Someone just paid almost $2 million for the rusted shell of a 1954 Ferrari

• The rusted shell of a Ferrari race car was sold for about $1.9 million to an undisclosed buyer.
• It was once part of a rare 1954 Ferrari 500 Mondial Spider Series I, one of only 13 ever made. 
• It was being sold alongside 19 other Ferraris that had sat in a barn for 45 years.

The rusted shell of an old Ferrari recently sold at a Sotheby's auction for almost $1.9 million.

The dented lump of metal may not look like much now, but it was once a 1954 Ferrari 500 Mondial Spider Series I, the second of just 13 that were made.