By Colin Wood
Aug 17, 2023
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Ferrari,
Monterey,
RM Sotheby's,
Monterey Car Week,
Lost & Found
Photography by J.A. Ackley
Is 20 a lot? It depends on the context. Buying 20 cans of soup? A little odd, but probably not worth writing home about.
Twenty highly desirable Ferraris lost to time going up for auction? That’s much more significant.
RM Sotheby’s took the cover off its Lost & Found Collection of 20 “barn find” Ferraris during Monterey Car Week. This exclusive collection includes a 250 GT Coupe Speciale first owned by King Mohamed V of Morocco, a 275 GTB/6C that competed in the 1966 Targa Florio, a 512 BB Competizione that was one of three examples prepared to compete in the 1978 24 Hours of Le Mans, and a 500 Mondial Spider Series I with an extensive racing history that includes a fourth-place class finish in the 1954 Mille Miglia.
The full collection is as follows:
This is a really cool idea, but somehow, when word gets out to the general public... and it will, I think this is going to be bad for car guys in general.
I have a feeling that it's going to lead to increased hoarding, rather than bringing more under appreciated classics out of the woodwork.
I saw a few of these teased earlier especially the 1954 Ferrari 500 Mondial Spider Series I by Pinin Farina
I hate to see even garbage trucks treated this way. Now I understand why Enzo hated to deal with the general public. Looks like a rich 6-yr-old's toybox.
Almost 1.9 million for the husk of the 500 spyder
I was watching a few videos on YouTube about what WAS in the collection that the guy had sold off to cover tax debts a few times. That was a crazy collection.
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