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1959 Ferrari 250 GT Navigation
There were 40 examples of the Ferrari Pinin Farina Cabriolets Series 1 Cabriolets produced between 1956 and 1959. The term 'series' is somewhat misleading since each of these cars is unique in its combination of mechanical specifications, exterior details, and interior appointments. The 40 examples share the same basic 250 GT chassis and styling. All of the Series 1 Cabriolets were clothed by Pinin Farina.
This car, chassis number 1475 GT and body number 19473, is the last example constructed. As with nearly all late-production Cabriolets, 1475 GT was given full-width bumpers. It is one of only four examples built with the open headlamp treatment, and one of only two that has the tall vertical taillights that were later incorporated into Pinin Farina's 250 GT Coupe and Series II Cabriolet. Upon completion, the car was finished in the color scheme of Giallo Solare (Sun Yellow) with brown Connolly leather upholstery.
1475 GT is one of a few Pinin Farina Cabriolets (three known and possibly as many as 10) that were factory equipped with a Lucas starter, voltage regulation, coils, plug wires, twin rear-mounted distributors, and generator. 1475 GT is the only Series I Cabriolet that was constructed with a Lucas parallel wiper system, in lieu of the standard 'clap-hands' system.
The car has an improved six-blade cooling fan, and its radiator was equipped with a roll-up blind instead of the standard actuating louver system. The later 250 GTs had a more resolved system to raise and lower the radiator blind. With this car, however, the actuator for the louvers was modified by drilling a hole in the pivot pin, thus allowing the cable to pass through and pull up the blind.
The car was completed on August 27th of 1959 and sold to Eric Don Pam, an American citizen living in Monaco, who took delivery at the Ferrari factory and had the car registered on Italian tourist license plates 'EE 30001.'
By January 1963, the car had been registered on American license plates and was recorded as having 36,000 km. In the mid-1960s, the car was exported to the United States and spent approximately 10 years in Florida. By 1974, the GT was owned by the proprietor of Simpson Automobili Sidney J. Simpson, a Ferrari specialist in Houston, Texas. Two years later, Mr. Simpson offered the Cabriolet for sale in Ferrari Market Letter. Mr. Hilary A. Raab Jr. spotted the car in the ab and soon became its next caretaker. In 1989, Mr. Raab took the car on the inaugural Colorado Grand. After the event, the engine was rebuilt and it has since covered approximately 8,000 miles including two other Colorado Grands and two Copperstate 1000 rallies.
The car is currently finished in the color combination of Amaranto Bull Lea, a rich metallic dark red, with Crema Connolly leather upholstery. The car has never been fully restored from the ground up. It currently retains its factory-applied undercoating, hood pad, and original rubber matting under the spare tire.By Daniel Vaughan | Oct 2014
This car, chassis number 1475 GT and body number 19473, is the last example constructed. As with nearly all late-production Cabriolets, 1475 GT was given full-width bumpers. It is one of only four examples built with the open headlamp treatment, and one of only two that has the tall vertical taillights that were later incorporated into Pinin Farina's 250 GT Coupe and Series II Cabriolet. Upon completion, the car was finished in the color scheme of Giallo Solare (Sun Yellow) with brown Connolly leather upholstery.
1475 GT is one of a few Pinin Farina Cabriolets (three known and possibly as many as 10) that were factory equipped with a Lucas starter, voltage regulation, coils, plug wires, twin rear-mounted distributors, and generator. 1475 GT is the only Series I Cabriolet that was constructed with a Lucas parallel wiper system, in lieu of the standard 'clap-hands' system.
The car has an improved six-blade cooling fan, and its radiator was equipped with a roll-up blind instead of the standard actuating louver system. The later 250 GTs had a more resolved system to raise and lower the radiator blind. With this car, however, the actuator for the louvers was modified by drilling a hole in the pivot pin, thus allowing the cable to pass through and pull up the blind.
The car was completed on August 27th of 1959 and sold to Eric Don Pam, an American citizen living in Monaco, who took delivery at the Ferrari factory and had the car registered on Italian tourist license plates 'EE 30001.'
By January 1963, the car had been registered on American license plates and was recorded as having 36,000 km. In the mid-1960s, the car was exported to the United States and spent approximately 10 years in Florida. By 1974, the GT was owned by the proprietor of Simpson Automobili Sidney J. Simpson, a Ferrari specialist in Houston, Texas. Two years later, Mr. Simpson offered the Cabriolet for sale in Ferrari Market Letter. Mr. Hilary A. Raab Jr. spotted the car in the ab and soon became its next caretaker. In 1989, Mr. Raab took the car on the inaugural Colorado Grand. After the event, the engine was rebuilt and it has since covered approximately 8,000 miles including two other Colorado Grands and two Copperstate 1000 rallies.
The car is currently finished in the color combination of Amaranto Bull Lea, a rich metallic dark red, with Crema Connolly leather upholstery. The car has never been fully restored from the ground up. It currently retains its factory-applied undercoating, hood pad, and original rubber matting under the spare tire.By Daniel Vaughan | Oct 2014
2017 Gooding & Company : Pebble Beach
Pre-Auction Estimates :
USD $5,000,000-USD $7,000,000
Sale Price :
USD $4,840,000
2014 Gooding & Company : Pebble Beach Concours
Pre-Auction Estimates :
USD $4,500,000-USD $6,000,000
Sale Price :
USD $5,610,000
1959 Ferrari 250 GT Auction Sales
Recent Sales of the Ferrari 250 GT
(Data based on Model Year 1959 sales)
1959 Ferrari 250 GT Coupe by Pinin Farina Chassis#: 1391 GT Sold for USD$731,000 2023 RM Sothebys : Monterey | ![]() ![]() |
1959 Ferrari 250 GT Coupé Series I By Pinin Farina Chassis#: 1383 GT Sold for USD$438,551 2022 RM Sothebys : Munich | |
1959 Ferrari 250 GT Coupe by Pinin Farina Chassis#: 1491 GT Sold for USD$489,500 2022 RM Sothebys : Gene Ponder Collection | ![]() ![]() |
1959 Ferrari 250 GT Series II Cabriolet by Pinin Farina Chassis#: 1941GT Sold for USD$1,290,183 2022 RM Sothebys : Paris | |
1959 Ferrari 250 GT Series II Coupé Chassis#: 1533 GT Sold for USD$308,835 2020 Bonhams : The Bond Street Sale | |
1959 Ferrari 250 GT Coupe by Pinin Farina Chassis#: 1433 GT Sold for USD$638,000 2020 RM Sothebys : Shift/Monterey | ![]() ![]() |
1959 Ferrari 250 GT Coupé by Pinin Farina Chassis#: 1533 GT Sold for USD$498,493 2019 RM Sothebys : Villa Erba | |
1959 Ferrari 250 GT Coupe Chassis#: 1315 GT Sold for USD$599,000 2019 Gooding & Company : Scottsdale Arizona | |
1959 Ferrari 250 GT Coupe by Pinin Farina Chassis#: 1245 GT Sold for USD$643,000 2018 RM Sothebys : Monterey | ![]() |
1959 Ferrari 250 GT Coupe by Pinin Farina Chassis#: 1433 GT Sold for USD$610,000 2017 RM Sothebys : Monterey | ![]() ![]() |
1959 Ferrari 250 GT Coupe Chassis#: 1275 GT Sold for USD$489,500 2017 Gooding & Company : Pebble Beach | |
1959 Ferrari 250 GT Series I Cabriolet Chassis#: 1475 GT Sold for USD$4,840,000 2017 Gooding & Company : Pebble Beach | ![]() ![]() |
1959 Ferrari 250 GT 'Series I' Coupé Chassis#: 1247 GT Sold for USD$464,487 2017 Bonhams : Les Grandes Marques du Monde au Grand Palais | |
1959 Ferrari 250 GT Coupé Pinin Farina Chassis#: 1365 GT Sold for USD$419,440 2016 RM Sothebys : Duemila Ruote | |
1959 Ferrari 250 GT Coupe Chassis#: 1447 GT Sold for USD$660,000 2016 Gooding & Company : Pebble Beach | ![]() ![]() |
1959 Ferrari 250 GT Coupé Chassis#: 1649 GT Sold for USD$668,379 2015 Bonhams : The Chantilly Sale | |
1959 Ferrari 250 GT Coupe by Pinin Farina Chassis#: 1301GT Sold for USD$693,000 2015 RM Sotheby's : Monterey | ![]() ![]() |
1959 Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet Series II Prototype by Pinin Farina Chassis#: 1213GT Sold for USD$1,320,000 2015 RM Sotheby's : Monterey | |
1959 Ferrari 250 GT Coupe Chassis#: 1195GT Sold for USD$715,000 2015 Auctions America - Fort Lauderdale | |
1959 Ferrari 250 GT Pinin Farina Coupé Chassis#: 1255GT Sold for USD$401,605 2014 Bonhams : Goodwood Revival |
Ferrari 250 GTs That Failed To Sell At Auction
1959 Ferrari 250 GT's that have appeared at auction but did not sell.
Vehicle | Chassis | Event | High Bid | Est. Low | Est. High |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1959 Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet Series II by Pinin Farina | 1941 GT | 2024 RM Sothebys : Monaco | $1,000,000 | $1,200,000 | |
1959 Ferrari 250 GT | 1809GT | 2022 Mecum : Monterey | $500,000 | ||
1959 FERRARI 250 GT SERIES II COUPÉ | 1583GT | 2020 Bonhams : The Bonmont Sale | $400,000 | $600,000 | |
1959 Ferrari 250 GT Coupé by Pinin Farina | 1427 GT | 2020 RM Sothebys : Open Roads, The European Summer Auction | $550,000 | $650,000 | |
1959 Ferrari 250 GT Coupé by Pinin Farina | 1533 GT | 2020 RM Sothebys : Paris | $390,000 | $500,000 | |
1959 Ferrari 250 GT Series II Coupé | 1583 GT | 2019 Bonhams : The Bonmont Sale | $600,000 | $700,000 | |
1959 FERRARI 250GT SERIES 1 COUPE | 1471GT | 2014 Bonhams Quail Lodge Auction | $600,000 | $700,000 | |
1959 Ferrari 250GT Coupe | 1463 | 2012 Bonhams Paris, La Halle Freyssinet Motocars | $225,000 | $280,000 | |
1959 Ferrari 250GT Series II Coupé | 1629GT | 2008 The Palace Hotel, Gstaad, Switzerland | $250,000 | $300,000 | |
1959 Ferrari 250GT Coupe | 1173 GT | 2005 Bonhams Les Grandes Marques a Monaco | $70,000 | $90,000 | |
1959 FERRARI 250 PF COUPE | 2001 Kruse Auction Santa Clara, CA | $55,000 | |||
1959 FERRARI 250 PF COUPE | 2001 Kruse Auction Auburn, IN | $54,000 |
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