If it's an auction day for luxury sports cars, then it's a day to open the purse strings. And so says the new owner of this Ferrari 250 GT «Tour de France»
The Canadian auction house managed to move more than 18.5 million euros, on a day when the king of kings was a Ferrari 250 GT LWB Berlinetta «Tour de France» from 1959, which was sold to an Italian for nothing more, nothing less than 2.4 million euros. Mamma mia!!
This beautiful example with chassis nº 1335GT and body manufactured by Scaglietti, was the sixth of twelve cars built in 1959, and it is one of nine manufactured with uncovered headlights. In other words, a real rarity… The designation “Tour de France” is due to the victory of one of the first 250 GT Berlinettas in the “Tour de France” in 1956.
In addition to this Ferrari 250 GT «Tour de France», other magnificent cars were auctioned, but as there are more than many, we will leave you with the TOP 10 sales of this super auction in London:
1st Ferrari 250 GT LWB Berlinetta ‘Tour de France’ (1959) – €2,448,230
2nd Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GS Testa Fissa (1930) – €979,290
3rd Aston Martin DB5 Convertible (1964) – €790,427
4th Bugatti Type 57C Stelvio Cabriolet (1937)- €769.442
5th Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 (2008) – €723,975
6th Bentley Continental R-Type Fastback Sports Saloon (1952) – €664,518
7th Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster (1957) – €559,594
8th Ferrari F300 Formula One Racing Car (1998) – €499,638
9th Lamborghini Miura P400S (1970) – 496,640€
10th Aston Martin DB5 by Paul McCartney (1964) – €430,188
