The 10 Most Outrageous Luxury Items People Bought In August

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Cars, sports memorabilia, and coins were among the big purchases that the wealthy people and collectors splurged on this month.

One buyer even spent more than a million dollars on a dime.

Check out our roundup of the craziest luxury purchases people made in August.

The watch Steve McQueen wore in "Le Mans" sold for $800,000.

Expensive McQueen memorabilia

The watch that Steve McQueen wore in the 1971 movie "Le Mans" sold for $800,000 at auction this month.

Other McQueen memorabilia also sold, including a United States passport signed by McQueen, which hammered at just above $46,000.

Rare baseball cards from the 1900s fetched $566,130 at auction.

Very rare baseball cards

After discovering a rare batch of baseball cards from the 1900s in their grandparents' attic, a group of cousins decided to put them up for auction.

The cards included Hall of Famers such as Ty Cobb, Cy Young, and Honus Wagner, making them a hot ticket on the auction block.

The cards didn't disappoint and sold for $566,132.

A 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Special Roadster sold for $11.77 million.

The most expensive car sold at Pebble Beach

A classic 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Special Roadster was the most expensive car sold at auction during the Pebble Beach classic car show this month.

The car, which was once the property of Baroness Gisela von Krieger, went for $11.77 million.

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