Sold for $1,700,000 at 2017 Gooding & Company : Pebble Beach.
This Ferrari 275 GTS has had three caretakers from new, with almost four decades spent in the care of its original owner, John Brooks of Torrington, Connecticut. It is the 198th example of 200 cars built, and left the factory finished in Nero (black) paint with Bianco (white) leatherette interior upholstery and red carpets. It was shipped from Livorno, Italy, to New York aboard the SS Maria Costa in May of 1966.

The car was delivered to Mr. Brooks in August of 1966 and remained in his possession until 2005. It was then sold to Gerald Lettieri who displayed the Spider twice at the FCA Hartford Concorso Ferrari, once in 2005 and again in 2009. It won Best Italian Sports Car (1960–1969) at the Greenwich Concours d'Elegance in June 2012.

In 2014, it was sold to its current caretaker. Since then it has been shown at the 2015 Cavallino Classic in Palm Beach, Florida. It was also put on display at the FCA International Concours d'Elegance in Monterey in August 2015 where it won a Platinum Award for preservation and a Gold Award for condition. In January of 2017, it returned to the Cavallino Classic.

By Daniel Vaughan | Nov 2017