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break record at Pebble Beach auction  A 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540K
Special Roadster will be among those auctioned after the Pebble
Beach Concours d'Elegance car show.  August 15, 2012|By Jerry
Hirsch and David Undercoffler, Los Angeles Times   • The 1936
Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster was owned by German Baroness
Gisela von Krieger, whose family brought it to the U.S. after
World War II. It could break the $16.4-million record for any
car sold at auction when it goes on the block after the Concours
d'Elegance car show at Pebble Beach. The 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540K
Special Roadster was owned by German Baroness… (Mathieu
Heurtault, Gooding…)  When Gisela von Krieger died in 1989, the
legal team sorting out her estate found a car hidden in a
Connecticut barn.  Untouched for three decades, the vehicle was
an automotive time capsule. Old maps of New York and Connecticut
filled the door pockets. A woman's driving glove rested in the
glove box. Pink lipsti