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Barrett-Jackson is putting one of the more personal lots of its 2026-2027 calendar under the lights: a 2006 Maybach 57 that spent its final years as Elizabeth Taylor's own daily driver. The sedan goes on public display at the Las Vegas Auction from September 10-12, 2026, then crosses the block with no reserve at the Scottsdale Auction next January.
Taylor bought the black-on-Caramel Maybach 57 new and drove it until her death on March 23, 2011, when she willed it to her longtime friend and celebrity hairstylist Jose Eber. He has kept the car largely garaged for the past 15 years, and it shows: just 7,200 miles on the odometer. Under the hood is Mercedes-Benz's 5.5-liter V-12, rated at 543 horsepower and 664 lb-ft of torque, routed through a five-speed 5G-Tronic automatic with manual shift capability. Inside, the rear compartment still carries the small refrigerator mounted between the seats, the privacy curtains, and even the original canopy cover, all details that speak to how the car was actually used rather than simply stored.
Barrett-Jackson chairman and CEO Craig Jackson framed the sale around Taylor's outsized cultural footprint, noting that her name still resonates across generations, from classic cinema to recent pop music references. Eber, who held onto the car for a decade and a half, described it as a rolling reminder of the time the two spent together and said parting with it now felt like the right tribute to her memory.
Maybach's ultra-low production numbers mean Hagerty's valuation tools do not track the 57 as its own line in the price guide, which itself says something about how rarely these cars trade hands in public. For a proxy, look at the mechanically related Mercedes-Benz S600, a V-12 flagship from the same era: Hagerty's guide currently pegs a good-condition example at roughly 17,400 dollars, down close to 19 percent over the past year alone. That is the reality for big, complex, three-pointed-star limousines once the options and depreciation curve catch up with them.
That baseline is exactly why provenance matters so much here. Hagerty Insider has tracked how a celebrity connection can send a first-time-at-auction result well past guide value, only to see the premium shrink once the same car reappears on the market and the novelty wears off. A no-reserve sale of a car this documented, this original, and this closely tied to one of the most photographed women of the twentieth century is likely to draw bidders who care far more about the story than the depreciation curve.
The Maybach is one of several notable stories coming out of Barrett-Jackson's Las Vegas week. The Two Ram Icons Barrett-Jackson is running for charity show a similar appetite for lots with a story attached, while our look at This Rare 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing digs into how Hagerty data applies to another six-figure Mercedes with racing pedigree. For more on how star power shapes a sale price, our coverage of the Jim Farley-Owned 1972 DeTomaso Pantera is worth a read as well.
