Billionaire CEO of Victoria's Secret sues over $18.3 million Ferrari sale

With the prices for classic cars in general and antique Ferraris in particular climbing to new records every year, legal battles over who owns what become ever more common. And this week, the Ferrari that lays claim to the title of the world's most expensive stolen car spawned yet another lawsuit, months after a high-profile auction that saw it sold for $18.3 million to the Ohio billionaire who runs Victoria's Secret.

Les Wexner, 77, has long been a collector of classic Ferraris, owning more than a dozen from the brand's early racing years thanks to his success founding The Limited and other stores. And he's exactly the type of buyer Bonhams had in mind last June when it put this car up for sale, the 1954 Ferrari 375-Plus, one of six the Italian company built to go racing in that era and one of only four that still exist. It won a Formula 1 race at Silverstone, led at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and generally raced like a banshee for much of the '50s, before it was bought and parked by Cincinnati resident Karl Kleve, after it caught fire in 1958.