MONTEREY, CA, 19 August , 2012
RM Auctions, the world’s largest collector car auction house for investment-
quality automobiles, continued its strong track record for historic Ferraris in
Monterey, California last night (August 18) with a 1962 Ferrari 250 GT SWB
California Spyder achieving a remarkable $8,580,000 and a 1956 Ferrari 250
GT LWB Berlinetta ‘Tour de France’ realizing a strong $6,710,000 before a
packed house.
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Considered one of the most beautiful and desirable Ferraris in existence, the
short wheelbase California Spyder, chassis 3119GT, is one of only 37 short
wheelbase variants in the highly desirable covered headlight configuration.
Resplendent in Rosso Corsa over a tan leather interior, the exclusive, Ferrari
Classiche certified example sparkled under the auction lights, attracting
spirited bidding before selling to a collector on the phone. Another great
example from the famed Italian marque handpicked for the sale, the fourteen-
louver 1956 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Berlinetta ‘Tour de France’, chassis 0585GT,
also spurred a lively bidding contest in the room and on the phones before
being won by a collector onsite.
The sale-topping pair led an impressive group of five historic Ferraris
achieving million-dollar-plus results during RM’s Saturday sale session. In
total, 13 automobiles exceeded $1 million each during the three-and-a-half
hour sale, with a number of new world records set.
RM Monterey Million-Dollar-Plus Sales (Saturday)
1. 1962 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder - $8,580,000
2. 1956 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Berlinetta ‘Tour de France’ - $6,710,000
3. 1955 Aston Martin DB3S Sports Racing Car - $3,685,000
4. 1967 Ford GT40 Mark I - $2,860,000
5. 2001 Bentley Speed 8 Le Mans Prototype Racing Car -$2,530,000
6. 1960 Aston Martin DB4GT - $2,035,000 (world record for any Aston Martin
DB4 or DB4GT sold at auction)
7. 1929 Duesenberg Model J Disappearing Top Convertible Coupe -
$1,897,000
8. 1953 Bentley Continental R-Type Fastback Sports Saloon - $1,622,500
(world record for a Bentley Continental R-Type sold at auction)
9. 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 -$1,485,000
10. 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 ‘Competizione Speciale’ - $1,485,000
11. 1964 Shelby 289 Competition Cobra - $1,320,000
12. 1965 Ferrari 275 GTB - $1,182,500
13. 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL ‘Gullwing’ Coupe - $1,171,500
The Saturday sale session concluded RM’s 2012 Monterey auction. In total, the
two-day sale presented approximately 120 blue-chip automobiles as part of
the most significant auction offering ever presented on the Monterey Peninsula.
Full sale results will be posted online shortly.
(All figures are reported in U.S. dollars and include the 10 percent buyer’s
premium)
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