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Maranello - Italy
SOTHEBY’S is delighted to announce that on Tuesday, June 28, 2005, it will hold a landmark sale of
cars and related memorabilia at Ferrari’s legendary premises in Maranello, Italy. The sale will be
held at 6pm in the Ferrari Logistics Building - birthplace of some of the greatest racing and sports
cars ever produced - adjacent to the famous Fiorano test track near Modena.
The first ever auction of
such material to be supported by Ferrari, June’s sale will include items ranging from historic
memorabilia to some of the most important cars ever produced under the aegis of Enzo Ferrari and his
successors – from early cars to some of the finest, fastest modern sports and racing cars ever to have
graced the road and track, including the F2004 driven by Michael Schumacher in the first five Grand
Prix races of 2004, all of which he won.
Sotheby's is the only auction house ever to hold a sale supported by Ferrari. The event will
also be a first in that every vehicle will be sold with the full authentication from Ferrari's factory
engineers. Months of painstaking research has gone into ensuring that all the cars are genuine and
correct in every detail, thereby eliminating the pitfalls often associated with buying the rarest
and finest examples of the Ferrari and Maserati marques.
Chief among the highlights of the historic cars in the sale, is the 1958 Ferrari 412 S,
#0744, which has an illustrious past in North American racing, having been driven by giants such as
Phil Hill and Richie Ginther. It is a unique car with the most powerful front engine offered by
Ferrari at that time. This is without doubt one of the greatest cars ever to be offered for sale.
It is estimated to fetch 7,000,000-10,000,000 EUROS.
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Ferrari location and testing circuit Fiorano in Maranello
