I always wince when I hear “OMG tihs is teh most expensive car evar!” next to whatever happens to be a record purchase at the time, as it’s only a matter of weeks before the next one comes along and trumps it.  But screw it.  OMG tihs is teh most expensive car evar!  It’s the legendary 1957 Ferrari 250 TR.  Find out more after the jump.

Crossing the block at RM Auctions’ Ferrari Leggenda E Passione sale in Maranello on the 17th of May, RM expects the 250 TR to set a new world record for a car sold at auction, potentially exceeding the $10.89 million dollar sale of a 1961 Ferrari California Spyder last year. Figures like $21.7 million have been thrown around the internet, but once a certain point in rational expectation of an item’s value has been passed, I believe they get a magic unicorn to hoof out the estimate on a calculator made of wishes.  I’m not going to buy it that’s for sure.  If I did, would I get loads of parking tickets?  Yes.  Would I scratch it?  Yes.  Would I get involved in some awful hit-and-run and dent the front of it?  Yes.