$12 mn McLaren F1 sports car heads to auction

The multi-million-dollar orange eye candy in the window at Sotheby’s in New York, a 1998 McLaren F1 sports car, has attracted gawkers from the moment it was displayed on June 3.

The McLaren, estimated at more than $12 million, is part of a private collection of 30 automobiles that includes approximately nine Ferraris, two Lamborghinis and two Bugattis, to be auctioned by RM Sotheby’s on August 13.

The seller is an unidentified collector based in Florida. The sale will take place during a six-day annual classic car extravaganza at California.