How many fun coupons will buy the wrecked Countach from The Wolf of Wall Street ?

Where did the universe come from? What is our role in it? What do you buy if your penny stocks have paid off, if not a white-on-white Lamborghini Countach? These are important questions. One of them has an easy answer.

In the late 1960s, Marcello Gandini hammered a wedge into the supercar styling paradigm with the original Countach design. Horacio Pagani gave it a radical sendoff two decades later with his work on the 25th Anniversary model. But only one Countach was modified under the direction of cinema’s Martin Scorsese. Unlike the sketchbooks and clay of bygone, brilliant automotive designers, the Oscar-winner opted to use a few golf carts and a flatbed truck to achieve his vision.

On November 25th, the Bonhams auction house will auction off the (anti)hero car driven by Leonardo DiCaprio’s character, Jordan Belfort, in 2013’s The Wolf of Wall Street. The sale is part of Bonhams’ inaugural “On the Grid: The Abu Dhabi Auction” at the Yas Marina Circuit.

The Bianco-Polo-over-Bianco-leather 1989 Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary car featured in Wolf has been preserved in as-destroyed condition since the 2013 premiere of the film. Bonhams estimates it will sell for $1.5–$2 million. That’s a lot of “fun coupons” for an already ridiculous car, in this case rendered immobile in pursuit of movie magic.

Just under 660 examples of the Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary model were built, with the going rate for a #2 (Excellent) condition example in excess of $600,000, and a merely #4 (Fair) condition example commanding $345,000 on average. But if true excess is what you seek, why not spend multiple times that amount to own an inoperable one used in one of the most debaucherous driving sequences ever put to film? You may not be the fraudulent Wall Streeter-type, popping ‘ludes and opening scissor doors with your feet after rolling down the stairs of the Brookville Country Club, but you can still own the ultimate signifier of unchecked hedonism.

The auction lot also includes a costume from the scene; a director’s chair and clapboard signed by Scorsese, DiCaprio, and Margot Robbie; two crew hoodies; and not one, but two—yes, two—copies of the film on DVD. (A pair of VHS tapes would be more period-correct, but at least the car is the real deal.)

In fact, two Countach 25th Anniversaries were used for the scene, the other being an unscathed backup car seen only for a few seconds. That makes the star car shown here a true cinematic one-of-one. In that context, we can better wrap our heads around its potential value exceeding even the most perfect, most original Countach 25th Anniversary.

As-is the car is more or less sculpture. Tampering with that, even to restore it to perfection if that’s possible, likely would reduce its value even though certificates of authenticity proving the Lamborghini’s on-screen provenance might still make it worth more compared with a “normal” one.

Another option is to get the thing mechanically sorted and drivable while leaving as much of the aesthetic damage intact as possible—call it movie prop patina. Then again, anyone with more than a million to spend on a non-running wrecked Lamborghini might have an suitable spot to simply display it in a Scarface-esque compound somewhere.

The Wolf of Wall Street is one of the rare movies that rivals Goodfellas in terms of fans taking the wrong message from the  corrupt characters’ exploits on screen. But if someone unironically thinks greed is good, this Countach would look quite cool displayed next to a pillar holding up a diamond-encrusted skull by Damien Hirst or something.

Car enthusiasts would likely prefer to own a different Wolf’s Countach—Walter Wolf’s to be specific—but nobody can promise such a purchase would come with a pair of sweatpants and $35 worth of DVDs. Tough call how to spend those fun coupons.

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