You may remember we blogged about this a while back, and, true to form, the Ferrari 1957 250 Testa Rossa bagged a record breaking final price of €9,020,000 ($12.2 million) at RM Auctions’ annual Leggenda e Passione event in Italy.  More after the jump.

Here’s some meaningless waffle from RM’s MD, Max Girardo:

“The historical significance of this car attracted a bidding war as
collectors from around the world – both in the room and on the
telephone – competed to secure one of the most alluring and iconic of
all Ferrari racing cars…The eyes of the world were watching today’s sale as cars of
this quality are so rarely offered to the market. The quality and the
provenance of the Testa Rossa speaks for itself and the price we
achieved today is testament to that.”

He’s good isn’t he?  He’s so good that, as of this morning, Max Girardo became MD and spokesman of scumbagmillionaire.com.  Here’s what he had to say:

“The eyes of the world are watching as-”

Actually Max, but I think it was an error for us to bring you and your bullshit on board, but thanks.

Via Luxist