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BIG BIDDERS

As car collectors seek out ever more exotic vehicles, auction houses like RM Sotheby’s have grown to fill the demand, offering more than a dozen specialized auctions annually, in locales like Pebble Beach, Amelia Island, Paris, and Monte Carlo. High-end automotive sales at auction see hundreds of millions of dollars change hands, as vehicles ranging from early Ford Model Ts

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