This rare 1957 Ferrari 335 S is going up for auction
It’s estimated to be worth as much as $34 million.
This 1957 Ferrari 335 S Spider Scaglietti is estimated to be worth as much as $34 million. It is up for auction in February.
A Ferrari that has proven its value on the racecourse is going up for auction early next year.
Auction house Artcurial Motorcars will be putting a 1957 Ferrari 335 S Spider Scaglietti on the auction block during its annual Retromobile sale in Paris. The annual car show and auction takes place from February 3 to 7.
With an estimated value of more than $30 million, chassis No. 0674 will likely find itself among the most expensive cars ever sold.
Artcurial estimates the car, chassis number 0674 from the Pierre Bardinon collection, could fetch around $30 to $34 million when it goes up for sale.
“Both a Work of Art and the Queen of Speed, this represents the elixir of the exceptional: beauty, rarity, racing success, history, authenticity and provenance!’’ said Artcurial Motorcars managing director Matthieu Lamoure in a statement.
Chassis number 0674 comes from the Pierre Bardinon collection and is in excellent condition.
Ferraris have a tendency to break records on both the racetracks and at the auction block. Earlier this year, a 1956 Ferrari 290 MM sold for $28 million making it the most expensive car sold in 2015 and the third most expensive car ever sold in history.
With an estimated value of more than $30 million, chassis No. 0674 will likely find itself among the most expensive cars ever sold.
Driver Wolfgang von Trips drove chassis No. 0674 during the 1957 Mille Miglia and finished second.
According to Artcurial, chassis No. 0674 first left the workshop with a Scaglietti body and equipped with a 3.8-liter V12 Tipo engine (315 S) that reached about 360 bhp.
It was first put to use in the 1957 Sebring 12 Hours endurance race. It was driven by Peter Collins and Maurice Trintignant and finished in sixth place.
That same year, Italians were anticipating the car’s performance at the Mille Miglia in May, an open road endurance race that stretched over 1,600 kilometers (or just over 994 miles). Driver Wolfgang von Trips drove the car and finished second.
The Ferrari competed in the 1957 24 Heures du Mans but was retired after five hours due to mechanical problems.
Following the Mille Miglia, chassis No. 0674 received several modifications. Its engine size was boosted to 4.1-liters (making it a 335 S) and giving it around 400 bhp.
The car went on to compete in several other major endurance racing events, including the 24 Heures du Mans where it set the first lap record with 203.015 km per hour average speed, but was forced to retire in the fifth hour of the race due to mechanical problems.
It would go on to compete in the Swedish Grand Prix and Venezuela Grand Prix. In 1958, it was sold to Luigi Chinetti and won the Cuba Grand Prix with drivers Masten Gregory and Stirling Moss behind the wheel.
It was later driven by Gaston Andrey and Lance Reventlow to compete in several American races. In 1960, the car was sold to Robert Dusek, an architect living in Pennsylvania. In 1970, Dusek sold the car to Pierre Bardinon who boasts one of the “most important’’ collections of Ferraris.
The car has been part of Bardinon’s private collection for the past 40 years. According to Artcurial, it has been used and maintained regularly and is in excellent condition.
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