1959 Ferrari 250 GT

Sold for $643,000 at 2018 RM Sothebys : Monterey.
Ferrari introduced the 250 GT Coupe at the 1958 Paris Motor Show. Its Pinin Farina coachwork replaced the Boano- and Ellena-built cars. In total, 355 examples were built during its production lifespan. Power was courtesy of a 3.0-liter Colombo V-12 engine offering 240 horsepower giving it a top speed of nearly 150 mph.

This particular example is the 120th of the 355 250 Gt Coupes built. It was originally finished in Blu Genziana (Max Meyer 16229) over a vinyl and leather interior in Nero (8500) when completed in early 1959. The car was sent to Luigi Chinetti Motors of New York that spring and its early history is not fully known. In the 1970s, it was discovered with Bill McIntyre of Delaware, Pennsylvania. In 1988, the car was sold to Carl Cantera of Earleville, Maryland. A four-year restoration followed, and upon completion, it was finished in its current two-tone Verde livery with a complementary interior.

After the restoration, the car was judged Best of Show at the Garden State Fall Festival and Concours d'Elegance in 1992 and placed 2nd in Class, and won the Forza Ferrari Award at the Ferrari Club of America National Meeting and Concours at Grand Rapids that same year. A year later it won 1st in Class at the same event and received the Luigi Chinetti Award for Outstanding GT Ferrari. The coupe also won its class at both Pebble Beach and Concorso Italiano on the same weekend in 1993. The car has also won Best of Show at Concorso.

The car came into the care of its current owner in 1994. Currently, the odometer shows 791 miles.
By Daniel Vaughan | Jan 2019