IMS Museum to auction off historic cars later this year

IMS Museum to auction off historic cars later this year

[@markbutler7027]

This is disgusting. I attended the 500 over 20 years straight and those cars were donated to the museum. Those cars were not donated to be sold for a profit. Tony Hulman must be rolling over in his grave. What's next, sell the 1930s Grand Prix trophy's from Rudolf Caracciola. Great going Roger Penske.

[@greggreg2263]

Those are all some pretty special cars. I bet they get way more than 100 million.

[@westonsudduth782]

Pretty sure that when those cars were donated by individuals, they didn’t expect them to be sold off…ear marked for fundraising efforts?

[@SURENITY]

That SLR Streamline is gorgeous.

[@benjaminbellamy7207]

Will it go home to Stuttgart?

[@williamzander9708]

Sad day they are sold to line a salary for the directors why would you sale those cars that are donated greed .

[@76UVB]

Having Sotherby's handle the auction instead of one of those clown show U.S. vehicle auction houses was a good idea.

[@chuckdameron5626]

That gt 40 if it was raced it will bring at least 4 million because they do not come up very often

[@irishledden4924]

If they have a 59 El Dorado, I'm on it!

[@irishledden4924]

@@dogsense3773 THX but, I don't go to foreign countries.

[@GuysWithGlasses-is6ku]

San Francisco is… a city in California.

[@irishledden4924]

@@GuysWithGlasses-is6ku Which is a foreign country.

[@dogsense3773]

@@irishledden4924 that's so white of you

[@SURENITY]

@@irishledden4924 3rd World foreign country indeed. 😂

[@t23001]

Is the museum a nonprofit or a subsidiary of Penske/IMS?

[@thomasschwarting5108]

But you all realize that chances are these cars will probably NEVER be driven again! Sad actually! I mean would someone actually WANT to DRIVE a multimillion dollar car?!

[@jerrygraham5432]

There's a man named Jay Leno who does.

[@blueabattoir]

I want that Benz!

[@SURENITY]

This is a prudent decision indeed.

[@FlashDriveFilms]

It does make sense to concentrate the collection. And, those are some astonishing cars. I think they only built like 32 of the 250LM back in the day.

[@rtroyer8963]

Yeah right, selling off part of the collection to “enhance” the collection, because people only care about “Indie” cars and nothing else.

[@marshalllapenta7656]

Ford GT40....

[@fw1421]

Selling off these wonderful cars is a sin. This is just wrong. I’ve been to the museum back in 2014 and the cars they are selling are the ones I was most interested in.

[@KC9UDX]

If you don't like it, you buy the cars and start your own museum. This is your opportunity.

[@FlashDriveFilms]

Who's to say they won't be bought up by another museum, added to a more cohesive collection, and we can all see them there?

[@fw1421]

@@FlashDriveFilms the Mercedes Benz W196 streamlined was donated to the museum by Fangio himself. It was one of his racers

[@PatrickTyrrell-jd5zy]

​@KC9UDX I doubt you'll ever see many of these auctioned cars again. What happens next time the IMS museum needs funds? Sell more of the collection?

[@fw1421]

@@PatrickTyrrell-jd5zy My thoughts exactly. That Mercedes 196 streamlined was donated to the museum by Fangio himself. It’s priceless!