There are many people who think a Ferrari TR 250 that Phil Hill drove is "an icon" and barely know what a Spitfire is, and of course the reverse, so it depends where you're coming from.
This airplane was sold at a collector price, not at a number that makes business sense if you're going to use it to give thrill rides to wealthy backseaters.
That baffles me, because collectibility is determined by a variety of factors, prime among them provenance, rarity and beauty. This airplane has no provenance, is not particularly rare by collector standards, and as has been pointed out by earlier posters, could even be considered...well, something other than beautiful.