Porsche's Nazi car fails to sell amid biggest blunder in recent auctions

The auction for the Type 64 was terminated in minutes, after no bids above $17 million appeared in the room

After the biggest blunder in recent auction history, the Nazi car that Ferdinand Porsche made didn’t sell.

During Saturday night’s highly charged standing-room only auction in downtown Monterey, California, auctioneers at RM Sotheby’s premier sale dimmed the lights and showed a promotional video they had made ahead of the much-anticipated sale of the 1939 Type 64. The controversial silver coupe had been expected to sell for some $20 million before a massive mistake, or a blundered attempt at a lighthearted prank, by the auction house upset the crowded room. 

“This is the only surviving example personally driven by Ferdinand Porsche,” the evening’s