-oldest-running-motor-car-sells-for-462-million/#ixzz1aOjmXZe0
http://www.rmauctions.com/images/cars/HF11/HF11_r153_01.jpg
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A vehicle purported to be the world’s oldest running motor car has sold for $4.62 million dollars.
At the RM Auctions in Hershey, Pennsylvania this past Saturday, the steam-powered [URL="http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/09/26/worlds-second-oldest-functional-car-heading-to-auction/"]1884 De Dion Bouton et Trepardoux Dos-a-Dos Steam Runabout (http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/leisure/2011/09/26/1884-de-dion-bouton-et-trepardoux-dos-dos-steam-runabout/) attracted a winning bid of $4.2 million, more than twice what it was expected to fetch. A 10 percent fee was added to the price, adding $420,000 to the grand total.