Ferrari fetches $28 million at NYC car auction

Janis Joplin’s Porsche was sold for .76 million on Thursday at auction.

The price is the most paid for any Porsche 356 sold at public auction.

During last night’s Driven By Disruption action in New York City, the psychedelic model sparked a bidding war among seven different people.

Fangio, an Argentinian thought-about one of many biggest Formula One drivers of all time, raced the 3.5-liter, S-12 engine auto within the 1,000-mile Mille Miglia occasion, ending fourth general in a race that wound by means of Italy.

Singer Janis Joplin’s wildly painted 1964 Porsche 356C Cabriolet, estimated at more than $400,000, is displayed during a preview of the “Driven by Disruption” sale at Sotheby’s, in New Y…

After she died of an overdose in 1970, Joplin’s manager, Albert Grossman, drove the Porsche for years.

The purple auto with a blue nostril competed in lots of different basic races.

It was sold by her family, which has owned it since 1973.

Janis’ siblings, Michael and Laura, offered the Porsche for auction after two decades on display at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Over the years, as the design wore down, artists came together to restore the original paint job. Purchased in 1976 as wedding gifts to each other; he bought the Rolls for her, she bought the Jag for him. Hagerty Price Guide value for a No. 1 condition vehicle at the time was $150,000-$200,000. With 35 years’ experience in the collector auto industry, RM’s vertically integrated range of services, from private treaty sales and auctions to estate planning, and financial services, coupled with an expert team of vehicle specialists and an worldwide footprint, provide an unsurpassed level of service to the global collector vehicle market.

What resulted was a auto so reflective of Joplin’s artistic flair, and it would become her daily driver-a regular sighting in the San Francisco Bay Area.