"As of right now, I have no information on the buyer of the Mulsanne," said Gooding & Company spokesperson Kathryn Hellwig in response to an e-mailed query by Inside Line. "This is typically something we don't release."
The Mulsanne was one of 129 lots auctioned by Gooding & Company during the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, where the Bentley made its official debut. Curiously, the Mulsanne did not make the auction house's top-10 list of sales results during the weekend. For example, a classic 1962 Ferrari 250GT SWB California Spider fetched $5,115,000, while a 1933 Alfa Romeo 8C2300 drophead coupe brought in $4,180,000.
Still, the Mulsanne auction is generating lots of interest, thanks to a dramatic YouTube video of the event. At one point, the auctioneer intones to one unseen bidder: "Is it not beautiful, sir? Is it not worth another bid?" Bentley later pointed out to Inside Line that the car used during the auction was the first prototype, so it is not the actual specification that the unknown buyer purchased.
Bentley spokesman David Reuter told Inside Line on Tuesday that "I'm not certain who the final purchaser was."
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