A 1957 Ferrari 335 S Scaglietti that participated in numerous races in the late 1950s and in the 1960s was auctioned today in Paris for 28 million euros ($ 31.1 million).
This Ferrari – with 480 horses and which since 1971 was in the collection of Piere Bardinon, a well-known industrialist in the automotive world – remained at the bottom of the estimates made before the Artcurial auction house took it out on the market. sale.
The bids, in the room and by phone, started at 25 million euros and quickly went to 26 and 27 million, but from there the evolution of prices was slower and less pronounced, first at 250,000 euros, then 100,000 in 100,000 and then in 50,000 until reaching the 28 million in which it was awarded.
This vehicle was far from the one that until now holds the world record, a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO that was acquired in 2014 for 38.1 million dollars.
The car auctioned today participated in numerous races, such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where it set the speed record.
With him, Ferrari took the constructors’ title in 1957 with victories, for example, in the Venezuelan Grand Prix.
It is “the best Ferrari of the 1950s” and “a racing beast,” said Artcurial Motorcars CEO Matthieu Lamoure.
The auction house will put another 124 cars on sale these days, including a Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta, whose price is estimated between 9 and 12 million euros, from the collection of the Swiss Antoine Midy since 1989 and since his death of his family.
There is also a 1986 Ferrari Testarossa Spider Valeo commissioned and built expressly for then-Fiat boss Gianni Agnelli, in a convertible version, with an estimated value of between 680,000 and 900,000 euros.
At the Rétromobile vintage car show in Paris, a total of 361 collector cars will be auctioned, of which 17 are believed to exceed one million euros.
A 1957 racing Ferrari auctioned in Paris for 28 million euros
