The price was finally good for Jerry Seinfeld.
The actor revealed that he had finally sold his Porsche 917K During his appearance on Spike Feresten Podcast “Spike's Car Radio” (via Road and track) earlier this week. The news of the sale comes just a few weeks after Seinfeld refused $ 25 million for the racing car that Steve McQueen led to the film Le Mans During the Kissimmee 2025 sale of Mecum auction.
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Jaws abandoned last fall when Seinfeld announced that he sold his chassis 917K 022. The enthusiasts were not only shocked the famous Lover Porsche separated with the brand's most famous vehicle, but also that he had chosen Mecum to supervise his sale, that they are opposed to RM Sotheby's or Gooding & Company. The auction house has proven history, but it is more associated with muscle cars of American manufacturing than the kind of historic European sports and race cars on which they write books.
The Porsche 917K 002 chassis of “Le Mans”
Seinfeld told Ferensten and his co-host, Paul Zucker, whom he had gone with Mecum because of a meeting he had with its founder, Dana Mecum. During their conversation, Mecum explained how they would use the auction as a marketing opportunity for the actor's car and its auction house, aroused the interest of the two. Seinfeld was so convinced by the idea that he claims that he did not even bother to pay attention to the auctions, where the auctions exceeded $ 25 million, in January.
Seinfeld continued by explaining that the type of collectors who have the money to buy something like the Le Mans 917K, I don't always want to do business in public. “Some people do not want to buy it in this frantic moment of an auction,” he said. “They want to do it afterwards. And that's what happened.
The car is even signed by McQueen
The actor did not identify the new owner of the 917K. He doesn't look like how much they paid for the car either, except that it was in the range of $ 25 million. This would make 917K the most expensive Porsche of all time, easily beating $ 14.08 million than another example used to film Le Mans, chassis 024, sold in 2017. Whatever the final price, Seinfeld is sure to have made a profit on the vehicle, which he acquired from Franke Gallogy for an undressed amount in 2001.
Click here For more photos of Steve McQueen's Porsche 917K Le Mans.
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