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The Most Valuable Car in the World, with Gord Duff And Marcus Breitschwerdt

The Most Valuable Car in the World, with Gord Duff And Marcus Breitschwerdt

Update: 2025-10-07
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This is an episode of The Specialist, your weekly dose of wonder. In The Specialist, explore the significance and journey of an extraordinary work through the eyes of those that know it best.



On this episode, the extraordinary story of the 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé — a car so rare and revered that few believed it would ever leave the Mercedes museum. Yet it went on to become the most expensive automobile in history. To tell this story to full effect, this episode will feature both Gord Duff, President of RM Sotheby’s in Blenheim, Ontario, and Marcus Breitschwerdt, Executive Vice Present of Mercedes-Benz and CEO of Mercedes-Benz Heritage.




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The Most Valuable Car in the World, with Gord Duff And Marcus Breitschwerdt

The Most Valuable Car in the World, with Gord Duff And Marcus Breitschwerdt

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