“Here I’ve got a diecast model of the Honda NSX Type R, my dream car. I will own it one day. This is manifesting it,” he said, explaining that “ever since I was a kid I just was enamored with the NSX.

There’s no denying that the Honda NSX is one of Japan’s most iconic performance cars, but over the weekend, one particularly rare model was sold for a sum that might make even die-hard NSX fans do a ...