£13.39m
1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider by Scaglietti
RM Sotheby's • US • 18 Aug 2024
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Highest 30% of Past Sales
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£13,388,175
1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider by Scaglietti
US • 18 Aug 2024
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider by Scaglietti, chassis number 1795 GT, is the very first of 56 SWB California Spiders produced and was presented at the 1960 Geneva Motor Show. It features a competition-specification engine, covered headlights, a factory removable hardtop, and is Ferrari Classiche Red Book-certified as fully numbers-matching.
Condition
8
While the car has been used as intended with regular drives, it has also been superbly finished and occasionally exhibited at events. It retains its original engine, gearbox, and drivetrain, confirmed by Ferrari Classiche Red Book.
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1795 GT
LHD
United States
CK 65
1960
Auction
£13.39m
1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider by Scaglietti
RM Sotheby's • US • 18 Aug 2024
Market Position:
Highest 30% of Past Sales
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Description
SWB: THE ULTIMATE CALIFORNIA SPIDER Ferrari achieved tremendous things with the 250 GT in the early 1950s, finding remarkable success in sports car competition with the LWB “Tour de France” and 250 TR models.
As was frequently the case in this era, the push to do even better came from abroad, specifically from John von Neumann, the California-based importer who had become a regular distributor for Ferrari sales on the West Coast.
Von Neumann proposed the idea for a true race-and-road car, an open Ferrari that could be driven to the track, raced in, and then driven home.
Official Ferrari importer Luigi Chinetti supported the idea, and soon the California Spider appeared, with open coachwork designed and built by the legendary Sergio Scaglietti on the Tour de France berlinetta’s chassis.
Like his New York contemporary Max Hoffman, von Neumann had an eye for what American sportsmen wanted—he was one, after all—and the early California Spiders made a splash in GT competition, taking a ...
Price Analysis vs Other 250 GT SWB California Spiders
£5,715,350
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£13,364,213
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£14,644,874
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