A one-car auction took place at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart over the weekend, and the car in question—a W196 R Stromlinienwagen from 1954—sold for €51,155,000 ($53,017,370). That makes it the most expensive Grand Prix car ever sold at auction,

RM Sotheby’s held a standalone, single-vehicle auction to sell the 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 R Stromlinienwagen at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany. The hammer fell at $53,017,370 (€51,155,000), making this the second-most expensive car ever to cross the auction block at a public sale.