· porsche type 64 would have set a record for an auction price for the brand, but the hammer never struck. Publicly offered for the first time in its long history, this remarkable type 64 is the ancestor of all porsches, and one can easily discern its resemblance to the marque’s evolution through the years, right up to today’s 911 model range. · the 1939 porsche type 64 may be worth a lot, but an unfortunate mistake saw a sothebys auctioneer trying to sell the vehicle for five times its probable value. · a 1939 porsche type 64 was set to be the most expensive porsche ever sold at auction and expected to fetch us$20m. This past weekend, one of the most significant porsche race cars in the brand’s legendary history was set to be auctioned off at the rm sotheby’s auction in monterey. In spite of the hype surrounding the oldest surviving example before the auction, it failed to sell at rm sotheby’s monterey on saturday. · the highly-anticipated 1939 porsche type 64 failed to sell at rm sothebys 2019 monterey auction after a bidding glitch during car week. But its role as the ancestor of today’s. · technically speaking, the type 64 isn’t really a porsche because the company didn’t yet exist when ferdinand porsche created the car in nazi germany.
