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1956-’59 BMW 507

If you were to imagine a blue-chip postwar German collectable, chances are it would have gullwing doors and wear the three-pointed star. Well, allow us to introduce you to an even bluer chip: the BMW 507.

It’s true that the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL occupies a perch well beyond the reach of most mortals, trading for somewhere around $1.2 million to $1.4 million at auction. Yet that

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