Fabulous Ferraris Go on the Block in Italy
An incredible collection of Ferraris spanning 50-plus years of the company's history goes up for auction this Sunday at the Ferrari factory in Maranello. The stars of the sale are undoubtedly a 1961 250 GT SWB California Spyder that belonged to The Magnificent Seven star James Coburn, which is estimated at $4.6 - $5.9 million; and a 1964 250 Le Mans, est. $6.5 million - $7.4 million, making it one of the most expensive Ferraris ever to go on the block. There are plenty of other incredible machines on offer in the Ferrari: Leggenda e Passione event being staged by RM Auctions, however.
Our personal favorite is this beautiful 1962 250 GT Lusso, the very first production unit and one of only three known examples raced, which is considerably cheaper at est. $1.2 million - $1.5 million. Other highlights include a 1990 Ferrari F40 Le Mans, est. $1.5 million - $2.1 million; a 2004 Enzo specially made for a member of a Middle Eastern royal family in a one-off shade of gray, est. $1.2 million - $1.5 million; and a dashing dark blue 1967 GTB/4, est. $1.2 million - $1.6 million. If you can't make it to Italy this weekend, LiveAuctioneers.com has opened bidding online, and will also carry streaming audio/video of the event.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Henry May 15th 2008 9:12PM
Can't tell if it's the lighting but that looks like Azzurro California (California Blue). There are a half dozen silver (argento nurburgring) /gray (grigio titanio) Enzos, I'm very curious what this is painted. Hopefully I'll be liquid when they hammer away that beautiful tour de france / cuoio example.
JPS May 15th 2008 9:21PM
The Enzo is painted "Matt Titanio 20 Gloss," according to RM "the only Enzo painted in this special shade of grey from new" (every other one was produced in either red, black silver or yellow).
Henry May 15th 2008 10:54PM
Interesting. I've never heard of that used before on a Ferrari.
RM isn't entirely correct though as there is at least one Tour De France Blue Enzo (registered in Switzerland) and a white (Bianco) one registered in Denmark.
JPS May 15th 2008 10:59PM
Perhaps those were aftermarket paint jobs? They did make the distinction of this one being the only factory-produced variation. That's getting pretty technical though.
Henry May 16th 2008 10:07AM
No. http://www.enzoregister.barchetta.cc/