LONDON (May 11, 2014)
Boasting a sale total of €41,303,830 and with an incredible 93
percent of all lots sold, RM Auctions, the world’s largest collector
car auction house for investment-quality automobiles, has once
again set the collector car market on fire with an incredible
performance in Monaco this weekend. Taking place alongside the
Grand Prix de Monaco Historique, the sale saw records tumble
as an international audience of bidders scrambled to secure some
of the finest historic sports and racing cars ever offered at auction.
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With a packed auction room and strong bidding via both
telephone and the Internet, the attending audience was treated to
an electric atmosphere which lasted through to the final of the 90
lots offered. The top selling car of the night was the simply
stunning, and ultra rare 1966 Ferrari 275 GTB/C with coachwork
by Scaglietti. Chassis 09067 is the ninth of only twelve such cars
produced and perhaps the most original example of its kind,
therefore presenting a very rare opportunity indeed. The hammer
finally fell at a record-breaking €5,712,000, making it comfortably
the most valuable fixed-head Ferrari 275 ever sold at auction. In
an evening which once again saw the Ferrari marque dominate
and secure six of the top ten prices paid, it was the gorgeous
1959 Ferrari 250 GT Pininfarina Series I Cabriolet, chassis 1181
GT, that generated the second highest bid of the evening,
securing €4,704,000 to become the most valuable of its model
ever sold at auction. Rounding off the top three sellers was the
1967 Ferrari 330 GTS, chassis 10719, one of ninety-nine built and
a multiple concours winner, which found a new home for
€2,128,000.
Max Girardo, Managing Director of RM Auctions, Europe, says:
“It’s not often I’m lost for words, but I am simply stunned by what
we have achieved tonight in Monaco. From a results perspective,
this has been our biggest ever European sale and the 93 percent
sell through figure is testament to the diversity and depth of
quality that we had on offer. The atmosphere and energy was
incredible right through to the final lot and it’s a particular delight
that we have attracted so many enthusiastic new bidders from all
around the world.â€
Perfectly matched to a sale taking place in Monaco alongside the
Grand Prix de Monaco Historique, the roster of cars on offer
included a large number of sports-racing and single-seater grand
prix cars. Among the feature lots was the immaculate, race-ready
1966 Brabham-Repco BT20 Formula One car, a significant racer
which had been victorious at the 1967 Monaco Grand Prix in the
hands of Denny Hulme during his championship-winning year.
Boasting that kind of provenance, it was particularly satisfying to
see the car achieve €1,092,000, a stunning sum which smashed
its pre-sale high estimate of €720,000. The Brabham wasn’t the
only lot on offer to have a particularly strong relationship with the
principality, as RM also proudly offered the 1958 Riva Tritone also
known as ‘Via’. This super-stylish and powerful boat was owned
from new by H.S.H. Prince Rainier lll of Monaco and his wife,
Princess Grace, and is therefore an important piece of cultural
history in the principality. Wonderfully restored and totally
stunning, the boat secured €403,200.
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The top ten sellers of night were
Lot 169 1966 Ferrari 275 GTB/C €5,712,000
Lot 164 1959 Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet Series I €4,704,000
Lot 167 1967 Ferrari 330 GTS €2,128,000
Lot 143 1967 Ferrari Dino 206 S Spider €2,072,000
Lot 161 1968 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/2 Daytona €1,260,000
Lot 135 1958 Lister-Jaguar 'Knobbly' Prototype €1,176,000
Lot 179 1966 Brabham-Repco BT20 Formula One €1,092,000
Lot 160 1997 Ferrari F50 €907,200
Lot 185 2003 Ferrari Enzo €868,000
Lot 165 1956 Porsche 356 A Carrera 1500 GS Speedster
€840,000
Lot 139 1969 Lamborghini Miura P400S €840,000
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