The Ferrari auction during the company’s 70th anniversary celebration which Topgear.com.my attended was not just about cars. Sure, the classics and modern models from Ferrari’s long list of production sports cars were the main draw, but others were just as interesting.
This included artworks which were generally the ‘basement bargain’ deals, perhaps treated by genuine Ferrari fans and collectors as a warm-up process before buying the big ticket items.
Looking for a carburetor, perhaps? They had them too, although at around €20,000 (RM100,500) for a 1952 three-weber 40 DCF unit, you will need to want them very badly.
And perhaps you like to keep the maintenance process as genuine as possible and use the original set of toolkit (never mind the fact that you likely won’t be doing any grease work yourself), so decide to look for a tool kit that’s made for the Ferrari 275/365 GTB/4. That’ll be €19,500, thank you.
Not interesting enough?
How much do you think a 1:2 scale model of an 812 Superfast is worth? Pat yourself in the back if you guessed €500,000 (RM2.5 million). That’ll wake up your bank manager, but the justification is that this is the actual model Ferrari used during the berlinetta’s development.
A 1983 Ferrari 400i with black paintwork and funky blue leather interior once owned by the Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards was sold for €300,000.
What I found to be truly amusing is the final price for the first LaFerrari; and by that meaning this is an actual pre-production unit from 2013. The same one that appeared on the stands at Geneva in the same year. And the same one used as a demonstrator model when potential owners came to Marenello to configure their LaFerrari.
You see, the new owner will be made to sign an agreement where this LaFerrari will not be registered for road use, ever. In fact, it must only remain stationary and for display only. This ‘privilege’ made a €1.8 million hole in the new owner’s bank account.
The urge to drive it anyway must be overwhelming, but we do know what happens if the agreement is breached, right? No more letters or invites from Ferrari, for sure.
As for the real big ticket items – other than the €8.3 million LaFerrari Aperta, of course – I got to witness the bidding war for a 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB (short-wheelbase) Berlinetta Competizione as seen below. The bid was opened at €5 million and reached €7.2 million within a minute. Not long after, the auctioneer sold it for €7.35 million. Kerrr-chinggg.
