Sold for $720,000 at 2018 RM Sothebys : Amelia Island.
This Ferrari 250 GT Coupe by Pinin Farina is the 291st of the 353 250 GT Coupes built. It was completed by Pinin Farina on March 16th of 1960 and supplied new to the first owner S.Q.V.I.B. S.p.A. of Milan later that same month. The car was then sold to Franco Palma, a New Yorker then residing in Rome, who exported it to the U.S. later in the 1960s. It was later acquired by SCCA racing driver Steve Wooley, who sold it in 1969 to Laird Jackson of Philadelphia. It stayed with Mr. Jackson for the rest of his life. At his passing in August of 2015, it was sold to the current caretaker. A short time later, it was brought back to its complete, original condition. The work included finishing it in its original color scheme of Blu Lancia (Max Meyer 12069) and Connolly Grigio leather interior, as the car was delivered in 1960.

Since its completion, the car has not been shown publically. The documented restoration was done to a cost in excess of $958,000.

By Daniel Vaughan | Apr 2018