FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RM AUCTIONS IN
ASSOCIATION WITH SOTHEBY’S ESTABLISHES EUROPEAN OPERATIONS
WITH SALE OF HISTORIC FERRARIS AT FERRARI FACTORY
IN
MARANELLO ON MAY 20, 2007
North America’s leading vintage motor car
specialists RM Auctions and internationally renowned auction
house Sotheby’s team up for historic sale of what could end up
being one of the world’s most valuable motor cars to be sold
at auction, the original 1962 LeMans winning Ferrari 330
TRI/LM Testa Rossa, driven by Phil Hill and Olivier
Gendebien.
1962 Ferrari 330 TRI/LM Testa
Rossa
1970 Ferrari 512 S
1953 Ferrari
340 MM
1966 Ferrari Dino 206 SP
1987
Ferrari F40 Prototipo
1997 ex-Michael Schumacher
F310 B Formula 1
Plus more than 100 lots of racing
and sports car memorabilia
Maranello, Italy (March 20, 2007) – RM Auctions in
association with Sotheby's will return an unprecedented
collection of factory-certified Ferrari sports and racing cars
to their native birthplace in Maranello, Italy for RM
Auctions’ “Leggenda e Passione” auction event on Sunday, May
20, 2007. This first European sale of North America’s leading
classic car auction house and restoration company will feature
significant automobiles from Ferrari’s sixty-year history of
producing the world’s finest sports and racing cars. The
one-day auction will also highlight more than 100 lots of
important racing memorabilia from Ferrari’s own archives.
Canadian-based RM auctions has recently established
operations in Europe with offices in New Bond Street, London,
UK. This high profile location is a result of the exclusive
relationship with international auction house Sotheby’s. This
expansion supports the development of RM’s global initiatives
and the extension of sales, acquisitions and restoration
services to clients across the Americas and Europe.
One of the highlights of the May 20 auction is undoubtedly
going to be the 1962 Ferrari 330 TRI/LM Testa Rossa. The only
4-litre Testa Rossa built, it also is the last Testa Rossa
built by Ferrari. Driven to victory by the incomparable
endurance racing pairing of Phil Hill and Olivier Gendebien,
it is the last front-engined car ever to capture the overall
victory at Le Mans, the Hill/Gendebien team’s epic third Le
Mans win. Its provenance is impeccably documented. It is
incomparable and absolutely unique.
(Est. $8,000,000 -
$10,000,000 U.S.)
The 1970 Ferrari 512 S (Chassis 1006) offered at this sale
was raced by Luigi Chinetti’s N.A.R.T. (North American Racing
Team) twice at Sebring, in Buenos Aires, Le Mans, as well as
in two CanAm races. In 1971 at the gruelling 24-Hours of
Daytona, the car placed an admirable second. Race marque
experts have called this 512 S “one of the most original and
unmolested examples in existence”. (Est. $2,500,000 -
$3,000,000 U.S.)
1953 Ferrari 340MM (Chassis 0268) – the most powerful
Ferrari of its time, with a 4.1 litre, 300 bhp V-12 beneath
its signature coach work. Of the 10 built, only two were
configured as Touring Spyders and this one is the only
survivor with original bodywork. Originally a factory team
entrant in the 1953 Mille Miglia and winner at Montlhéry,
chassis 0268 was later restored in the 1980s by Charles C.
Jones, after which it spent several years in Briggs
Cunningham’s museum in California. It was a participant in the
1996 Mille Miglia and invited to Pebble Beach in 2005. (Est.
$2,700,000 - $3,200,000 U.S.)
1966 Ferrari Dino 206 SP (Chassis 008) - retains its
original 2 litre V-6 engine, gearbox and bodywork and has been
restored mechanically and cosmetically to the highest degree.
Its well-documented history includes ownership and entries by
both SEFAC Ferrari and N.A.R.T., as well as an impressive
roster of drivers from the greatest age of sports car and
sports prototype racing: Bondurant, Vaccarella, Ginther,
Rodriguez, Kolb, Follmer, Schlesser, Gregory and Peter Gregg.
(Est. $2,200,000 - $2,700,000 U.S.)
1997 Ferrari F310B Formula One - Chassis 175, the
ex-Michael Schumacher, Monaco and Spa winning example is one
of the most important of all the Scuderia Ferrari Formula 1
race cars. Fabulously presented and recently track tested,
this historic example has been part of two important U.S.
collections since its retirement and is offered for sale for
the first time in many years.
(Est. $1,000,000 - $1,400,000
U.S.)
Max Girardo, managing director of RM Auctions’ new
London-based European division remarks, “This auction
represents a milestone in RM’s continued success in the
international world of vintage automobiles. We are
honoured to share this important and historic event during the
60th anniversary of the legendary Ferrari marque.” Entries are
still available for this event, and collectors are invited to
contact RM Auctions Inc. for a confidential market appraisal
and consignment information.
Special media-only preview times have been scheduled prior
to the auction. For the public, admission to the event
requires the purchase of an official auction catalogue
available for €€ 65 / US $ 80 (plus shipping). The catalogue
admits two persons and must be presented at the entrance of
Ferrari’s Fiorano racetrack in order to be granted entry. The
weekend event schedule is as follows:
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National Press Luncheon
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12.00 h – 15.00 h (by
invitation) |
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Friday, May 18, 2007 |
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Public Viewing |
10.00 h – 14.00 h |
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Saturday, May 19, 2007 |
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Public Viewing |
10.00 h – 18.00 h |
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International Press Reception
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16.00 h – 17.00 h (by
invitation) |
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Sunday, May 20, 2007 |
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Public Viewing |
10.00 h – 13.00 h |
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Sunday, May 20, 2007 |
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Auction Event |
13.00 h – 06.00 h
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Location
Ferrari S.p.A.
Circuito di Fiorano
41042 Fiorano, Maranello, Italia
