Earlier this year at an auction in Arizona, a 1956 Ferrari 410 Superamerica Series 1 Coupe sold for $3.3 million—a million dollars higher than analysts had predicted. Maybe they should have expected more. At the time of its birth the Superamerica was the fastest car Ferrari had ever built, with a 4.9-litre V-12 engine cranking out 340hp and a top speed of 150mph. Only 16 were made. The January sale was just the sixth time the car had changed hands—but it boasts an extraordinary history, owned at times by an Italian race car driver, a DuPont heir and the man who sold Kurt Cobain that fatal gun.
(This story appears in the 03 October, 2014 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)