Sold for $726,000 at 2013 RM Auctions - Monterey.
This is a steel-bodied 250 GT Boano, chassis number 0625 GT. It was sold new in 1956 to Ettore Contini in Italy. A year later, ownership was transferred to Swedish Ferrari importer. By the summer of 1965, it had passed into the care of Swede Bjorn Colliander, who eventually exported the car to his residence in the United States. It was eventually given a thorough restoration in the late 1980s. In the 1990s, it crossed the United States to California, where it was acquired by its current owner in the fall of 1993. Since then, it has been used and shown extensively, including the 1995 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance and the 2000 Concorso Italiano. It has been driven on the California Mille and the Tour Auto in France.

Modern safety has been fitted to the car, including a roll bar and a quick-access outside fuel filler cap.

By Daniel Vaughan | Jan 2014