‘General Lee’ Auction Ends at Almost $10M

If the bids are real — and the eBayMotors.com auction was stopped once for fake bidding — a modified 1969 Dodge Charger, painted to look like the General Lee from the TV Show The Dukes of Hazzard, nearly became the most expensive car ever auctioned. The auction closed at $9,900,500 at 1:00 pm Friday. That puts it just $1.1 million away from the $11 million paid for a 1931 Bugatti Type 41 Royale Sports Coupe sold by the auction house Christie’s in 1987. To date, that is the highest price ever paid for a car at auction, according to Christie’s