Milhous Collection auction racks up US$38.3 million in sales

The final hammer has come down on the Milhous Collection auction we previewed last week. The two-day event resulted in 100 percent of all lots being sold for a total of US$38.3 million. The item to fetch the highest price was a 1912 Oldsmobile Limited Five-Touring, which set a world record auction price for an Oldsmobile at $3.3 million.

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Conducted by RM Auctions in association with Sotheby's on February 24/25 in Boca Raton, Florida, the auction attracted bidders from 18 countries looking to snap up an item from the range of rare mechanical musical instruments, automobiles and collectibles on offer

• 1912 Oldsmobile Limited Five-Passenger Touring: $3,300,000

• 1903 Ruth Style 38-B Fair Organ: $1,265,000

• 1933 Chrysler Custom Imperial Five-Passenger Phaeton: $1,210,000

• 1998 46-Foot Custom Carousel With 42 Animals, 2 Chariots and Wurlitzer 153 Band Organ: $1,207,500

• Gaudin 125-Key Dance Organ: $1,150,000

• 1913 Welte Wotan Brass Band Orchestrion: $1,092,500

• 1934 Cadillac Sixteen Custom Roadster: $1,001,000

• 1939 Lagonda V-12 Rapide Sports Roadster: $990,000

• 1930 Duesenberg Model J Convertible Sedan: $990,000

• 1937 Cadillac Sixteen Custom Phaeton: $962,500

Source: RM Auctions