Cars tied to Steve McQueen have sold at public auction for anywhere from five figures to more than $10 million. In fact, the gap between a Steve McQueen car and an otherwise identical one often runs to multiples. The auction catalogs say so plainly.

These five sales come from RM Sotheby’s, Mecum and Christie’s. They run from the highest price to the lowest, and each one comes with the provenance its auction house put behind the car.

1. 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4

McQueen bought this Scaglietti-bodied Ferrari new in 1967 from Hollywood Sport Cars. He made the purchase after his earlier Ferrari suffered damage on the Pacific Coast Highway. The car left the factory in Nocciola, a metallic gold. Almost immediately, he had it resprayed in a shade called Chianti Red. He kept it for more than four years. Photos also show him with it around the time he was filming Bullitt.

The car is chassis 10621, with a 3,286-cc V12 rated at 300 bhp. In 2013, Ferrari Classiche certified its restoration back to McQueen’s original specification. RM Sotheby’s then sold it at its Monterey sale in August 2014. The price was $10,175,000, according to the auction house’s lot page.

2. 1968 Ford Mustang GT (Bullitt)

McQueen never owned this one, so it isn’t strictly a Steve McQueen car. Instead, it is the hero car he drove on screen in the 1968 film Bullitt. After filming, it passed through several hands before Robert Kiernan bought it in 1974. Then it sat unused from 1980 until 2001. That year, Kiernan and his son began bringing it back to running order.

The family showed the car publicly at the 2018 Detroit auto show. Later, they consigned it to Mecum’s Kissimmee sale in January 2020. It sold for $3.74 million including buyer’s premium, as Carscoops reported from the sale. Hagerty’s list of McQueen auction results also records that figure.

3. 1963 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Lusso

McQueen took delivery of this Lusso in mid-1963 after a visit to Otto Zipper’s showroom in Santa Monica. The car wore a reddish-brown metallic finish over beige leather. Its paperwork included Luigi Chinetti’s original order and the actor’s California plates. It also came with photographs by William Claxton. Later, collector Michael Regalia found it and restored it between 2000 and 2004.

Christie’s offered it at Monterey in August 2007 with an estimate of $800,000 to $1.2 million. However, it sold for $2.31 million, Jalopnik reported from the sale. By comparison, Christie’s own car sales chief told CNN Money what the car was worth without the McQueen history. The likely figure was $600,000 to $800,000.

4. 1976 Porsche 930 Turbo Carrera

McQueen special-ordered this Slate Gray 930 through Bob Smith Porsche in Hollywood. He specified black sport seats, a sunroof, dual mirrors and a limited-slip differential. Forbes described it as the last special-order Porsche McQueen placed before his death in 1980. Later, according to his son Chad McQueen, the actor added a switch to shut off the rear lights.

Mecum sold the car at its Monterey auction on August 15, 2015. It brought $1.95 million, according to Forbes’ report on the sale. Meanwhile, ClassicCars.com Journal pointed out that Hagerty’s valuation guide topped out at $290,000 for the model at the time.

5. 1970 Porsche 911S (Steve McQueen’s Le Mans car)

Porsche invoiced this Slate Gray 911S to McQueen’s company, Solar Productions, on June 1, 1970, for $8,338.61. The car reached him on the set of Le Mans. It also appears with him in the film’s opening sequence, which runs about three minutes and 40 seconds. Its 2,195-cc flat six carries a rating of 200 DIN horsepower. The order also specified air conditioning, leather and yellow-lensed fog lamps for France.

McQueen shipped the car to Los Angeles in January 1971. He then sold it rather than his 1969 911S, and an attorney bought it through a Los Angeles Times ad. Later, RM Sotheby’s sold the matching-numbers car at Monterey in August 2011 for $1,375,000. That figure comes from the auction house’s lot record.

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