On day three of the Mecum Auction in Houston Texas, the highly anticipated offering of The 1964 Ford GT40 Prototype GT/104 (Lot S147.1) crossed the block in front of a bidding arena that was filled to capacity.  After more than five minutes of rigorous bidding, the hammer dropped at an astounding $7 million, securing the top sale of the entire 3-day auction and marking itself as what is certain to be one of the top sales of the year in the collector car market.