PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. >> A 1936 Mercedes-Benz found in a Connecticut barn could fetch a record $16 million-plus at a Pebble Beach auction this weekend.

The Los Angeles Times says the rare Mercedes 540K Special Roadster could break the $16.4 million record for any car sold at auction when it goes on the block after the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.

The 17-foot-long car is believed to be among only 12 left in the world.

The Mercedes was owned by German Baroness Gisela von Krieger, whose family brought it to the United States after World War II.

When Gisela von Krieger died in 1989, lawyers sorting out her estate found the car hidden in a Connecticut barn, where it had been untouched for three decades.