The world of car auctions has seen some of the rarest models in the world go under the hammer, with some fetching sky-high ...

Of the 1950s Ferrari cars that burned up the auction block just as they did the racetrack, the '56 Scagliotti 290 MM Spider is a particularly dashing model, with fronted rounded edges all around ...

The 1956 Ferrari 290 MM driven by Juan Manuel Fangio fetched $28.05 million in RM Sotheby's Driven by Disruption sale in New York, setting a new high for the year, the city, and the auction house.

Rewind two generations from the Ferrari 335 S and you’ll find the 290 MM. Another Scuderia brainchild, this example was one of the quartet that rolled off the production line. The car raced for ...